Marcela Pekna#
| Membership Number: | 5483 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-2734-8237 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2017 - present Professor of Neuroimmunology, Sahlgrenska Academy at The University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2013 - present Conjoint Professor, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, Australia
- 2011 - 2017 Associate Professor, Inst. of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at The University of Gothenburg
- 1999 - 2010 Associate Professor, Inst. of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at The University of Gothenburg
- 1995 - present Laboratory Director, Sahlgrenska Academy at The University of Gothenburg
- 1995 - 1999 Researcher, Dept. of Medical Biochemistry, Sahlgrenska Academy at The University of Gothenburg
- 1994 - 1995 Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Medical Biochemistry, The University of Gothenburg
- 1993 DrMedSc (PhD) in Clinical Immunology, Uppsala University, Sweden
- 1990 - 1993 Postgraduate student, Dept. of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Uppsala University, Sweden
- 1989 MD (Cum Eminentia), and medical license, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Fields of Scholarship
- Neuroimmunology
- Neuroscience
- Immunology
- Translational medicine
- Neurology
- Development of novel strategies for brain repair
Honours and Awards
- 2013 - present Conjoint Professor , The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, Australia
