Published 14 October 2022 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 - 2025-07-07

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 20 October 2022 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

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/swedish-medical-products-agency-grants-approval-clinical-study-new-stem-cell-based-parkinsons - 2025-07-07

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 28 February 2023 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/arti

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

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 28 April 2023 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) - yo

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/congratulations-fredrik - 2025-07-07

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 10 May 2023 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 articl

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/congratulations-dr-nilsson - 2025-07-07

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 5 March 2024 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 - 2025-07-07

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 6 May 2024 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-m

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/klinisk-stamcellsbaserad-transplantationsstudie-stem-pd-mot-parkinsons-har-inlett-doshojning - 2025-07-07

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 8 May 2024 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 - 2025-07-07

Published 8 May 2024 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 - 2025-07-07

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 6 November 2024 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 Hunting

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/press-release-erc-synergy-grant-awarded-development-custom-made-stem-cell-therapies - 2025-07-07

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 16 November 2018 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 - 2025-07-07

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 6 March 2019 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 - 2025-07-07

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 16 January 2019 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

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/celebrating-our-new-grant-knut-and-alice-wallenberg-foundation - 2025-07-07

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 10 October 2018 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

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/besok-hos-balsta-parkinson-foreningen-visit-balsa-parkinsons-society - 2025-07-07

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 2 October 2018 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 - 2025-07-07

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 16 May 2018 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 Universit

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/new-collaboration-between-lund-scientists-and-novo-nordisk-nytt-samarbete-mellan-lundaforskare-och - 2025-07-07

By Paulina [dot] Pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 18 April 2018 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 - 2025-07-07

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 18 April 2018 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 - 2025-07-07

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 23 May 2019 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 t

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/congratulations-daniella - 2025-07-07

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 27 January 2020 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 ther

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview-sara-nolbrant - 2025-07-07