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Vi har två nya sjuksköterskor på vår mottagning, Betty och Filippa. Betty jobbar i studierna IDAC, PreCise och GRaIn och Filippa jobbar i GRaIn och PreCise follow-up. Båda två har erfarenhet av att jobba med barn i olika åldrar och ser fram emot att träffa er.
https://www.gppad.lu.se/node/398 - 2025-10-29
Artikel om Gabriel som medverkar i den glutenfria gruppen i PreCiSe-studien. Klicka här för att komma till artikeln på diabetesportalen.se
Artikel om Love som medverkar i PreCiSe-studien. Klicka här för att läsa artikeln på diabetesportalen.se
https://www.gppad.lu.se/artikel/kapslarna-har-blivit-en-del-av-morgonrutinen - 2025-10-29
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 Netherlands, in September 2016.
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnus-research-selected-oral-presentation-ehdn-meeting - 2025-10-29
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 - 2025-10-29
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 - 2025-10-29
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 - 2025-10-29
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 - 2025-10-29
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 industry and patient organizations. The center is headed by Professor Åsa Petersén. See press
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!
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 - 2025-10-29
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 Genetic Models of Huntington's Disease.
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/dr-soylu-kucharz-receives-best-thesis-2016-award - 2025-10-29
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 explanation to these patients’ motor symptoms. Recent neuroimaging studies have shown that chang
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/sanaz-gabery-hjarnfonden-stipendee - 2025-10-29
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 researchers from Lund University and the patients' organization RHS. There will be opportunity to
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/huntingtons-disease-information-evening - 2025-10-29
Team "Huntington Disease Center" made its first Lundaloppet-run!! The supporting family members ran the kids-run! Great day and well done everyone!
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/hd-team-lundaloppet - 2025-10-29
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 väl känt att hjärnans motorcentrum tar skada vid Huntingtons sjukdom. En forskargrupp vid
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/article-hd-petersen-neurologi-i-sverige - 2025-10-29
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 possibilities.The visitors wer
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/information-evening-hd - 2025-10-29
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 of Medicine and the health care organization Region Skåne.This year Åsa Petersén is the scie
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/research-day - 2025-10-29
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 number of data blitz presentations to allow for both PI’s, postdoctoral fellows and PhD studen
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 at Skåne's University Hospital will present their work and you will have the chance to ask qu
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/welcome-information-evening-huntingtons-disease - 2025-10-29
