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SASNET is hosting an online conference on "Rethinking the Politics of Memory in South Asia" on 9-10 December 2020. Context:The current debates around the politics of memory and memorialization reinforce that the act of remembrance and forgetting in the present does not exist in isolation from the past that informs them. This mnemohistorical continuity becomes even more apparent in the current cont

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-conference-2020-memory-politics-south-asia - 2025-12-09

Andreas Johansson spoke to Dr. Shantanu Sharma, Lund University about recent COVID-19 developments in India. Dr. Shantanu Sharma is a researcher in internal medicine - epidemiology at Lund University. After he had already spoken to us in April he recently gave an update about latest developments in India with regards to the pandemic, testing strategies and government measures to help people in the

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-sasnet-podcast-episode-corona-updates-india - 2025-12-09

Andreas Mattsson, Affiliated Research at SASNET, arranged a webinar for students at the School of Journalism (Journalistutbildningen), and Department of Strategic Communication (ISK) at Lund University on October 16. In this webinar, scholars, and practitioners addressed different issues related to the media landscape and media advocacy from an international comparative perspective. Students from

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/webinar-media-landscapes-and-media-advocacy - 2025-12-09

On 27 October, SASNET will host an online conversation on student lives and activism opposing caste in India with speakers Deepa Dhanraj and Natha Wahlang. Prior to the event, participants are encouraged to watch Deepa Dhanraj's 2018 movie "We have not come here to die" about the suicide of Dalit, Phd research scholar, and activist Rohith Vemula and the subsequent student movement in India. After

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-movie-screening-and-conversation-student-activism-india - 2025-12-09

SASNET published a report by Muhammed Niyas Ashraf, Doctoral Fellow at Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, Freie Universität Berlin. Abstract:This paper offers a social history of the relationship between Islamic reform and malayāḷi Muslim in the context of colonial Kerala. Kerala Muslims are one of the largest Muslim communities in India, and a majority are the de- scendants o

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-sasnet-publication-islamic-reformism - 2025-12-09

SASNET's and UI's South Asia Initiative publishes first episode of three-part podcast series on climate and environment issues in South Asia. The South Asia Initiative (SAI), which is co-hosted by SASNET and Utrikespolitiska Institutet, has published the first episode of its podcast series "Climate Lens South Asia" on climate and environment issues in the South Asia region.In the episode "How can

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-sai-podcast-climate-lense-south-asia - 2025-12-09

Dr V.Sivasubramanian, Director of Phycospectrum Environmental Research Centre (PERC) and Professor N Thajuddin, Head, Department of Microbiology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli holds a SASNET lecture at Lund University on Monday 23 May 2016, 13.15–14.00. The seminar, organized in collaboration with Deptertment of Technology and Society, at Lund University, is entitled ”Microalgal Biotec

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-seminar-microalgal-biotechnology-research-india - 2025-12-09

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 - 2025-12-09

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

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/swedish-medical-products-agency-grants-approval-clinical-study-new-stem-cell-based-parkinsons - 2025-12-09

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

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/first-patient-receives-milestone-stem-cell-based-transplant-parkinsons-disease - 2025-12-09

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 - 2025-12-09

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 - 2025-12-09

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 - 2025-12-09

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 - 2025-12-09

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 - 2025-12-09

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 - 2025-12-09

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 - 2025-12-09

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 - 2025-12-09

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 - 2025-12-09

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 - 2025-12-09