Maja Jagodic

Karolinska Institutet
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Stockholm | Sweden

Maja Jagodic is Professor of Neuroinflammation at Karolinska Institutet (KI), Dept. Clinical Neuroscience, where she has been a group leader since 2012 focusing on studying mechanisms underlying neuroinflammation and neuronal loss in Multiple Sclerosis (MS). This builds on her expertise in functional genetics and epigenomics acquired through her PhD at KI (2000-2004), human genetics acquired during her first postdoc at KI (2005-2006), and epigenetics and epigenomics acquired during her second postdoc at the University of Cambridge, UK (2006-2008). In 2008, she was awarded the Swedish Research Council Assistant Professor position for her pioneering research in epigenetics of neuroinflammation. Her group utilizes state-of-the-art molecular and analytical methods to elucidate functional states of discrete cells in unique clinical cohorts, followed by functional studies in advanced experimental models, with the goal to reveal the etiology of neuroinflammatory diseases and improve their management through novel treatments and specific biomarkers. Her excellent scientific quality and leadership is recognized by multiple awards (e.g. the Best PI at KI award, 2015), fellowships and grants (e.g. the ERC-consolidator grant, Wallenberg Foundation grant and multiple EU Horizon2020 grants) and by her membership in renowned constellations of experts in neuroimmunology, genetics and epigenetics.