By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 7 December 2021 Oskar Hansson will lead and coordinate a research collaboration between several European countries. Photo: Kennet Ruona. With the support of an EU grant of 1.9 million euros, Alzheimer's researcher Oskar Hansson will lead and coordinate a research collaboration between Sweden, Spain, France, Germany and

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/large-eu-project-alzheimers-coordinated-lund-university - 2025-06-19

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 9 December 2021 Lina Rosengren explores factors for maintaining life satisfaction despite suffering from Parkinson’s disease. December 17, she defends her Ph.D. projects supervised by Prof. Jan Lexell. Lina explains her most important findings, future directions, and time as a Ph.D. student in the Rehabilitation Me

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-lina-rosengren - 2025-06-19

By katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - published 10 December 2021 Photo: Kennet Ruona The research group leader Malin Parmar is granted 50 million SEK over 10 years within the Distinguished professor program by the Swedish Research Council. The purpose of the Distinguished Professor Program is to create conditions for the most prominent researchers to conduct long-term,

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/distinguished-professorship-malin-parmar - 2025-06-19

By marie [dot] jonsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Marie Jönsson) - published 13 December 2021 Photo:Johan Persson. The career program Wallenberg Academy Fellows is the largest private investment in young researchers in Sweden. It provides the most promising young researchers with long-term resources, giving them excellent opportunities to establish themselves and build up their research groups. W

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/daniella-rylander-ottosson-has-been-admitted-wallenberg-academy-fellow - 2025-06-19

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 14 December 2021 Pär Halje will coordinate the new AI initiative. From January 2022, MultiPark will have its own coordinator for projects involving Artificial Intelligence. Pär Halje is an assistant researcher in Per Petersson’s Integrative Neurophysiology and Neurotechnology group. For a one year trial period, he

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/multipark-investing-artificial-intelligence - 2025-06-19

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 15 December 2021 A mental hug to all MultiPark members from the wintry Scanian coast. The best of MultiPark 2021 and looking forward to 2022. As 2021 turns towards its end, we can look back on the many positive events we managed to land together this year. In particular, We have awarded salary support for Ph.D. stu

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/season-greetings-coordinator - 2025-06-19

By marie [dot] jonsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Marie Jönsson and Alessandro Fiorenzano) - published 17 December 2021 A human midbrain organoid visualised by staining for proteins important during the maturation of dopaminergic neurons. (photo: Alessandro Fiorenzano) In their latest study, published in Nature Communications, the Parmar Lab has established midbrain organoids using silk microfibe

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/human-midbrain-organoids-grown-silk-recapitulate-midbrain-development-and-support-functionally - 2025-06-19

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 - 2025-06-19

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 - 2025-06-19

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 - 2025-06-19

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 - 2025-06-19

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 - 2025-06-19

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 - 2025-06-19

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 - 2025-06-19

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 - 2025-06-19

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 - 2025-06-19

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 - 2025-06-19

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 - 2025-06-19

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 - 2025-06-19

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 - 2025-06-19