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Malin Parmar

Malin Parmar

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Neuroscience

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54
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12281
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4883
National Ranking
96

Biology and Biochemistry

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54
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15502
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Overview

Malin Parmar is a researcher affiliated with Lund University in Sweden, specializing in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Their work predominantly focuses on Molecular Biology and aspects of Neuroscience including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, Biomedical Engineering, and Developmental Neuroscience.

The main research topics Malin Parmar engages with include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, and Nerve injury and regeneration.

Notable recent publications authored or co-authored by Malin Parmar include:

  • The future of stem cell therapies for Parkinson disease, 2020, Nature reviews. Neuroscience
  • Modeling neural tube development by differentiation of human embryonic stem cells in a microfluidic WNT gradient, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • Single-cell transcriptomics captures features of human midbrain development and dopamine neuron diversity in brain organoids, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Preclinical quality, safety, and efficacy of a human embryonic stem cell-derived product for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, STEM-PD, 2023, Cell stem cell
  • Single cell transcriptomics identifies stem cell-derived graft composition in a model of Parkinson's disease, 2020, Nature Communications

Malin Parmar frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including Alessandro Fiorenzano, Marcella Birtele, Janko Kajtez, Petter Storm, and Fredrik Nilsson, with collaboration counts ranging from 17 to 27 publications together.

Publication venues favored by Parmar include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 9 publications, Nature Communications and Advanced Science with 5 publications each, Cell stem cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences with 4 publications each.

Best Publications

  • Direct conversion of human fibroblasts to dopaminergic neurons

    Ulrich Pfisterer;Agnete Kirkeby;Olof Torper;James Wood

  • Generation of regionally specified neural progenitors and functional neurons from human embryonic stem cells under defined conditions.

    Agnete Kirkeby;Shane Grealish;Daniel A. Wolf;Jenny Nelander

  • Human iPS cell-derived dopaminergic neurons function in a primate Parkinson’s disease model

    Tetsuhiro Kikuchi;Asuka Morizane;Daisuke Doi;Hiroaki Magotani

  • Isolation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Dopaminergic Progenitors by Cell Sorting for Successful Transplantation

    Daisuke Doi;Bumpei Samata;Mitsuko Katsukawa;Tetsuhiro Kikuchi

  • Generation of induced neurons via direct conversion in vivo.

    Olof Torper;Ulrich Pfisterer;Daniel Wolf;Maria J M Pereira

  • Human ESC-Derived Dopamine Neurons Show Similar Preclinical Efficacy and Potency to Fetal Neurons when Grafted in a Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease.

    Shane Grealish;Elsa Diguet;Agnete Kirkeby;Bengt Mattsson

  • Cell‑based therapies for Parkinson disease —past insights and future potential

    Roger A. Barker;Janelle Drouin-Ouellet;Malin Parmar

  • Human Trials of Stem Cell-Derived Dopamine Neurons for Parkinson's Disease: Dawn of a New Era.

    Roger A. Barker;Malin Parmar;Lorenz Studer;Jun Takahashi

  • Strengths and limitations of the neurosphere culture system.

    Josephine B. Jensen;Malin Parmar

  • Predictive Markers Guide Differentiation to Improve Graft Outcome in Clinical Translation of hESC-Based Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease

    Agnete Kirkeby;Sara Nolbrant;Katarina Tiklova;Andreas Heuer

  • The future of stem cell therapies for Parkinson disease

    Malin Parmar;Shane Grealish;Claire Henchcliffe

  • Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals midbrain dopamine neuron diversity emerging during mouse brain development

    Katarína Tiklová;Åsa K. Björklund;Laura Lahti;Alessandro Fiorenzano

  • Generation of high-purity human ventral midbrain dopaminergic progenitors for in vitro maturation and intracerebral transplantation

    Sara Nolbrant;Andreas Heuer;Malin Parmar;Agnete Kirkeby;Agnete Kirkeby

  • Advances in stem cell research and therapeutic development

    Michele De Luca;Alessandro Aiuti;Giulio Cossu;Malin Parmar

  • Modeling neural tube development by differentiation of human embryonic stem cells in a microfluidic WNT gradient.

    Pedro Rifes;Marc Isaksson;Gaurav Singh Rathore;Patrick Aldrin-Kirk

  • New approaches for brain repair—from rescue to reprogramming

    Roger A. Barker;Magdalena Götz;Malin Parmar

  • In Vivo Reprogramming of Striatal NG2 Glia into Functional Neurons that Integrate into Local Host Circuitry

    Olof Torper;Daniella Rylander Ottosson;Maria Pereira;Shong Lau

  • Designing stem-cell-based dopamine cell replacement trials for Parkinson’s disease

    Roger A Barker

  • Development of the mesencephalic dopaminergic neuron system is compromised in the absence of neurogenin 2

    E. Andersson;J. B. Jensen;M. Parmar;F. Guillemot

  • Neural grafting in Parkinson's disease Problems and possibilities.

    Patrik Brundin;Roger A Barker;Malin Parmar

  • Identification of embryonic stem cell–derived midbrain dopaminergic neurons for engraftment

    Yosif M. Ganat;Elizabeth L. Calder;Sonja Kriks;Jenny Nelander

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Björklund
Anders Björklund Lund University
Roger A. Barker
Roger A. Barker University of Cambridge
Thomas Perlmann
Thomas Perlmann Karolinska Institute
Olle Lindvall
Olle Lindvall Lund University
Jenny Emnéus
Jenny Emnéus Technical University of Denmark
Caroline Graff
Caroline Graff Karolinska University Hospital
Kenneth Campbell
Kenneth Campbell Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Zaal Kokaia
Zaal Kokaia Lund University
Nicole Déglon
Nicole Déglon University of Lausanne
Lorenz Studer
Lorenz Studer Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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