معرفی
Saida Hadjab is a Principal Researcher at the Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, where she leads the Neurobiology of pain & Therapeutics research group. Her work focuses on identifying molecular mechanisms controlling neurogenesis, neuronal specification, and pain perception at single-cell resolution.
Dr. Hadjab received her B.Sc. in Neuroscience from Aix-Marseille, France, followed by a PhD in Neuroscience from Aix-Marseille, France and Tübingen, Germany (Marie Curie Fellowship). She has conducted postdoctoral research in laboratories led by Francois Lallemend, Björn Vennström, Brigitte Malgrange, and Marlies Knipper.
Her primary research investigates dynamic transcriptional and epigenetic changes in peripheral sensory system cell types during chronic pain progression. She aims to identify cell type-specific molecular networks regulating the transition from physiological to pathological nociception, with the ultimate goal of developing therapies to reverse cellular states in pain conditions.
Dr. Hadjab's work spans neural stem cells, neuronal development, neuronal diversification, pain disorders, pluripotency, and transcriptional regulation in neurological disorders. Her recent research has identified senescence of nociceptors as a therapeutic target for chronic pain treatment, representing a significant advance in understanding pain mechanisms at the molecular level.
Research Funding
- Karolinska Institutet institutional funding
- Gun och Bertil Stohnes Stiftelse
- Marie Curie Fellowship
- FNRS (Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique)
- Wenner Gren Stiftelse
- EndoMet
- Tysta Skolan
Students and Mentoring
Dr. Hadjab actively supervises the next generation of neuroscience researchers:
- PhD students: Prach Techameena, Kaiwen Zhang
- Graduate students: Yiqiao Wang (co-supervision), Charles Petitpre (co-supervision)
- Undergraduate students: Dinh Phong N'Guyen, Michael Entenmann, Gulistan Agirman, Lovisa Lindmark
Institutional Contributions
- Reviewer for Karolinska Institutet Doctoral Funding
- Histology teacher, DFM
- Steering committee of Junior Faculty
- Examination teacher and committee member
- Coordinator of Career Focus Group/Junior Faculty
Professional Engagement
- Organizer of international meetings including Career System in Europe and Nordic Neuroscience 2017
- Scientific Coordinator of Söderberg Foundation's art-science exhibition at Museum Sven Harrys (8,000+ visitors)
