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2023-05-10. We are very happy to announce that Fredrik Nilsson successfully defended his thesis "Cell Replacement Therapy for Parkinson's Disease: Evaluating the potential of autologous grafting" today. Congratulations Dr. Nilsson! To read an interview with Fredrik, please go to the following article: Investigating a cell replacement therapy for Parkinson's Disease: a Ph.D. Interview with Fredrik

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/congratulations-dr-nilsson - 2026-08-17

The prize was given in recognition of their pioneering work in researching neurodegenerative diseases and translational stem cell biology. For more information of the event, please see:https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/news/experts-delve-advancements-parkinsons-treatment-oon-lecture 

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/malin-parmar-and-roger-barker-recieve-oon-award-preventative-medicine-2024 - 2026-08-17

Positiva tidiga säkerhetsresultat har uppnåtts efter de fyra första patienterna som genomgått transplantation av dopaminproducerande stamceller inom den kliniska studien STEM-PD.För att läsa artikeln vänligen gå till: https://www.lu.se/artikel/klinisk-stamcellsbaserad-transplantationsstudie-stem-pd-mot-parkinsons-har-inlett-doshojning

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/klinisk-stamcellsbaserad-transplantationsstudie-stem-pd-mot-parkinsons-har-inlett-doshojning - 2026-08-17

För att gå till artikeln, vänligen besök DNs hemsida: https://www.dn.se/sverige/nya-celler-i-hjarnan-hopp-for-patienter-med-parkinsons-sjukdom/ 

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/dagens-nyheter-nya-celler-i-hjarnan-hopp-patienter-med-parkinsons-sjukdom - 2026-08-17

För att se avsnittet, vänligen besök SVT Play: https://www.svtplay.se/video/jb3DV31/rapport/man-6-maj-19-30?position=1015&id=j7dJnd2Start: min. 16:59

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/svt-play-rapport-2024-05-06 - 2026-08-17

Malin Parmar, professor of cellular neuroscience, along with three researchers in Italy and Denmark, has been awarded the prestigious ERC Synergy Grant worth EUR 10 million. The four researchers aim to develop custom-made neurons from stem cells for cell therapies to treat Parkinson’s or Huntington’s disease. For full press release please go to the following page:https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/a

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/press-release-erc-synergy-grant-awarded-development-custom-made-stem-cell-therapies - 2026-08-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Congratulations to Tiago Cardoso who "nailed" his thesis today! We are now very much looking forward to his defence which will take place on Nov 30th at 9.00 AM at BMC, D15, Belfrage Lecture Hall   

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/congratulations-tiago-cardoso - 2026-08-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Does it look different? Our new website has now been launched! We hope you will find it informative! Are you missing anything? Any mistakes? If so please contact Paulina.Pettersson@med.lu.se - we'll be thrilled to hear from you!   

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/welcome-our-new-website - 2026-08-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We are very thrilled to be recepients of a prestigious grant awarded by The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation! 2019-01-14. For this new and exciting project Malin Parmar's group will closely collaborate with Tomas Björklund's group. Both of the groups belong to the Department of Experimental Medical Science which i

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/celebrating-our-new-grant-knut-and-alice-wallenberg-foundation - 2026-08-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Jenny Nelander Wahlestedt har idag besökt Bålsta Parkinson Föreningen där hon berättade om vår forskning för ca. 50 engagerade åhörare. Tack till Bålsta Parkinson Föreningen för att ni bjöd in oss! In English: Jenny Nelander Wahlestedt has today visited the Bålsta Parkinson's Society to talk to app. 50 participants ab

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/besok-hos-balsta-parkinson-foreningen-visit-balsa-parkinsons-society - 2026-08-17

På svenska. Läs nedan om Malin Parmars femåriga projekt som nu tilldelas närmare 22 miljoner kronor från Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse.     Lunds Universitet - nyheter:     Miljonregn över forskning på skadad hjärna och kiselalger

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/storsatsning-fran-knut-och-alice-wallenbergs-stiftelse - 2026-08-17

Read here about how Novo Nordisk, together with the Swedish biotech company Biolamina in Stockholm, collaborates with Malin Parmar and her close collegues Agnete Kirkeby and Anders Björklund at Lund University to develop a new stem cell based treatment for Parkinson's disease.     for Lund University's press release please click here biolamina.pdf På svenska: Nytt samarbete mellan Lundaforskare oc

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/new-collaboration-between-lund-scientists-and-novo-nordisk-nytt-samarbete-mellan-lundaforskare-och - 2026-08-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Vi är väldigt glada och stolta att vår forskning nyligen har uppmärksammats av det norska Parkinsonförbundet och den norska tidningen VG. För att komma till artikeln i VG vänligen klicka här. 

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/om-var-forskning-och-norges-parkinsonforbund - 2026-08-17

Vet du om att ultraseriös forskning kan även vara riktigt rolig? Och bli en tecknad serie? Läs mer om hur Malin Parmars forskning har blivit en del av projektet ERCcOMICS "A Cell's Life" där den lilla cellen Jojo upptäcker reprogrammering.     ERCcOMICS - "A Cell's Life"    

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/hon-gor-serier-av-sin-forskning - 2026-08-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Today we congratulate Daniella Ottosson on her prize from the Harald och Greta Jeansson Foundation! The prize ceremony took place in Stockholm on May 21st, 2019 and Daniella was awarded a personal prize for "a successful effort as a young researcher and group leader".For more information please go to: http://jeanssons

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/congratulations-daniella - 2026-08-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sara Nolbrant, from the Developmental and Regenerative Neurobiology lab, will be defending her PhD thesis on Friday 31st of January. Researching in the group led by Malin Parmar, Sara has been directing and dissecting the fate of dopaminergic neurons with the aim developing cell replacement therapy for the treatment o

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview-sara-nolbrant - 2026-08-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Congratulations to Sara Nolbrant who has succefully defended her thesis entitled "Directing and Dissecting the Fate of Dopaminergic Neurons" today (Jan 31st, 2020)! To read an article about Sara's thesis, please click here.

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/congratulations-dr-nolbrant - 2026-08-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Marcella Birtele will be defending her PhD thesis titled “Functional and Transcriptional Studies of Human Dopaminergic Neurons” on Friday 2nd October. Researching within the Developmental and Regenerative Neurobiology group led by Prof. Malin Parmar, here Marcella tells us about her PhD studies at Lund Stem Cell Cente

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview-marcella-birtele - 2026-08-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Congratulations to Marcella Birtele who has succefully defended her thesis entitled “Functional and Transcriptional Studies of Human Dopaminergic Neurons” (October 2nd, 2020). For an interview with Marcella please click on the following link: https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/congratulations-dr-birtele - 2026-08-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Congratulations to Shelby Shrigley on nailing her thesis "Exploring Patient-Specific Cell Replacement Therapy for Parkinson's disease". The nailing took place on Friday, Feb 19th, 2021 and the defence will take place on Friday, March 12th, 2021.

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/nailing-shelby-shrigleys-thesis-successful - 2026-08-17