Maja Stojiljković

Maja Stojiljkovic is an Associate Research Professor at the Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade (IMGGE), Serbia. Ever since she obtained PhD in Molecular Biology at the University of Belgrade in 2009. she was dedicated to fundamental and applied biomedical research with a focus on genetics of rare diseases, principally inborn errors of metabolism. Results of her research studies were published in international scientific Journals (such as Nature Genetics, Clinical Genetics, etc.). Maja is also a lecturer at the PhD program of Molecular Biology at the University of Belgrade and she acted as a mentor at two PhD thesis. Maja is actively involved in genetic testing of rare diseases in Serbia bringing new technologies and experimental solutions to routine use. She was a Development Management of the Sector for Laboratory Investigations at the IMGGE between 2016 and 2018. Over the past 12 years, Maja was a visiting scientist in Madrid, Spain and Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom and was a member of several international research projects. As such, she was recognized at the international level as a professional in Serbia dedicated to rare diseases. Therefore, she is a secretary of International association for rare diseases ICORD, assistant coordinator of Serbian ORPHANET team since 2010 and ambassador of Genomic Medicine Alliance since 2016. Also, she is a member of Expert Committee of Serbian umbrella patient organization (NORBS).