By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 1 February 2013 Dr Rachel Cheong starts a postdoctoral fellowship in TNU 1st of February 2013. Dr Cheong is from Singapore and has a PhD in Neuroscience from University of Otago, New Zealand. Her PhD thesis was entitled Effects of estradiol on gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons. In Lund she will investigate the role

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-welcomes-dr-rachel-cheong-group - 2025-02-23

Published 11 March 2013 The Swedish patient organization for Huntington's disease organises a one-day meeting in Gothenburg. Petersén will speak about research as well as about early stages of the clinical disease.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-lectures-national-huntington-meeting-gothenburg - 2025-02-23

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 13 May 2013 The annual Neuroscience Day in Lund takes place on May 16. Rana Soylu will give a talk with the title Long-term metabolic effects of huntingtin expression in the hypothalamus.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/soylu-presents-her-research-neuroscience-day-lund-may-2013 - 2025-02-23

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 20 May 2013 Maximilian Tufvesson Alm is a Bachelor student in Biomedicine at Lund University who has recently joined the lab to work with us on a research project for his bachelor thesis, supervised by Dr Barbara Baldo. After the completion of this achievement Max will continue in the group for eight more weeks for a sum

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-welcomes-max - 2025-02-23

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 27 May 2013 A team from HDYO (Huntington's disease youth organisation) visited TNU on May 24 2013. The filming project involved touring the HD research lab in Lund, meeting researchers and seeing what they are doing in the lab. It was a great day and we are looking forward to the film that will be posted on the HDYO webs

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/hdyo-visited-tnu-film-lab-tour-about-our-hd-research - 2025-02-23

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 29 May 2013 Our article entitled Hypothalamic expression of mutant huntingtin contributes to the development of depressive-like behavior in the BAC transgenic mouse model of Huntington's disease with the authors Sofia Hult Lundh, Nathalie Nilsson, Rana Soylu, Deniz Kirik D and Åsa Petersén was published in Human Molecula

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/inactivation-mutant-huntingtin-hypothalamus-prevents-depression-hd-mice - 2025-02-23

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 30 May 2013 Barbara Baldo has received a grant of 150 000 SEK from the Blanceflor Boncompagni-Ludovisi foundation to do research about the role of orexin dysfunction in HD. Congratulations!

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/baldo-receives-150-000-sek-grant-orexin-project - 2025-02-23

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 8 July 2013 The Gordon Research Conference, GRC, on CAG Triplet Repeat Disorders took place in Waterville Valley June 23-28 2013. Petersén was invited to give a talk and Baldo, Gabery and Soylu presented posters. Also, Soylu was selected to give a talk about her work at the Gordon Research Seminars just before the GRC. 

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-presents-research-gordon-research-conference-waterville-valley-usa - 2025-02-23

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 21 August 2013 The national patient organisation for HD with Carina Hvalstedt organised a camp for families with HD in Båstad in July 2013. Petersen and Gabery were invited to talk about the disease and to give an update on the ongoing research. This article was published in the newspaper Helsingborgs Dagblad:Nytt familj

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-and-gabery-give-talks-summer-camp-hd-families-bastad - 2025-02-23

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 8 October 2013 Niclas Hagen at the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences of the Faculties of Humanities and Theology at Lund University defended his doctoral dissertation entitled Modern Genes; Body, rationality and ambivalence on October 4 2013. The focus of the thesis is Huntington's disease. Professor Susanne Lundi

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/congratulations-niclas-hagen-your-phd - 2025-02-23

Published 5 November 2013 The Swedish Research Council has awarded a grant of 6.5 million SEK over 5 years to Petersen's research project entitled Critical hypothalamic circuitries controlling depression and anxiety in Huntington disease.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/65-million-sek-petersen-swedish-research-council - 2025-02-23

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 18 November 2013 Rachel Cheong and Sanaz Gabery receive in total 120 000 SEK from Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund for their research. Congratulations!

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/cheong-and-gabery-receives-grants-kungliga-fysiografiska-sallskapet - 2025-02-23

Published 3 February 2014 PhD student Sanaz Gabery is featured in this month's newsletter from the Department of Experimental Medical Sciences at the Medical Faculty. In the article, Sanaz describes her interesting findings of hypothalamic changes in clinical HD. emvnewsletterjanuary2014.pdf

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/gabery-featured-emvs-newsletter - 2025-02-23

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 14 April 2014 Petersén, Gabery and Hagen give talks about psychiatric symptoms in HD, as well as about their ongoing research projects, at the National meeting on Huntington disease (HD) in Gothenburg on March 28 2014. The meeting is organised by the National patient organization for HD. They will also give talks and par

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-members-give-talks-national-hd-meeting-gothenburg - 2025-02-23

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 8 May 2014 Sofia Hult Lundh is the first PhD student from TNU who will defend her thesis. It is entitled Psychiatric and metabolic disturbances in experimental models of Huntington's disease and will be defended May 28 2014 at 13.00 in Segerfalksalen. It consists of three published papers in Cell Metabolism, Human Molecu

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/first-phd-thesis-tnu-has-been-traditionally-nailed-may-7 - 2025-02-23

Published 9 May 2014 Congratulations Dr Cheong to the prize for best poster at the Neuroscience Day at Lund University 2014! The poster was entitled Behavioral characterization of the psychiatric phenotype in the BACHD mouse model of Huntington disease. 

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/dr-cheong-receives-prize-best-poster-neuroscience-day-lund-university - 2025-02-23

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 4 June 2014 Sofia Hult Lundh successfully defended her PhD thesis on May 28 2014 and has now a PhD in biomedicine from Lund University.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/congratulations-dr-sofia-hult-lundh-your-phd - 2025-02-23

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 31 March 2015 Disturbances in sleep and metabolism in neurodegenerative diseases are now gaining increased attention as their underlying mechanisms may provide targets for novel therapeutic interventions. This symposium will shed light on novel research focusing on different aspects of sleep and metabolism relevant for n

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-organizes-segerfalk-symposium-metabolism-and-sleep-hd-and-als - 2025-02-23

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 - 2025-02-23

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 - 2025-02-23