By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 4 November 2020 Read about Åsa Petersén and her research at the website "Vetenskap & Hälsa" (”Science and Health”). Link to article (in Swedish only):https://www.vetenskaphalsa.se/huntingtons-sjukdom-en-fascinerande-gata/The website "Vetenskap & Hälsa" is a cooperation between Lund University, Malmö University and the he

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/portrait-asa-petersen-vetenskap-halsa - 2025-04-05

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 30 September 2020 On September 24, the Swedish National Huntington Meeting took place, hosted by the patients' organization RHS. The physical meeting that orginally was planned to be in Gothenburg, had to be transformed into an online event, as many other meetings this year, characterized by the COVID-19 pandemic.Active

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/talks-and-virtual-lab-tour-swedish-national-hd-meeting - 2025-04-05

Published 5 November 2020 Åsa Petersén will give several talks on HD and genetic testing at HD Education Day on November 26. The Education Day is an online event, sponsored by the National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden. This day will be followed by a session two weeks later, where Åsa Petersén, Håkan Widner, Carina Hvalstedt and Katarina Holmsten will be online, live, to answer questions.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gives-several-talks-hd - 2025-04-05

Published 8 January 2021 Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation appointed Åsa Petersén Wallenberg Clinical Scholar in 2020. An article on Åsa's research is now published on the foundation's website. The Wallenberg Clinical Scholar is aimed for researchers combining their research with clinical work and is a grant for five years. The article on Petersén's research is presenting the psychiatric sympto

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/research-early-hd-symptoms-can-lead-new-treatment-strategies - 2025-04-05

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 15 April 2021 TNU:s study on ALS together with Australian collaborators on Lund university's top news today. Åsa Petersén, Sanaz Gabery and collaborators in Australia have, for the first time, shown changes in hypothalamic neurons regulating metabolism, sleep and emotions in ALS patients. Since long, researchers have ass

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/new-publication-als-tnu-and-australian-collaborators - 2025-04-05

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 30 August 2021 TNU published a new paper on early changes in the limbic system in Huntington disease together with international collaborators in Acta Neuropathologica, August 26, 2021. Link to article (opens in a new window): Early white matter pathology in the fornix of the limbic system in Huntington disease Link to L

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/important-paper-huntington-disease-gabery-et-al-acta-neuropathologica-2021 - 2025-04-05

Published 13 October 2021 Petersén and Gabery give talks about research at the National Huntington Meeting October 13, 2021. It is a digital meeting where you can see the talks at the home page of the Swedish patient organisation RHS:  https://huntington.se/13-oktober-valkomna-pa-nationellt-mote-kring-huntingtons-sjukdom/ (Opens a new window)  

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Published 21 October 2021 Petersén gives talks about research and clinical care for Huntington disease to young adults in HD families at a conference in Gothenburg October 21-24, 2021. See homepage of the patient organization Swedish Huntington Association (Riksförbundet för Huntingtons sjukdom) for more information:  Link to Swedish Huntington Association's webpage (opens in a new window)

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gives-talks-conference-young-people-hd - 2025-04-05

Published 15 November 2021 On 11-12 November 2021 the SWEMODIS annual meeting on Parkinson’s disease and other Movement Disorders took place in Stockholm, where Åsa Petersén gave a talk on Huntington's disease. SWEMODIS webpage (opens in a new window)

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gave-talk-annual-swemodis-meeting - 2025-04-05

Published 17 May 2022 Huntington disease is the topic of today’s episode of the radio program Kropp & Själ, Body & Mind, on the Swedish public service radio. The dilemma of genetic testing is one of the aspects of the disease discussed in the program, where Åsa Petersén is a guest. You can access today’s episode on Sveriges Radio’s website: https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/huntingtons-sjukdom-den-

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/about-huntington-disease-swedish-radio - 2025-04-05

Published 8 August 2022 Petersén (PI) and Gabery (co-PI) received a research grant of 1.2 MSEK from the Swedish Brain Foundation (Hjärnfonden) for a project on novel mechanisms of disease and a potential future therapy for HD. Link to the Swedish Brain Foundation's webpage  

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/research-grant-swedish-brain-foundation - 2025-04-05

Published 1 December 2022 Petersén (PI) received a research grant of 6 MSEK from the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) for 2023-2026 for a project on novel cellular and molecular mechanisms in the limbic system for psychiatric symptoms in Huntington disease. 

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/research-grant-swedish-research-council - 2025-04-05

Published 9 January 2023 Åsa Petersén has been elected member of the executive committee for the European Huntington Disease Network (EHDN). The EHDN is a nonprofit research network committed to advancing research, facilitating the conduct of clinical trials, and improving clinical care in HD. Through the EHDN a platform has been created such that basic scientists, clinicians, patients and familie

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/asa-petersen-elected-member-executive-committee-european-huntington-disease-network-ehdn - 2025-04-05

Published 27 September 2021 Photographer Magnus Hjalmarsson is digitising Swedish periodicals. With the objective of digitising Swedish printed material from the 1400s to modern times, a collaboration has been established between the National Library of Sweden and the five university libraries in Lund, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Uppsala, and Umeå. The undertaking lays the basis of a long-term digitisa

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/national-library-collaboration-will-digitise-swedish-printed-material - 2025-04-05

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 4 December 2018 On Tuesday November 27 the first Nordic Huntington Disease Research Meeting took place at the Biomedical Center in Lund.  50 participants from Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway took part of interesting data blitz presentations about clinical research, mechanisms of disease and future therapies. The paus

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/nordic-huntington-disease-research-meeting - 2025-04-05

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 14 November 2018 Huntington Center in Lund is hosting an information meeting on Huntington's disease on November 19 at the Biomedical Center in Lund. Åsa Petersén will give a talk on the latest research in HD and Håkan Widner, professor and senior consultant in neurology, will be talking about symptoms and treatment. The

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/information-evening-huntingtons-disease - 2025-04-05

Published 9 November 2018 Petersén gives research talk for young people in HD families on November 10 2018 in Stockholm at a 2-day conference organised by the Swedish Huntington Association “Riksförbundet för Huntingtons sjukdom". Read more about this event on Riksförbundet för Huntingtons sjukdom's webpage (in Swedish)

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gives-research-talk-young-people-hd-families-stockholm - 2025-04-05

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 7 November 2018 Åsa Petersén has been awarded a four-year project grant from the Swedish Research Council (VR), starting from 2019. The grant is awarded for the project entitled Effects of hypothalamic circuitries in Huntington disease. The total granted sum is 4.8 million for 2019-2022.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-granted-funds-swedish-research-council - 2025-04-05

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 18 September 2018 Yesterday it was announced that Professor Åsa Petersén will receive the Fernström award at Lund University for younger, successful researchers. The prize is awarded six researches at different Medical Faculties in Sweden, where each and one receives the sum of SEK 100 000. The Lund award ceremony will t

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/professor-petersen-fernstrom-awardee - 2025-04-05

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 8 January 2018 Congratulations to Dr. Rana Soylu-Kucharz who is awarded a 2 year postdoctoral stipend from the Swedish Brain Foundation! Dr. Rana Soylu-Kucharz is awarded a 2 year postdoctoral stipend from the Swedish Brain Foundation to study the role of hypothalamic dysfunction for striatal pathology in HD! Congratulat

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/dr-soylu-kucharz-awarded-postdoctoral-stipend - 2025-04-05