Anna Mathia Klawonn

Anna Mathia Klawonn is an Associate Professor affiliated with three units at Aarhus University: the Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience (DANDRITE), the Department of Biomedicine, and the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Neurobiology. As a group leader at DANDRITE, she explores neural circuits and immune-to-brain signaling mechanisms regulating affective states through transgenic strategies and neurocircuitry techniques.

• Neuroscience
• Neuroimmunology
• Immune-to-Brain Signaling
• Affective Disorders

Her research focuses on understanding how brain circuits and glial cells (microglia and astrocytes) contribute to affective states in both health and disease. Current projects investigate mechanisms in major depressive disorder and Parkinson's disease, emphasizing prostaglandin signaling, nicotinic receptor function, and striatal neuron modulation.

Recent publications highlight her work in molecular neuroscience, neuropharmacology, and behavioral neuroscience. Key themes include cholinergic transmission in motivation, neuroimmune interactions in aversion, and reward/aversion circuitry. Her studies employ advanced neurocircuitry methods and transgenic models.

In teaching, Klawonn is course responsible for the 3rd-semester Neuroscience course (10 ECTS) in the medical bachelor program. She actively engages in didactic development, frequently speaking about student motivation, flipped learning, and challenge-based learning.

Klawonn leads the Klawonn Group at DANDRITE, with lab and office spaces in the Skou Building (Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 10, Aarhus C). Her work involves collaborations across neuroscience, neuroimmunology, and affective disease research.