Alana Panzenhagen
Postdoctoral Researcher
E-mail: alana.panzenhagen@ki.se
Visiting address: SciLifeLab, Tomtebodavägen 23A, 17121 Solna
Postal address: K7 Onkologi-Patologi, K7 Forskning Larsson Ola, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
I am a researcher with 10+ years of experience in molecular and computational biology. I published over 20 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 7 of them as first-author – 2.5 articles a year since I started as an undergraduate, with an average impact factor of 5.01 (JCR 2022). I also presented my work at more than 10 different conferences worldwide and have made an effort to always engage the general public to the extent that I could translate science to their everyday life and interests. I view it as my responsibility to give back to the community (both researchers and the lay public) by educating them and taking their input back to science.
Research
I started my career in preclinical and clinical biological psychiatry, transitioning between several types of analytical approaches, from genomics and transcriptomics to neuroimaging. Now, I aim towards yet another kind of high-dimensional data, the translatome.
Teaching
I have teaching experience at the undergraduate, medical residency, and postgraduate levels, I co-supervised 1 B.Sc., 4 M.D., and 1 M.Sc. thesis.
Selected publications
- Journal article: GENERAL PSYCHIATRY. 2025;38(5):e102067Lucas LS; Borba BLI; Azevedo BMD; Cagliari A; Valim ARDM; Garcia EL; Areosa SVC; Morelle AM; Damin MRA; Stulp S; Panzenhagen AC; Shansis FM
- Journal article: NATURE GENETICS. 2025;57(5):1074-1088Bruxel EM; Rovaris DL; Belangero SI; Chavarria-Soley G; Cuellar-Barboza AB; Martinez-Magana JJ; Nagamatsu ST; Nievergelt CM; Nunez-Rios DL; Ota VK; Peterson RE; Sloofman LG; Adams AM; Albino E; Alvarado AT; Andrade-Brito D; Arguello-Pascualli PY; Bandeira CE; Bau CHD; Bulik CM; Buxbaum JD; Cappi C; Corral-Frias NS; Corrales A; Corsi-Zuelli F; Crowley JJ; Cupertino RB; da Silva BS; De Almeida SS; de la Hoz JF; Forero DA; Fries GR; Gelernter J; Gonzalez-Giraldo Y; Grevet EH; Grice DE; Hernandez-Garayua A; Hettema JM; Ibanez A; Ionita-Laza I; Lattig MC; Lima YC; Lin Y-S; Lopez-Leon S; Loureiro CM; Martinez-Cerdeno V; Martinez-Levy GA; Melin K; Moreno-De-Luca D; Carvalho CM; Olivares AM; Oliveira VF; Ormond R; Palmer AA; Panzenhagen AC; Passos-Bueno MR; Peng Q; Perez-Palma E; Prieto ML; Roussos P; Sanchez-Roige S; Santamaria-Garcia H; Shansis FM; Sharp RR; Storch EA; Tavares MEA; Tietz GE; Torres-Hernandez BA; Tovo-Rodrigues L; Trelles P; Trujillo-ChiVacuan EM; Velasquez MM; Vera-Urbina F; Voloudakis G; Wegman-Ostrosky T; Zhen-Duan J; Zhou H; Santoro ML; Nicolini H; Atkinson EG; Giusti-Rodriguez P; Montalvo-Ortiz JL
- Review: EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2022;272(8):1395-1411Vidor MV; Panzenhagen AC; Martins AR; Cupertino RB; Bandeira CE; Picon FA; da Silva BS; Vitola ES; Rohde LA; Rovaris DL; Dotto Bau CH; Grevet EH
- Review: FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY. 2022;13:923988Bayer JMM; Thompson PM; Ching CRK; Liu M; Chen A; Panzenhagen AC; Jahanshad N; Marquand A; Schmaal L; Samann PG
- Review: NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS. 2019;100:166-179Leffa DT; Panzenhagen AC; Salvi AA; Bau CHD; Pires GN; Torres ILS; Rohde LA; Rovaris DL; Grevet EH
Articles
- Journal article: TRENDS IN PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY. 2025Panzenhagen AC; Maffini ACS; Dantas R; Shimomura K; Ikeda MLR; Gelain DP; Shansis FM; Moreira JCF
- Journal article: FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY. 2024;191:114851Panzenhagen AC; Petry FDS; Alves-Teixeira A; Santos L; Carazza-Kessler FG; Gelain DP; Moreira JCF
- Journal article: EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2024;275(7):1-9Vidor MV; Vitola ES; Bandeira CE; Martins AR; Tavares MEDA; Cupertino RB; Panzenhagen AC; da Silva BS; Falkenberg IG; Barreto PO; Teche SP; Picon FA; Rohde LA; Rovaris DL; Bau CHD; Grevet EH
- Article: TRENDS IN PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY. 2024Nabinger AB; Panzenhagen AC; Dahmer T; Almeida RF; Dias AU; Pereira BFB; Pedro CW; Rodrigues GS; Adão IK; Robini PHO; Silva JS; Rocha R; Dantas RP; Moreira JCF; Capp E; Shansis FM
- Article: CHEMOSPHERE. 2024;351:141239Carazza-Kessler FG; Campos MS; Bittencourt RR; Rosa-Silva HTD; Brum PO; Silveira AK; Teixeira AA; Ribeiro CT; Peixoto DO; Santos L; Andrade G; Panzenhagen AC; Scheibel IM; Gelain DP; Fonseca Moreira JC
- Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 2024;169:341-346Rodrigues GS; Pellini GL; Rocha R; Lima AF; Fleck MPDA; Panzenhagen AC; Shansis FM; Capp E
- Journal article: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2023;75:s141-s142Panzenhagen A; Pedro CW; Maffini A; Moreira JC; Henriques JA; Shansis F
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 2021;297(2):100979Gasparotto J; Senger MR; de Sa Moreira ET; Brum PO; Carazza Kessler FG; Peixoto DO; Panzenhagen AC; Ong LK; Soares MC; Reis PA; Schirato GV; Goes Valente WC; Araujo Montoya BO; Silva FP; Fonseca Moreira JC; Dal-Pizzol F; Castro-Faria-Neto HC; Gelain DP
- Article: TRENDS IN PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY. 2021;43(1):1-8Vidor MV; Panzenhagen AC; Martins AR; Cupertino RB; Bandeira CE; Rohde LA; Rovaris DL; Dotto Bau CH; Grevet EH
- Article: MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS. 2020;858:503239da Rosa-Silva HT; Panzenhagen AC; Espitia-Perez P; Teixeira AA; Roitman A; Almeida RF; Heimfarth L; Fonseca Moreira JC
- Article: CHEMOSPHERE. 2020;244:125400da Rosa-Silva HT; Panzenhagen AC; Schmidtt V; Teixeira AA; Espitia-Perez P; Franco ADO; Mingori M; Torres-Avila JF; Eduardo Schnorr C; Silva Hermann PR; Moraes DP; Almeida RF; Fonseca Moreira JC
- Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 2017;95:269-275Mullner D; Grevet EH; Panzenhagen AC; Cupertino RB; da Silva BS; Kappel DB; Mota NR; Blaya-Rocha P; Teche SP; Vitola ES; Rohde LA; Contini V; Rovaris DL; Schuch JB; Bau CHD
All other publications
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2025;BIORXIVHan LKM; Toenders YJ; Shen X; Milaneschi Y; Whalley HC; Sämann PG; Andlauer T; Bauer J; Berger K; Borgers T; Cole JH; Dannlowski U; Flinkenflügel K; Grabe HJ; Gruber O; Hahn T; Hamilton PJ; Hatton SN; Hermesdorf M; Hickie I; Homann J; Kircher TJ; Krämer B; Kraus A; Krug A; Lill CM; Medland SE; Meinert S; Panzenhagen A; Penninx BWJH; van der Wee NJA; van Tol M-J; Völker U; Völzke H; Weihs A; Wittfeld K; Thomopoulos SI; Jahanshad N; Thompson PM; Pozzi E; Schmaal L
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2023Panzenhagen AC; Alves-Teixeira A; Wissmann MS; Girardi CS; Santos L; Silveira AK; Gelain DP; Fonseca Moreira JC
- Review: LAB ANIMAL. 2023;52(10):229-246Gallas-Lopes M; Bastos LM; Benvenutti R; Panzenhagen AC; Piato A; Herrmann AP
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2022Gallas-Lopes M; Bastos L; Benvenutti R; Panzenhagen A; Piato A; Herrmann A
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2022;63:E170BICLUSTERING ALGORITHM APPLIED TO STRUCTURAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDERPanzenhagen A; Schmaal L; Czisch M; Mueller-Myhsok B; Samann P
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. 2022;162:95Panzenhagen AC; Santos L; Behrens L; Barbosa C; Almeida RF; Moreira JCF
- Review: SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS. 2022;11(1):150Panzenhagen AC; Cavalcanti A; Stein DJ; de Castro LL; Vasconcelos M; Abreu MB; Almeida RF; Bertoglio LJ; Herrmann AP
- Editorial comment: NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS. 2022;137:104641Panzenhagen AC; Bau CHD; Grevet EH; Rovaris DL
- Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2022Bayer JMM; Thompson P; Ching CRK; Mengting.Liu; Chen A; Panzenhagen AC; Jahanshad N; Marquand A; Schmaal L; Sämann PG
- Conference publication: BIOPHYSICAL REVIEWS. 2021;13(6):1397Panzenhagen AC; Alves-Teixeira A; Santos L; Varal M; de Andrade GP; Campos M; Girardi CS; Silveira AK; Gelain DP; Fonseca Moreira JC
- Conference publication: BIOPHYSICAL REVIEWS. 2021;13(6):1437-1438Somensi N; Gasparotto J; Girardi CS; Soares NM; Panzenhagen AC; Ribeiro CT; Leonardi Dutra AC; Artigas NR; Fonseca Moreira JC; Martins de Almeida RM; Hilbig A; de Mello Rieder CR; Gelain DP
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2021;51:E153-E154Panzenhagen A; Herrmann AP; Bertoglio L; Cavalcanti A; Stein D; de Castro L; de Vasconcelos M; de Almeida R; de Abreu M
- Review: PLOS ONE. 2021;16(4):e0250377Maria Cahuana Pinto RS; Panzenhagen AC; Silva Oliveira LF; Fonseca Moreira JC; Eduardo Schnorr C
- Editorial comment: TRENDS IN PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY. 2020;42(3):221-222Antonello VS; Panzenhagen AC; Balanza-Martinez V; Shansis FM
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2019Panzenhagen AC; Alves-Teixeira A; Wissmann MS; Girardi CS; Santos L; Silveira AK; Gelain DP; Moreira JCF
- Letter: PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2019;94:109617Panzenhagen AC; Bau CHD; Grevet EH; Rovaris DL
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. 2019;150:123Somensi N; Gasparotto J; Ribeiro CT; Soares NM; Panzenhagen AC; Moreira JCF; Hilbig A; de Mello Rieder CR; Gelain DP
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2019;29:S887-S888Kappel DB; Rovaris DL; da Silva BS; Cupertino RB; Mueller D; Bandeira CE; Panzenhagen AC; Breda VCT; Zeni G; Mota NR; Grevet EH; Bau CH
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2019;29:S1000-S1001da Silva B; Kappel DB; Cupertino RB; Rovaris DL; Schuch JB; Bandeira C; Panzenhagen AC; Mueller D; Mota NR; Vitola ES; Victor MM; Grevet EH; Contini V; Bau CHD
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2019;29:S823Panzenhagen AC; Cupertino RB; Santos B; Kappel DB; Schuch JB; Mueller D; Bandeira CE; Rovaris D; Teche SP; Salgado CAI; Mota NR; Grevet EH; Bau CHD; Contini V
- Review: BMJ OPEN SCIENCE. 2018;2(1):e000001Leffa DT; Castro Panzenhagen A; Luiz Rovaris D; Henrique Dotto Bau C; Rohde LA; Horacio Grevet E; Pires GN
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Grants
- European Union1 August 2025 - 31 July 2027Regulation of gene expression takes place at multiple levels, including transcription, messenger RNA (mRNA) translation, and protein degradation. Translational regulation is especially powerful, as it allows cells to quickly change protein production without altering gene transcription. However, we still lack a comprehensive understanding of how translation is regulated across the whole transcriptome. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the TRANSLATOME project aims to identify mRNAs whose translation is consistently co-regulated and investigate how these are orchestrated. To target dysregulated translation in cancer, researchers hope to identify the mechanisms causing translation changes and look into how these relate to breast cancer and glioblastoma.
- Bi-nationally Supervised Doctorate FellowshipGerman Academic Exchange Service1 October 2021
- Predoctoral FellowshipCoordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES, Brazil)2 January 2019
Employments
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2027
Degrees and Education
- PhD, Biochemistry, Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, 2025
- BSc, Biological Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, 2019
Visiting research fellowships
- Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degree - Visiting Researcher, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Project: Robust clustering of MDD subtypes using structural MRI and symptom profiles with ENIGMA MDD, 2021-2023
Editorial work
- Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Associate editor, 2022
Journal reviewing
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer