By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 11 January 2022 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 abou

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-elin-byman - 2025-01-29

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 20 January 2022 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 findin

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-sabine-konings - 2025-01-29

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 3 March 2022 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 top

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/escience-translational-movement-analysis - 2025-01-29

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 18 February 2022 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 a

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/working-groups-renovation-progress - 2025-01-29

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 1 March 2022 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

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-caroline-haikal - 2025-01-29

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 6 April 2022 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 artifi

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/world-parkinsons-day-five-promising-research-projects-multipark - 2025-01-29

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 5 April 2022 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

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-maurits-johansson - 2025-01-29

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 20 April 2022 Image: Ben Sweet Two young experimental researchers have been awarded grants from the Anna-Lisa Rosenberg Foundation, the Department of Experimental Medical Science´s own grant for research in the neurobiological field with a clinical collaboration. Congratulations Alessandro Fiorenzano on the Anna-Li

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/young-neurobiologists-awarded-grants-alzheimers-and-parkinsons-research - 2025-01-29

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 29 April 2022 Oscar Manouchehrian defends his thesis on the 13th of May 2022. Oscar Manouchehrian has explored the roles of exercise and inflammation in neurological disorders. On May 13, he defends his Ph.D. thesis. Here, he shares his insights into academic research and experiences as a Ph.D. student in the Exper

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-interview-oscar-manouchehrian - 2025-01-29

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 5 May 2022 One of the Electrophysiology Core Facilities' rigs in use during an experiment. Photo credit: Johan Persson. This year Lund Stem Cell Center and MultiPark, two strategic research areas based at Lund University, are happy to launch a new joint technical platform in an effort to ensure easy access to high qual

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/high-quality-electrophysiology-facilities-multipark-and-lund-scc-join-forces - 2025-01-29

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 2 May 2022 Fluorescent microscope image of control MBP-positive oligodendrocytes (in green) co-stained with alpha-synuclein (in red). It is possible to observe neurites positive for alpha-synuclein. Photo Credit: Carla Azevedo. Researchers from Lund University, led by Dr. Laurent Roybon, are working to further define u

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-findings-may-lead-way-future-therapeutic-approaches-parkinsons-disease-and-similar-diseases - 2025-01-29

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 11 May 2022 iStock/Jolygon Frontotemporal dementia begins relatively early compared to other forms of dementia. We still know relatively little about what causes the disease, however, new research from Lund University in Sweden shows that the folds in the brain that are formed in the latter stages of pregnancy coul

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/brain-folds-formed-during-foetal-stage-could-affect-onset-dementia - 2025-01-29

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 24 May 2022 Photo: Mostphotos In addition to memory problems and other cognitive symptoms, most people with Alzheimer’s disease also suffer from mental health issues. It has long been unclear whether these occur because of tissue changes in the brain, or whether they represent psychological reactions to cognitive s

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/psychiatric-symptoms-alzheimers-disease - 2025-01-29

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 26 October 2017 Picture of the experiment, showing warmed plots melted out of the snow. Credit: Audrey Barker-Plotkin Dan Metcalfe has written a perspective piece in Science about a recently published paper. Dr Dan Metcalfe at the department has written a perspective piece in Science about a featured paper. The pa

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/much-greater-portion-global-soil-carbon-store-could-potentially-be-vulnerable-decomposition-and - 2025-01-29

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 26 October 2017 A large "curtain" is being installed in order to reduce water input to parts of the forest. NBC News recently covered the ongoing activities associated with a VR-Uforsk funded project coordinated by Dr Dan Metcalfe. The project is installing a 30 metres high, 40 metres wide curtain in the middle of

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/dan-metcalfe-coordinating-project-cloud-forest-peru - 2025-01-29

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 8 November 2017 Anders Lindroth Anders Lindroth featured in several media outlets. Anders Lindroth, professor emeritus at the department, was interviewed in several media outlets about new research showing that earlier springs increase the forests’ ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Among other

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/earlier-spring-increases-forests-carbon-uptake - 2025-01-29

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 9 November 2017 The COP23 climate change summit in Bonn will host a session during which Margareta Johansson will present the impacts of thawing permafrost. Warming at almost twice the global average rate, the Arctic is a key region for understanding wider climate change impacts. Mitigation and adaptation strategi

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/margareta-johansson-will-give-talk-cop23 - 2025-01-29

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 14 December 2017 By Rosino ([1]) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Petter Pilesjö, Andras Persson, Ali Mansourian, and Micael Runnström have, together with researchers at the Eduardo Mondlane University (EMU) in Mozambique, received a grant to develop educationa

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/researchers-granted-sek-18-million-collaboration-project - 2025-01-29

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 20 December 2017 Forest fire. The carbon and nitrogen losses attributable to forest fires are much larger than was previously thought. This has now been shown by an extensive study that has compiled fire experiments from around the world. It is not just vegetation that is lost in forest fires. When a forest burns,

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/forest-fires-cause-unexpectedly-large-nutrient-losses - 2025-01-29

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 20 December 2017 Spruce forests. Photo: Ylva van Meeningen. Two new research projects will shortly begin at Lund University in Sweden to investigate how particle emissions from spruce forests affect the climate. The trees’ emissions of reactive hydrocarbons are thought to have a cooling effect on the climate. Almo

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/researchers-set-study-particle-emissions-coniferous-trees - 2025-01-29