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We are very happy to congratulate Jessica Giacomoni who on October 14th, 2022 successfully defended her thesis "Exploring Direct Conversion of Human Glia into Therapeutic Neurons". PhD interview: Turning glia into neurons inside the brain – PhD interview with Jessica Giacomoni Please click here to read the thesis.
https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/congratulations-dr-giacomoni - 2025-10-01
Läkemedelsverket godkänner klinisk fas 1- och fas2a-studie för ny stamcellsbaserad behandling av Parkinsons sjukdom An investigational stem cell-based therapy for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease, STEM-PD, has been given regulatory approval for a Phase I/IIa clinical trial. Ethical approval of the trial has already been obtained from the Swedish Ethics Review Authority, and the STEM-PD team, l
Lund University: Press release On 13th of February, 2023, a transplant of stem cell-derived nerve cells was administered to a person with Parkinson’s at Skåne University Hospital, Sweden. Please go to the below links to find out more about STEM PD. English: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/first-patient-receives-milestone-stem-cell-based-transplant-parkinsons-disease Svenska: https://www.l
2023-04-27. We are very happy to join Fredrik Nilsson for the nailing of his thesis "Cell Replacement Therapy for Parkinson's Disease: Evaluating the potential of autologous grafting". The defence will take place on May 10th, 2023 at 9.00 am at the Belfrage Lecture Hall (Klinikgatan 32, Lund) - you are very welcome to join! To access the thesis please go to Lund university's database: Cell Replac
https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/congratulations-fredrik - 2025-10-01
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 - 2025-10-01
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
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
För att gå till artikeln, vänligen besök DNs hemsida: https://www.dn.se/sverige/nya-celler-i-hjarnan-hopp-for-patienter-med-parkinsons-sjukdom/
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 - 2025-10-01
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
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 - 2025-10-01
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 - 2025-10-01
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 is why we were very happy to celebrate the grant with the head of the department M
https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/celebrating-our-new-grant-knut-and-alice-wallenberg-foundation - 2025-10-01
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 about our research. Thank you for inviting us, Bålsta Parkinson's Society!
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 - 2025-10-01
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
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 - 2025-10-01
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 - 2025-10-01
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://jeanssonsstiftelser.se/pristagare/
https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/congratulations-daniella - 2025-10-01
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 of Parkinson’s disease. Here, Sara answers a few questions about her research and
https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview-sara-nolbrant - 2025-10-01
