By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 12 January 2023 Dopamine-producing neurons that researchers from Lund University have grown in the laboratory from human embryonic stem cells. Photo: Agnete Kirkeby. At the end of October 2022, the Swedish Medical Products Agency gave the go-ahead for a clinical trial of the stem cell-based therapy STEM-PD for the treatment of

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/nerve-cells-could-transform-treatment-parkinsons - 2025-07-05

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 3 February 2023 Elna Dickson defends her thesis 17 February 2023. Huntington's disease is known as the "dance disease" due to the patient's characteristic motor symptoms. However, Elna Dickson's Ph.D. project shows that the disease also leads to pathological changes outside the brain. February 17, she defends her t

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/huntingtons-metabolic-dysfunctions-phd-interview-elna-dickson - 2025-07-05

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 10 February 2023 Tomas Roos defends his thesis 17 February 2023. The aggregation of the protein Amyloid-beta (Abeta) into plaques outside the nerve cells has been recognized in patients with Alzheimer’s disease since 1905. But eliminating the plaques has not helped patients so far. Still, Tomas Roos thinks that Abe

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/does-alzheimers-disease-start-inside-neurons-phd-interview-tomas-roos - 2025-07-05

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 28 February 2023 The milestone transplant was performed at Skåne University Hospital in February. On 13th of February, a transplant of stem cell-derived nerve cells was administered to a person with Parkinson’s at Skåne University Hospital, Sweden. The product has been developed by Lund University and it is now being tested in

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/first-patient-receives-milestone-stem-cell-based-transplant-parkinsons-disease - 2025-07-05

By press [at] liu [dot] se (Mikael Sönne) - published 8 March 2023 With the injectable gel the researchers were able to grow electrodes in living tissue. Here it is tested on a microfabricated circuit. Photo: Thor Balkhed/Linköpings universitet The boundaries between biology and technology are becoming blurred. Researchers at Linköping, Lund, and Gothenburg universities in Sweden have successfully

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/electrodes-grown-brain - 2025-07-05

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 20 March 2023 Kajsa Brolin defends her thesis 27 March 2023. Photo: Kennet Ruona Kajsa Brolin explores how our genes and environment affect the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. March 27, she defends her Ph.D. project partly based on MultiPark’s biobank sample collection. Here, she tells about the newly disco

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/genes-and-environment-pd-phd-interview-kajsa-brolin - 2025-07-05

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 13 March 2023 After a decade of protocol development and preparations, MultiPark researchers have finally launched the clinical trial. Recently, dopamine-producing cells generated from embryonic stem cells were transplanted into the first Parkinson's patient at Skåne University Hospital. During the autumn 2022, the

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/stem-pd-bench-bedside-story-multipark-researchers-0 - 2025-07-05

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 16 March 2023 Looking for the next step in your career? In need of some scientific inspiration? Or are you just curious about what MultiPark´s senior researchers are doing and their professional journey? Listen to MultiPark’s new podcast series “Meet our scientists”! In a newly launched podcast, young MultiPark res

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/meet-our-scientists-new-podcast-young-multipark-researchers - 2025-07-05

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 11 April 2023 Behind the ongoing clinical trials are years of basic research in the lab where the new generation of researchers continues where the previous one handed over. Photo: Kenneth Ruona. In the early 1950s, no one knew what caused Parkinson's disease. Then, Arvid Carlsson's discovery of dopamine opened the

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/world-parkinsons-day-transplantations-parkinsons-disease-time-travel - 2025-07-05

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 28 March 2023 Genetics are one of the keys to understanding neurodegenerative disease. That is why MultiPark researchers with expertise in genetics gather across research groups. Genetics of neurodegenerative diseases is a new special interest group (SIG) addressing scientific and technological needs to unravel the

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/genetics-neurodegenerative-diseases-special-interest-group - 2025-07-05

By katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lund University) - published 13 April 2023 Sara Linse and Oskar Hansson. Three researchers at Lund University, all with a long list of significant research credentials, have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant worth EUR 2.5 million each to further develop and advance their research projects. Two of them are MultiPark research leaders. They do resea

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/double-success-multipark-research-groups-prestigious-eu-grant-round - 2025-07-05

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 17 May 2023 Several Nobel laureates, renowned scientists, and successful biotech entrepreneurs are coming to Lund in May to participate in the Lund Spring Symposium, an international pharmaceutical symposium sponsored by MultiPark. Sarah Tabrizi, a high profile Huntington researcher, and some of MultiPark's own researc

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/superstars-coming-lund-pharmaceutical-symposium-sponsored-multipark - 2025-07-05

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 29 May 2023 A 7 Tesla MRI of a human brain. Picture: Tekla Kylkilahti, Lundgaard group. Recent studies indicate that acquired brain injuries, such as traumatic brain injury, trigger potentially harmful responses that may lead to neurodegenerative pathology. “Acquired brain injuries and their links to neurodegenerat

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/acquired-brain-injuries-special-interest-group - 2025-07-05

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 7 June 2023 Thanks to the recent development of diagnostic tools based on blood biomarkers linked to Alzheimer’s, it is possible to predict whether an individual will develop the disease. Therefore, MultiPark researchers gather across groups to investigate hidden opportunities and develop implementable tools also f

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/fluid-biomarkers-special-interest-group - 2025-07-05

Published 27 April 2015 VINNOVA, Energimyndigheten and Formas have selected Smart Built Environment as one out of five new Swedish strategic innovation projects. The government and industry will initially invest up to 200 million SEK in the program over three years.The investments will cover research, development and innovation in the fields of digital infrastructure, business-driven applications

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/smart-built-environment-new-strategic-innovation-area-sweden - 2025-07-05

Published 27 April 2015 In the latest issue of LUM, Jonas Ardö, Senior Lecturer at our department, discusses how to make resources suffice in the Sahel region. Read the article here.

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/family-planning-new-weapon-against-threatened-sahel - 2025-07-05

Published 28 April 2015 Emma Li Johansson, PhD student, collaborates with Scientific American graphic science team for visualizing large scale land acquistions for their May 2015 issue. Read article in Scientific AmericanEmma Li Johansson staff page

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/emma-li-johansson-contributed-graphic-scientific-american - 2025-07-05

Published 5 May 2015 QS Top University ranking for 2015 places Lund University as the world's twentieth by subject (Geography & Area Studies). The QS World University Rankings places Lund University as number 20 world wide in Geography & Area Studies. This is an improvement from last year's position of 21. Lund University as a whole also climbs to rank #60, maintaining a firm grip on the "A top 10

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/ranked-20-among-geography-departments-world-wide - 2025-07-05

Published 6 May 2015 ICOS Carbon Portal is the central data portal for a European-wide Greenhouse Gas monitoring network. It offers access to research data from ICOS scientists all over Europe, and provides facilities and IT resources supporting modelling activities for elaborated data products. Alex Vermeulen, director of the Carbon Portal Hello Alex Vermeulen! What is the Carbon Portal?– The ICO

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/carbon-portal-access-carbon-research-data - 2025-07-05

Published 22 May 2015 Climatic covariates of NBP extremes. Findings from an international research group including Anders Ahlström (main author) and Ben Smith from INES, reveals news that changes the view on neglected areas: the semi-arid ecosystems has a key role in carbon cycling. The group has published their findings in Science. Terrestrial bioshere is absorbing about 1/4 of the carbon dioxide

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/semi-arid-ecosystems-play-key-role-global-carbon-cycling - 2025-07-05