Published 24 April 2015 Sanaz Gabery is the second PhD student from TNU who will defend her thesis and she traditionally nailed her thesis on April 22. The thesis is entitled New perspectives on pathology in Huntington’s disease - characterisation of hypothalamic changes and will be defended on May 13 2015 at 09.00 in Belfragesalen, BMC D15. It consists of three published papers in Acta Neuropatho

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/second-phd-thesis-tnu-traditionally-nailed - 2025-07-15

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 13 May 2015 Sanaz Gabery has today successfully defended her PhD thesis at Lund University!Congratulations Dr Gabery! 

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/congratulations-dr-sanaz-gabery - 2025-07-15

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 19 August 2015 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.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-lectures-european-huntington-disease-association-conference-warsaw - 2025-07-15

Published 23 September 2015 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 - 2025-07-15

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 13 January 2016 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 D1

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/third-phd-thesis-tnu-nailed - 2025-07-15

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 27 January 2016 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 - 2025-07-15

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 1 February 2016 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 - 2025-07-15

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 24 February 2016 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

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnus-research-highlighted-reflex - 2025-07-15

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 14 March 2016 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.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gives-talk-about-huntington-disease-swedish-psychiatry-congress - 2025-07-15

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 22 April 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 - 2025-07-15

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 26 April 2016 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 - 2025-07-15

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 3 June 2016 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 - 2025-07-15

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 7 June 2016 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

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/cheong-receives-ssmf-post-doc-stipend - 2025-07-15

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 4 July 2016 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 - 2025-07-15

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 4 July 2016 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 - 2025-07-15

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 15 August 2016 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 - 2025-07-15

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 20 September 2016 Dr Rana Soylu Kucharz presented her recent project with the title "Striatal Neuropathology induced by Hypothalamic Overexpression of Huntingtin Fragments using Adeno-associated Viral Vectors in Mice” as an oral presentation in the Short Communication session at the EHDN meeting in the Hague, the Netherl

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnus-research-selected-oral-presentation-ehdn-meeting - 2025-07-15

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 4 October 2016 Welcome to Jo Henningsen who started her postdoctoral fellowship two weeks ago with TNU. Jo will work on hypothalamic dysfunction in HD, and will be engaged in collaborations with the BRAINS unit.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/welcome-our-new-postdoc-jo-henningsen - 2025-07-15

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 24 October 2016 There was an official ceremony for the new Professors at Lund University, Friday October 14 2016. Read more about Petersén's research in the official document from the ceremony and see pictures from the newspaper Sydsvenskan: Sydsvenskan broschyr-professorsinstallation-lunds-universitet-14okt2016.pdf

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-official-ceremony-new-professors - 2025-07-15

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 28 March 2017 Petersén is invited to give a talk entitled "Hypothalamic dysfunction in Huntington disease: relevance for non-motor features and striatal pathology" at an International Huntington Conference in Vilnius, April 7 2017.Please see programme: hd_conference_programme_20170407.pdf

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gives-talk-international-huntington-conference-vilnius - 2025-07-15