3-D photo of nerve cells that produce dopamine and which slowly disappear in Parkinson's disease. Photo: iStockphoto Presently many of Sweden’s 20,000 Parkinson’s patients are not receiving the treatment they need, and many of the most seriously ill receive incorrect or inappropriate therapy. With the new Manage PD tool and the PD Pal study, Per Odin, professor at Lund University and senior attend

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/faster-and-better-treatment-parkinsons-disease-manage-pd-tool - 2025-08-23

Picture: https://clarivate.com Three out of Lund University’s four most cited scientists are research leaders at MultiPark, according to Clarivate’s report for this year. The highly anticipated annual list identifies researchers who demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade. Their names are draw

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Alexander Svanbergsson defends his thesis on the 3rd of December. During his Ph.D. studies, Alexander Svanbergsson has established a modelling system to screen for factors affecting the aggregation of alpha-synuclein in Parkinson’s disease. On the 3rd of December, it is time for him to defend his work supervised by Prof. Jia-Yi Li. Now, Alexander tells us about his research in the research group N

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-alexander-svanbergsson - 2025-08-23

Caroline Haikal presented her recent findings at the Lund University Neuroscience Graduate School lunch seminar arranged by MultiPark. Peptides from the common bacteria Staphylococcus aureus speed up the pathological aggregation of α-synuclein, a protein linked to Parkinson’s disease. This was discovered by researchers at MultiPark and published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/common-skin-bacteria-may-trigger-aggregation-parkinsons-disease-protein - 2025-08-23

Laura Andreoli defends her thesis on the 14th of December 2021. Ph.D. student Laura Andreoli spent several years digging into the neural pathways involved in involuntary movements in Parkinson’s disease. On the 14th of December, she defends her thesis. And she is eager to share her findings and thoughts about her time in the Basal Ganglia Pathophysiology Lab headed by MultiPark’s coordinator Angel

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-laura-andreoli - 2025-08-23

At MoRe-Lab researchers will be able to study, among other things, how medication or exercise programs affects the ability to function in standardized and real world environments. For example, a home, workplace, gym or outdoor environment. MoRe-Lab (Movement & Reality Lab) is an experimental health science test environment for studies of movement, activity, and behavior in full scale. A new platfo

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/more-lab-opens-gates - 2025-08-23

Oskar Hansson will lead and coordinate a research collaboration between several European countries. Photo: Kennet Ruona. With the support of an EU grant of 1.9 million euros, Alzheimer's researcher Oskar Hansson will lead and coordinate a research collaboration between Sweden, Spain, France, Germany and Denmark. The goal is to create conditions for early and correct diagnosis of Alzheimer's diseas

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/large-eu-project-alzheimers-coordinated-lund-university - 2025-08-23

Lina Rosengren explores factors for maintaining life satisfaction despite suffering from Parkinson’s disease. December 17, she defends her Ph.D. projects supervised by Prof. Jan Lexell. Lina explains her most important findings, future directions, and time as a Ph.D. student in the Rehabilitation Medicine group at MultiPark. Tell us about your research! I work part-time as a physician in Rehabilit

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-lina-rosengren - 2025-08-23

Photo: Kennet Ruona The research group leader Malin Parmar is granted 50 million SEK over 10 years within the Distinguished professor program by the Swedish Research Council. The purpose of the Distinguished Professor Program is to create conditions for the most prominent researchers to conduct long-term, innovative research with great potential to achieve scientific breakthroughs. Malin Parmar is

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/distinguished-professorship-malin-parmar - 2025-08-23

Photo:Johan Persson. The career program Wallenberg Academy Fellows is the largest private investment in young researchers in Sweden. It provides the most promising young researchers with long-term resources, giving them excellent opportunities to establish themselves and build up their research groups. Wallenberg Academy Fellows is designed for young researchers and was launched by the Knut and Al

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Pär Halje will coordinate the new AI initiative. From January 2022, MultiPark will have its own coordinator for projects involving Artificial Intelligence. Pär Halje is an assistant researcher in Per Petersson’s Integrative Neurophysiology and Neurotechnology group. For a one year trial period, he will spend 20 % of his time facilitating the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/multipark-investing-artificial-intelligence - 2025-08-23

A mental hug to all MultiPark members from the wintry Scanian coast. The best of MultiPark 2021 and looking forward to 2022. As 2021 turns towards its end, we can look back on the many positive events we managed to land together this year. In particular, We have awarded salary support for Ph.D. students and young group leaders, which has broadly benefitted our community. We have formed a networkin

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/season-greetings-coordinator - 2025-08-23

A human midbrain organoid visualised by staining for proteins important during the maturation of dopaminergic neurons. (photo: Alessandro Fiorenzano) In their latest study, published in Nature Communications, the Parmar Lab has established midbrain organoids using silk microfibers as scaffolds, offering a refined in vitro model of human midbrain development. They have studied their silk midbrain o

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Elin Byman defends her thesis on the 21st of January 2022. During her thesis project, Elin Byman discovered a role of alpha-amylase in Alzheimer’s disease. January 21, she defends her Ph.D. work supervised by Malin Wennström in the Preclinical memory research group at MultiPark. Here, she tells about the journey and major breakthroughs. Tell us about your research! The enzyme alpha-amylase has lon

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Sabine Konings defends her thesis on the 27th of January 2022. Sabine Konings’ Ph.D. project sheds light on the role of different genetic variants of apolipoprotein E in early Alzheimer’s disease development. January 27, she defends her thesis. In this interview, she shares the most important findings as a Ph.D. student in the Experimental Dementia group. Tell us about your research! Apolipoprotei

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The translational project aims at developing aligned methodologies to unravel abnormal movement features in rodent models of Parkinson’s disease and human patients. Illustration: Laura Andreoli MultiPark leads one of the four projects recently selected by Lund University to pursue emerging research topics. The project eSCIENCE MOVES will apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to achiev

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/escience-translational-movement-analysis - 2025-08-23

The PI retreat in January resulted in a groundbreaking decision: MultiPark’s working groups should be replaced by a more dynamic organization including both "special interest groups” and “task force groups”. Here is what will happen. Discussing the MultiPark seven translational working groups was an important point in the agenda of the PI member retreat in January. Already while planning for the m

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Caroline Haikal defends her thesis on the 11th of March 2022. During her Ph.D. studies, Caroline Haikal has investigated the connections between the gut and the brain in early Parkinson’s disease development. On March 11, she defends her work supervised by Prof. Jia-Yi Li. Here, Caroline tells us about her research in Neural Plasticity and Repair, one of MultiPark’s experimental research groups. T

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-caroline-haikal - 2025-08-23

Photo:Mostphotos Better treatment with the Mange PD tool. A biobank that opens up for discoveries about disease development. Keys to life satisfaction in people with Parkinson’s disease. New insights into toxic protein aggregation. And a more detailed knowledge of abnormal movement patterns with artificial intelligence. Just to mention a few of all news related to Parkinson’s disease from the stra

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Maurits Johansson defends his thesis on the 13th of May 2022. Maurits Johansson investigates neuropsychiatric symptoms in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, before cognitive impairments are developed or diagnosis is set. He defends his thesis on May 13. Here, he shares the most important findings and experiences as a Ph.D. student at the Clinical Memory Research Unit. Tell us about your rese

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-maurits-johansson - 2025-08-23