Nejla Ademović

Nejla Ademović completed her basic and master academic studies at the State University in Novi Pazar, in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Biology study program. She completed her undergraduate studies in 2018, and her master's academic studies in the Biomedicine module and the Biology Professor module in 2019. In 2019, she enrolled in doctoral studies at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, in the Molecular Biology of Eukaryotes module. She worked as an assistant/demonstrator at the State University in Novi Pazar during the summer semester of 2018/19. She is currently employed at the Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", as a research associate since 2022, where she is conducting research for her doctoral dissertation, focusing on the study of brain cancer. She is a member of the Serbian Society for Molecular Biology, the Serbian Society of Cancer Researchers and the European Association for Cancer Research. Her scientific and research work is focused on studying malignant brain tumors, specifically Glioblastoma and Astrocytoma, which are the most invasive and aggressive malignant brain tumors characterized by poor prognosis and low survival rates. The research aims to identify new, previously unknown genetic changes in genes that may play a potential role in the progression and promotion of malignant brain tumors in order to contribute a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the origin and progression of Glioblastoma and Astrocytoma, as well as the eventual development of new therapeutic protocols. She is also involved in breast cancer research, specifically focusing on triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), identification of mutations in genes involved in molecular pathways leading to breast carcinogenesis.