Dr Teodora Karan-Djurasevic is a Senior Research Associate at IMGGE, where she has been employed since 2004. She defended her doctoral dissertation entitled “Molecular basis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia: correlation between the mutational status of immunoglobulin heavy chains and the expression of apoptotic genes” in 2012 at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade.

For many years, dr Teodora Karan-Djurasevic has been engaged in studying molecular-genetic prognostic and predictive markers in hematological malignancies (acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, lymphomas), with a particular focus on chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). She has investigated somatic genetic variants involved in the pathogenesis and/or progression of hematological neoplasms. In addition, she has worked on the analysis of gene expression profiles implicated in leukemogenesis and investigated the transcriptional regulation of gene expression under in vitro conditions, while immunogenetic research in CLL holds a special place in her work.

She has actively participated in various national and international research projects, as well as in educational activities within the doctoral study program Molecular Biology at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade.