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Petersén is invited to give a talk at the European Huntington Disease Association Conference, Warsaw, Poland, on September 18-20 2015. The talk is entitled: Change of personality - How to cope.
Petersén together with other speakers Joe Guilano, Michael Hayden, Bernhard Landwehrmer and the organisers Astri and Sven-Olof Arnesen at the EHA meeting.
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-speaker-eha-meeting - 2026-04-13
Rana Soylu is the third PhD student from TNU who will defend her thesis and on January 11 it was traditionally nailed. The thesis is entitled “Hypothalamic and Metabolic Dysfunction in Genetic Models of Huntington’s disease" and will be defended on January 28 2016 at 09.00 in Belfrage lecture hall, BMC D15. It consists of three papers; two published in Cell Metabolism and Scientific Report, and on
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/third-phd-thesis-tnu-nailed - 2026-04-13
On January 25 2016 Åsa Petersen gave an invited talk on “Hypothalamic pathology in HD” at the Department for Neurology at Ulm University in Germany. Here with one of the hosts; Dr Patrick Weydt.
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/talk-ulm-university - 2026-04-13
Rana Soylu Kucharz successfully defended her PhD thesis at Lund University on Thursday January 28! Congratulations Dr Rana Soylu Kucharz!
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/congratulations-dr-rana-soylu-kucharz - 2026-04-13
In the magazine Reflex (1/2016), issued by Neuroförbundet, an article on the TNU research on Huntington's disease is highlighted. Three PhD theses have been published during 2014-2016 in the TNU group; all focusing on different aspect of the disease. Read the article here (in Swedish): artikel_i_reflex_1_2016.pdf
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnus-research-highlighted-reflex - 2026-04-13
Petersén is invited to give a talk entitled "Huntington disease - in the crossroads of neurology and psychiatry" at the Swedish Psychiatry Congress in Stockholm, March 16-18 2016.
On Friday April 15 2016 Åsa Petersén hosted a national HD meeting in Lund for health care personnel. 50 participants from different parts of Sweden attended the meeting. program_nationellt_hd-mote_lund_15_april_2016.pdf
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-hosts-national-hd-meeting - 2026-04-13
Åsa Petersén was appointed Professor in Neuroscience at the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University on March 16 2016.
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-now-appointed-professor-lund-university - 2026-04-13
Former TNU PhD student Sanaz Gabery was awarded Best Neurobiology section PhD thesis 2015 for her thesis New perspectives on pathology in Huntington's disease - characterization of hypothalamic changes.Congratulations, Sanaz!
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/gabery-awarded-best-neurobiology-section-phd-thesis-2015 - 2026-04-13
Dr Rachel Cheong is awarded Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forsknings (SSMF) stipend for post doctoral studies. The stipend of 600 000 SEK during two years allows Rachel to conduct research aiming to understand the neuropsychiatric aspects of HD. A greater understanding of the underlying pathophysiology of HD will clearly help to develop novel therapeutic strategies to treat this debilitating di
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/cheong-receives-ssmf-post-doc-stipend - 2026-04-13
Petersen and Cheong were awarded a 500 000 SEK grant for a project on the oxytocin system as a therapeutic target for HD!Brain Foundation's webpage (in Swedish)
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/swedish-brain-foundation-grant-petersen-and-cheong - 2026-04-13
Drs Baldo, Cheong and Soylu-Kucharz present their recent research findings at the 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience in Copenhagen, July 2-6 2016.More about FENS:FENS website
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-members-present-research-fens-copenhagen - 2026-04-13
Dr Cheong presents her recent work at the HDF (Hereditary Disease Foundation) “The Milton Wexler Celebration of Life” symposium in Boston, August 3-6 2016.
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/dr-cheong-presents-her-research-hdf-meeting-boston - 2026-04-13
We are renovating the inside of the building next year, making room for more and better study spaces. By 2025, functional and beautiful study spaces will be available for you. Starting this year, Akademiska Hus will renovate the building's many windows. A work that will continue next year. The preliminary start for renovating Lund University Library's interior is February 2024. We will renovate th
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/more-functional-and-beautiful-study-environment-lund-university-library - 2026-04-13
Do you know that we are renovating next year, making room for more and better study spaces? The coming year will be noisy with few study spaces. Studying at UB will be inconvenient during the renovation, but the result will be worth it. During the Christmas holidays, we close UB and move upstairs. In January, we welcome you to floor three. The library will operate there during the renovation.Entry
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/prepare-year-limited-study-spaces - 2026-04-13
For the second year in a row, Careers Centre at the Faculty has collaborated with Medicon Village to organize a Career Day for 170 life science students, including PhD students, and early career researchers. This year's Career Day took place at Medicon Village on December 5th. Last year proved successful and appreciated by both attendees, speakers and exhibiting companies. This year, plenary sessi
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/career-day-2023-know-your-future-job-market - 2026-04-13
New and updated AV equipmentDuring next year, Med IT will start updating AV equipment at CRC. First up is Agardh Hall as well as 25:an, 37:an and Medelhavet.Next, we will concentrate on lecture halls. Function account for AV equipmentDue to increased security requirements from MSB, the function account fo4750me will be discontinued. The account is used as a general login to computers in lecture ha
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/important-information-med-it-av-contact-emergency-support - 2026-04-13
The 13,400 who applied for a programme in the spring have now received their first admission decision. The programme that requires the highest admission score after the first selection is the Medical Programme with 21.88. More than 33,100 people applied for a programme at Lund University for the spring semester of 2024. The first selection has now been made and more than 13,400 students have been
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/highest-admission-score-lund-medical-programme - 2026-04-13
Every year, the best PBL tutor is appointed. The medical students nominate and the Swedish Medical Association, Student in Lund appoints. The 2023 award went to Senior Lecturer Catarina Rippe. Congratulations! How does it feel, Catarina Rippe, Department of Experimental Medical Science?"It feels great and I'm very happy about the award. What does the award mean to you personally? "It means a lot t
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/about-catarina-rippe-pbl-tutor-2023-best-one-ive-ever-had - 2026-04-13
