Dr. Selma Kanazir

Selma Kanazir is a Retired Principal Research Fellow at the Department for Neurobiology, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade. Her research is focused on the molecular mechanisms of neuroplasticity, and how processes of healthy aging or pathological neurodegenerative diseases alter those mechanisms. Her research group has extensively studied how different environmental interventions, dietary restrictions and supplementations change neuroplasticity to benefit healthy aging. They utilized a variety of molecular, cellular and behavioral techniques, and animal models of physiological aging or age-related neurodegenerative diseases (i.e. Alzheimer’s disease, AD) to investigate the impact of aging on neuroplasticity. Their work has contributed to the better understanding of the potential of dietary interventions in terms of their impact on brain aging in physiological and pathological conditions. Professional Memberships: Serbian Neuroscience Society Federation of European Neuroscience (FENS) International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) Serbian Society for Molecular Biology (MolBioS) ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7229-5296