Dr. Jaspreet Kaur is currently an Assistant Professor at the Center for Translational Neuromedicine (CTN).

Dr. Kaur has previously worked with Dr. Rune W. Berg to unveil: 1) the mechanism for generation of movement in the mammals, 2) how the movement is orchestrated from the brain to the spinal cord and, 3) how spinal population dynamics modulate during locomotion and during natural and induced movement arrest. The prime goal has been to understand and unwind the complex motor system using adult rats (in-vivo) and post-mortem human spinal cord as the main model systems. To investigate this, Dr. Kaur has used various strategies such as Adeno-associated viruses (AAV) to target various neuronal subtypes, optogenetics, in vivo electrophysiology, chronic implants such as optical fibers, Neuropixel and Neuronexus probes in the rodent spinal cord.

Previously, Dr. Kaur worked as a Postdoc at Aix-Marseille University, France to reveal the regeneration of axons and immune cells response in the lumbar spinal cord using electro-conducting carbon microfibres in an in vivo triple fluorescent mice model.

Dr. Kaur has obtained her PhD in Neurobiology from Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Trieste, Italy on Neuroprotection of the spinal locomotor networks after the spinal cord injury in neonate rat model (Supervisor Prof. Andrea Nistri). 

Experience and Education

Dec 2023 - Present: Assistant Professor, Center for Translational Neuromedicine (CTN), University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Dec 2022 - Nov 2023: Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Department (IN), University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Dec 2018 - Nov 2022: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Neuroscience Department (IN), University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Dec 2017 - Nov 2018: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France

Nov 2013 - Nov 2017: Ph D fellow, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Trieste, Italy (Supervisor: Prof. Andrea Nistri)

May 2013 - Oct 2013: Research Assistant, Elettra Sincrotrone, Trieste & SISSA, Trieste – Italy

2010 - 2012: Master of Science Honors School (M.Sc. HS) in Biopysics, Department of Biophysics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

2007– 2010: Bachelor Science Honors School (B.Sc. HS) in Biophysics Department of Biophysics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India