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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Petersén begins her tenured faculty position as Senior Lecturer (universitetslektor) in medical research with specialization in Neuroscience at the Medical Faculty of Lund University in November 2012 after three years with a position as senior researcher (forskaretjänst) in psychiatry at 50% appointed by the Swedish R

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-appointed-senior-lecturer-neuroscience-lund-university - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Network of European CNS Transplantation and Restoration (NECTAR) held its annual meeting in Lund Nov 29-30 2012 with around 130 participants. Petersén was invited to give an overview of mouse models in HD, and Soylu and Sajjad were selected to present their recent research findings in the data blitz sessions.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-members-give-talks-annual-nectar-meeting - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Congratulations to Sofia Hult Lundh who received one of the five stipends of 2012 from the Swedish Lundbeckfoundation at a ceremony at Trolleholm castle on the 17th of January 2012. The stipend will be used to investigate molecular mechanisms underlying depressive- and anxiety-like features in mice with Huntington's d

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/phd-student-sofia-hult-lundh-received-prestigious-stipend-swedish-lundbeckfoundation - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Dr Rachel Cheong starts a postdoctoral fellowship in TNU 1st of February 2013. Dr Cheong is from Singapore and has a PhD in Neuroscience from University of Otago, New Zealand. Her PhD thesis was entitled Effects of estradiol on gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons. In Lund she will investigate the role of hypothalam

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-welcomes-dr-rachel-cheong-group - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Swedish patient organization for Huntington's disease organises a one-day meeting in Gothenburg. Petersén will speak about research as well as about early stages of the clinical disease.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-lectures-national-huntington-meeting-gothenburg - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The annual Neuroscience Day in Lund takes place on May 16. Rana Soylu will give a talk with the title Long-term metabolic effects of huntingtin expression in the hypothalamus.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/soylu-presents-her-research-neuroscience-day-lund-may-2013 - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Maximilian Tufvesson Alm is a Bachelor student in Biomedicine at Lund University who has recently joined the lab to work with us on a research project for his bachelor thesis, supervised by Dr Barbara Baldo. After the completion of this achievement Max will continue in the group for eight more weeks for a summer resea

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-welcomes-max - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A team from HDYO (Huntington's disease youth organisation) visited TNU on May 24 2013. The filming project involved touring the HD research lab in Lund, meeting researchers and seeing what they are doing in the lab. It was a great day and we are looking forward to the film that will be posted on the HDYO website in th

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/hdyo-visited-tnu-film-lab-tour-about-our-hd-research - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Our article entitled Hypothalamic expression of mutant huntingtin contributes to the development of depressive-like behavior in the BAC transgenic mouse model of Huntington's disease with the authors Sofia Hult Lundh, Nathalie Nilsson, Rana Soylu, Deniz Kirik D and Åsa Petersén was published in Human Molecular Genetic

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/inactivation-mutant-huntingtin-hypothalamus-prevents-depression-hd-mice - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Barbara Baldo has received a grant of 150 000 SEK from the Blanceflor Boncompagni-Ludovisi foundation to do research about the role of orexin dysfunction in HD. Congratulations!

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/baldo-receives-150-000-sek-grant-orexin-project - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Gordon Research Conference, GRC, on CAG Triplet Repeat Disorders took place in Waterville Valley June 23-28 2013. Petersén was invited to give a talk and Baldo, Gabery and Soylu presented posters. Also, Soylu was selected to give a talk about her work at the Gordon Research Seminars just before the GRC. 

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-presents-research-gordon-research-conference-waterville-valley-usa - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The national patient organisation for HD with Carina Hvalstedt organised a camp for families with HD in Båstad in July 2013. Petersen and Gabery were invited to talk about the disease and to give an update on the ongoing research. This article was published in the newspaper Helsingborgs Dagblad:Nytt familjeläger med s

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-and-gabery-give-talks-summer-camp-hd-families-bastad - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Niclas Hagen at the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences of the Faculties of Humanities and Theology at Lund University defended his doctoral dissertation entitled Modern Genes; Body, rationality and ambivalence on October 4 2013. The focus of the thesis is Huntington's disease. Professor Susanne Lundin has been t

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/congratulations-niclas-hagen-your-phd - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Swedish Research Council has awarded a grant of 6.5 million SEK over 5 years to Petersen's research project entitled Critical hypothalamic circuitries controlling depression and anxiety in Huntington disease.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/65-million-sek-petersen-swedish-research-council - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Rachel Cheong and Sanaz Gabery receive in total 120 000 SEK from Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund for their research. Congratulations!

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/cheong-and-gabery-receives-grants-kungliga-fysiografiska-sallskapet - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PhD student Sanaz Gabery is featured in this month's newsletter from the Department of Experimental Medical Sciences at the Medical Faculty. In the article, Sanaz describes her interesting findings of hypothalamic changes in clinical HD. emvnewsletterjanuary2014.pdf

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/gabery-featured-emvs-newsletter - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Petersén, Gabery and Hagen give talks about psychiatric symptoms in HD, as well as about their ongoing research projects, at the National meeting on Huntington disease (HD) in Gothenburg on March 28 2014. The meeting is organised by the National patient organization for HD. They will also give talks and participate at

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-members-give-talks-national-hd-meeting-gothenburg - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 Gene

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/first-phd-thesis-tnu-has-been-traditionally-nailed-may-7 - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 - 2026-05-09