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Sofia Hult Lundh is the first PhD student from TNU who will defend her thesis. It is entitled Psychiatric and metabolic disturbances in experimental models of Huntington's disease and will be defended May 28 2014 at 13.00 in Segerfalksalen. It consists of three published papers in Cell Metabolism, Human Molecular Genetics and PLOS ONE with Sofia as first author.Main supervisor is Åsa Petersén. Fac

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/first-phd-thesis-tnu-has-been-traditionally-nailed-may-7 - 2025-10-05

Congratulations Dr Cheong to the prize for best poster at the Neuroscience Day at Lund University 2014! The poster was entitled Behavioral characterization of the psychiatric phenotype in the BACHD mouse model of Huntington disease. 

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/dr-cheong-receives-prize-best-poster-neuroscience-day-lund-university - 2025-10-05

Sofia Hult Lundh successfully defended her PhD thesis on May 28 2014 and has now a PhD in biomedicine from Lund University.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/congratulations-dr-sofia-hult-lundh-your-phd - 2025-10-05

Disturbances in sleep and metabolism in neurodegenerative diseases are now gaining increased attention as their underlying mechanisms may provide targets for novel therapeutic interventions. This symposium will shed light on novel research focusing on different aspects of sleep and metabolism relevant for not only Huntington disease and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, but also other neurodegenerati

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-organizes-segerfalk-symposium-metabolism-and-sleep-hd-and-als - 2025-10-05

Sanaz Gabery is the second PhD student from TNU who will defend her thesis and she traditionally nailed her thesis on April 22. The thesis is entitled New perspectives on pathology in Huntington’s disease - characterisation of hypothalamic changes and will be defended on May 13 2015 at 09.00 in Belfragesalen, BMC D15. It consists of three published papers in Acta Neuropathologica, Neuropathology &

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/second-phd-thesis-tnu-traditionally-nailed - 2025-10-05

Sanaz Gabery has today successfully defended her PhD thesis at Lund University!Congratulations Dr Gabery! 

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/congratulations-dr-sanaz-gabery - 2025-10-05

Petersén is invited to give a talk at the European Huntington Disease Association Conference, Warsaw, Poland, on September 18-20 2015. The talk is entitled: Change of personality - How to cope.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-lectures-european-huntington-disease-association-conference-warsaw - 2025-10-05

Petersén together with other speakers Joe Guilano, Michael Hayden, Bernhard Landwehrmer and the organisers Astri and Sven-Olof Arnesen at the EHA meeting. 

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-speaker-eha-meeting - 2025-10-05

Rana Soylu is the third PhD student from TNU who will defend her thesis and on January 11 it was traditionally nailed. The thesis is entitled “Hypothalamic and Metabolic Dysfunction in Genetic Models of Huntington’s disease" and will be defended on January 28 2016 at 09.00 in Belfrage lecture hall, BMC D15. It consists of three papers; two published in Cell Metabolism and Scientific Report, and on

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/third-phd-thesis-tnu-nailed - 2025-10-05

On January 25 2016 Åsa Petersen gave an invited talk on “Hypothalamic pathology in HD” at the Department for Neurology at Ulm University in Germany. Here with one of the hosts; Dr Patrick Weydt.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/talk-ulm-university - 2025-10-05

Rana Soylu Kucharz successfully defended her PhD thesis at Lund University on Thursday January 28! Congratulations Dr Rana Soylu Kucharz!

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/congratulations-dr-rana-soylu-kucharz - 2025-10-05

In the magazine Reflex (1/2016), issued by Neuroförbundet, an article on the TNU research on Huntington's disease is highlighted. Three PhD theses have been published during 2014-2016 in the TNU group; all focusing on different aspect of the disease. Read the article here (in Swedish): artikel_i_reflex_1_2016.pdf

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnus-research-highlighted-reflex - 2025-10-05

Petersén is invited to give a talk entitled "Huntington disease - in the crossroads of neurology and psychiatry" at the Swedish Psychiatry Congress in Stockholm, March 16-18 2016.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gives-talk-about-huntington-disease-swedish-psychiatry-congress - 2025-10-05

On Friday April 15 2016 Åsa Petersén hosted a national HD meeting in Lund for health care personnel. 50 participants from different parts of Sweden attended the meeting. program_nationellt_hd-mote_lund_15_april_2016.pdf

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-hosts-national-hd-meeting - 2025-10-05

Åsa Petersén was appointed Professor in Neuroscience at the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University on March 16 2016.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-now-appointed-professor-lund-university - 2025-10-05

Former TNU PhD student Sanaz Gabery was awarded Best Neurobiology section PhD thesis 2015 for her thesis New perspectives on pathology in Huntington's disease - characterization of hypothalamic changes.Congratulations, Sanaz!

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/gabery-awarded-best-neurobiology-section-phd-thesis-2015 - 2025-10-05

Dr Rachel Cheong is awarded Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forsknings (SSMF) stipend for post doctoral studies. The stipend of 600 000 SEK during two years allows Rachel to conduct research aiming to understand the neuropsychiatric aspects of HD. A greater understanding of the underlying pathophysiology of HD will clearly help to develop novel therapeutic strategies to treat this debilitating di

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/cheong-receives-ssmf-post-doc-stipend - 2025-10-05

Petersen and Cheong were awarded a 500 000 SEK grant for a project on the oxytocin system as a therapeutic target for HD!Brain Foundation's webpage (in Swedish)

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/swedish-brain-foundation-grant-petersen-and-cheong - 2025-10-05

Drs Baldo, Cheong and Soylu-Kucharz present their recent research findings at the 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience in Copenhagen, July 2-6 2016.More about FENS:FENS website

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-members-present-research-fens-copenhagen - 2025-10-05

Dr Cheong presents her recent work at the HDF (Hereditary Disease Foundation) “The Milton Wexler Celebration of Life” symposium in Boston, August 3-6 2016.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/dr-cheong-presents-her-research-hdf-meeting-boston - 2025-10-05