By john [dot] albinsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (John Albinsson) - published 12 May 2025 Associate professor Aboma Merdasa. Aboma Merdasa gave an appreciated seminar about his career within and outside the Academia on Friday the 16th of May, at 12.30. The seminar was part of the celebration of his appointment as an Associated Professor at the Department of Experimental Medical Science at Lund U

https://www.photoacoustics.lu.se/article/seminar-given-newly-appointed-associate-professor-aboma-merdasa - 2025-08-17

Published 21 January 2020 New publication about Giant Cell Arthritis in Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology: Naumovska M, Sheikh R, Engelsberg K, Blohmé J, Hammar B, Malmsjo M: Temporal artery biopsies contract upon surgical excision, but do not shrink further during formalin fixation. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology 2020;49:84-86.

https://www.photoacoustics.lu.se/article/new-publication - 2025-08-17

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 20 September 2016 Dr Rana Soylu Kucharz presented her recent project with the title "Striatal Neuropathology induced by Hypothalamic Overexpression of Huntingtin Fragments using Adeno-associated Viral Vectors in Mice” as an oral presentation in the Short Communication session at the EHDN meeting in the Hague, the Netherl

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnus-research-selected-oral-presentation-ehdn-meeting - 2025-08-17

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 4 October 2016 Welcome to Jo Henningsen who started her postdoctoral fellowship two weeks ago with TNU. Jo will work on hypothalamic dysfunction in HD, and will be engaged in collaborations with the BRAINS unit.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/welcome-our-new-postdoc-jo-henningsen - 2025-08-17

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 24 October 2016 There was an official ceremony for the new Professors at Lund University, Friday October 14 2016. Read more about Petersén's research in the official document from the ceremony and see pictures from the newspaper Sydsvenskan: Sydsvenskan broschyr-professorsinstallation-lunds-universitet-14okt2016.pdf

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-official-ceremony-new-professors - 2025-08-17

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 28 March 2017 Petersén is invited to give a talk entitled "Hypothalamic dysfunction in Huntington disease: relevance for non-motor features and striatal pathology" at an International Huntington Conference in Vilnius, April 7 2017.Please see programme: hd_conference_programme_20170407.pdf

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gives-talk-international-huntington-conference-vilnius - 2025-08-17

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 15 June 2017 Cheong and Henningsen present their recent research findings and Petersén acts as discussion leader at the Gordon Research Conference on CAG Triplet Repeat Disorders in Mount Snow, USA, June 2017.See program at: https://www.grc.org/cag-triplet-repeat-disorders-conference/2017/

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-goes-gordon-research-conference-cag-triplet-repeat-disorders - 2025-08-17

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 10 November 2017 A new initiative between Lund University and Region Skåne is the formation of an excellence center for Huntington disease. The aim is to bring research closer to the clinic and to provide multidisciplinary care by experts for families with HD at all stages.The center will work in close collaboration with

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/huntingtoncenter-has-been-formed-lund-university-and-region-skane-headed-professor-asa-petersen - 2025-08-17

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 22 November 2017 Drs Baldo, Henningsen and Soylu-Kucharz have received three research grants of a total of 286 000 SEK for their exciting projects on Huntington disease. Congratulations!

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/research-grants-tnu-postdoctoral-fellows-royal-physiographic-society-lund - 2025-08-17

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 7 December 2017 Åhlen Foundation gives a 200 000 SEK research grant to Dr Rachel Cheong, TNU, for her interesting research on Huntington disease.Congratulations!!

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/ahlen-foundation-gives-200-000-sek-research-grant-dr-cheong - 2025-08-17

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 6 December 2017 Dr Rana Soylu Kucharz has received the Best Neurobiology section thesis 2016 award at EMV, Lund University.Congratulations!!!   Best Neurobiology section PhD thesis 2016 Best Neurobiology section PhD thesis 2016 was awarded Dr. Rana Soylu Kucharz for her thesis Hypothalamic and Metabolic Dysfunction in Ge

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/dr-soylu-kucharz-receives-best-thesis-2016-award - 2025-08-17

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 27 February 2019 Dr Sanaz Gabery is one of 14 to receive Hjärnfonden's (Brain Foundation) stipend for postdoctoral researchers during 2019. Her project is focusing on white matter alterations in Huntington's disease. Earlier research has shown that grey matter is reduced in Huntington patients’ brains, which can be one e

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/sanaz-gabery-hjarnfonden-stipendee - 2025-08-17

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 25 April 2019 Huntington Center is hosting this year's first information meeting in Lund on Huntington's disease on May 28. The evening is open for families with Huntington's disease and health care professionals. The Huntington team from the Neurology clinic at Skåne University Hospital will be present, as well as resea

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/huntingtons-disease-information-evening - 2025-08-17

Published 7 May 2019 Team "Huntington Disease Center" made its first Lundaloppet-run!! The supporting family members ran the kids-run! Great day and well done everyone! Happy team members before the start The juniors contributed to the great performance

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/hd-team-lundaloppet - 2025-08-17

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 15 May 2019 In the latest edition of Neurologi i Sverige (Neurology in Sweden), Åsa Petersén has contributed with an article on her research group's findings on the effect on hypothalamus in Huntington's disease. These results might lead to future therapeutic strategies. This article is only available in Swedish. "Det är

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/article-hd-petersen-neurologi-i-sverige - 2025-08-17

Published 3 June 2019 On May 28 the Huntingtoncentre in Lund hosted an information evening on Huntington's disease at the Biomedical Centre in Lund. 70 guests came to listen to Åsa Petersén, professor and senior consultant in psychiatry, and Håkan Widner, professor and senior consultant in neurology, who talked about the latest research in the HD field and different symptoms and treatment possibil

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/information-evening-hd - 2025-08-17

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 27 June 2019 On November 5 and 6 2019 the annual event "Forskningens Dag" (Research Day) will take place in Malmö and Lund. Forskningens Dag is popular-scientific event with a specific theme each year, where the participating researchers present the current research in their field. The event is organized by the Faculty o

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/research-day - 2025-08-17

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 19 November 2019 The 2nd Nordic HD Research Meeting will take place on Tuesday November 26, 2019 in the Belfrage hall at D15 of the Biomedical Center (BMC), Klinikgatan 32, in Lund, Sweden. It is organized by the Huntington Center and is open to HD researchers and clinicians in the Nordic countries. There will be a large

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/huntington-center-welcomes-hd-researchers-and-clinicians-nordic-countries-one-day-nordic-huntington - 2025-08-17

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 1 October 2019 The Huntington Center in Lund is arranging an information evening about Huntington's disease on December 11, 2019. Time: 18.00 - 20.30 Venue: The Belfrage lecture hall, BMC D15, Klinikgatan 32, Lund. In the evening you can hear about the latest research on HD, the Huntington team from the Neurology clinic

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/welcome-information-evening-huntingtons-disease - 2025-08-17

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 16 October 2019 Cheong RY, Gabery S and Petersén Å.Journal of Huntington's disease 2019 Sep 26. doi: 10.3233/JHD-190372. [Epub ahead of print]AbstractHuntington's disease (HD) is a fatal genetic neurodegenerative disorder. It has mainly been considered a movement disorder with cognitive symptoms and these features have b

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/role-hypothalamic-pathology-non-motor-features-huntingtons-disease - 2025-08-17