Elisabet Jakova obtained her Ph.D. from the Department of Surgery, Program of Health Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan in September 2023. Elisabet is a current Postdoctoral Fellow under the supervision of Dr. Soheila Karimi in the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, at the University of Manitoba. She joined the Karimi’s laboratory in November 2023. She has had a long-term interest in the field of Neuroscience focusing on regenerative medicine from her doctoral research in Parkinson’s disease to her recent focus on multiple sclerosis. Elisabet has received a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Stem Cell Network and Multiple Sclerosis Canada, and she will focus on the development of stem cell-based regenerative medicine therapies for progressive multiple sclerosis using preclinical models. Her previous work focused on the development of disease models and regenerative therapies for alpha-synucleinopathy and Parkinson’s disease. During her graduate training, Elisabet was the recipient of several studentships and research awards including the College of Medicine Graduate Student Award, the Department of Surgery Faculty Research Day Awards, and the Life EXPO Health Sciences Symposiums. Elisabet has contributed to high-impact publications in Neuroscience.