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Petersén will give a talk on her work on Huntington disease at a symposium on neurodegenerative disorders at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada on September 8, 2025. There will also be a meeting for Petersén and other partners in the JPND funded delCAA-HD research team to discuss progress of the international collaborative research efforts.
When in Sweden for their annual meeting, members of the European Huntington Association paid a visit to Lund on 28 August 2025. There they met with Åsa Petersén and Camilla Svensson, registered nurse, also working at the HD Clinic at Skåne University Hospital (SUS) in Lund, together with Åsa. Åsa showed them around the lab, demonstrated samples and talked about her research. The EHA team also got
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/visit-european-huntington-association - 2025-12-13
On 9-11 September 2025 the Arturo Falaschi Conference “2nd biennial conference on TDP-43 function and dysfunction in disease” will be held in Trieste, Italy. Sofia Bergh will present her poster with the findings published earlier this summer in the article “TDP-43 overexpression in the hypothalamus drives neuropathology, dysregulates metabolism and impairs behavior in mice”.Link to the conference
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/sofia-bergh-will-present-poster-tdp-43-conference - 2025-12-13
Åsa Petersén will give several talks at the conference, including one on emotions and behavior in HD, and she will also chair a session on clinical trials.The conference is arranged by the patients' organization, the European Huntington Association, and is open to all.Find out more about the conference on EHA:s webpage (opens in a new window).
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-eha-conference-2025-bucharest - 2025-12-13
The National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden has published updated information on Huntington disease on its’ webpage. These recent revisions of the text have been made by Professor Åsa Petersén, Lund University.Link to the National Board of Health and Welfare’s webpage – in Swedish only (opens in a new window).
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/updated-information-hd-national-board-health-and-welfares-webpage - 2025-12-13
Professor Petersén comments on the recent positive topline results from a clinical trial with gene therapy in Huntington disease presented in a press release from uniQure. Last week, positive topline results from a clinical trial with gene therapy in Huntington disease were presented in a press release from uniQure. The news hit the headlines and spread fast through the HD community. Read Professo
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/perspective-recent-positive-topline-results-gene-therapy-trial - 2025-12-13
The Swedish channel TV4 published the news on the HD clinical trials that were positively described in media in late September. Professor Åsa Petersén was interviewed about the findings by TV4 and she emphasizes the need for cautiousness when interpreting the results, as they are not yet published in a scientific magazine or reviewed by researchers not involved in the study. Link to the article on
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tv4-news-piece-hd-gene-therapy-trial - 2025-12-13
Petersén is invited to give a talk at the 2025 Family Gathering for the Scottish Huntington's Association with around 170 attendees on November 8, 2025 in Glasgow.Link to the programme at the association’s webpage (opens in a new window)
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gives-talk-scottish-huntingtons-association-meeting - 2025-12-13
UNESCO has added the unique archive of 500 in-depth interviews with Holocaust survivors to the Memory of the World Register. It recognises the Ravensbrück Archive as an example of a cultural heritage of great value to humanity. The University Library manages this documentary heritage and keeps the archive protected and digitally accessible to all. On 10 April, UNESCO decided to add the Ravensbrück
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/ravensbruck-archive-receives-memory-world-status - 2025-12-13
The building that houses the University Library has been named the most beautiful in Lund and Sweden several times. After the renovation, we hope you feel that the inside of the building harmonises with the outside. See a glimpse of how it turned out here. The University Library boasts a stunning exterior. But the inside may not have been as impressive as the outside. We addressed this in the reno
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/renovated-library-awaits-you-autumn - 2025-12-13
The University Library is releasing a new search system for digitised card catalogues. Are you looking for royal decrees, occasional poetry, school books, or older newspapers? Then the search system will help you find them. We will digitise more card catalogues and add them as soon as we are ready. You can now use the Digitised card catalogues search system to find and request material. Feel free
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/new-search-system-card-catalogues - 2025-12-13
The libraries at Lund University are launching a new search system, making searching easier. LUBcat and LUBsearch will close on 1 October, and the new search tool Finn will replace them. With the shift to a single search system, the libraries aim to make it easier for students, staff, and other users.Finn helps you find all the books, journals, articles, and databases at Lund University. You can m
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/searching-becomes-easier-finn - 2025-12-13
Through its extensive digitisation of older card catalogues, Lund University Library has made an unexpected discovery: a copy of astronomer Copernicus' famous work from the 16th century, which presents the theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun. The discovery was made possible thanks to the new full-text search in Catalogue-1957, which makes the library's older material much more accessible
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/digitisation-card-catalogues-led-unexpected-discovery-university-library - 2025-12-13
On 11 April, Réka Tölg defended her doctoral thesis ‘The (im)possibilities of circular consumption: Producing and performing circular clothing consumption in retail and household settings’. The thesis examines how circular consumption actually happens in everyday life, and what obstacles arise in an economy that is fundamentally designed to promote linear consumption. The circular economy is often
During Sustainability Week at Lund University, students from the Service Management and Strategic Communication master programmes organized a panel discussion during Sustainability Week at Campus Helsingborg, exploring the textile industry’s shift towards circular economy practices. Marie Ledendal, Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Communication and Réka Tölg, Postdoctoral Fellow, Horiz
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/panel-discussion-textile-industry-during-sustainability-week - 2025-12-13
This year's excursion for the students at the department specialising in tourism offered both sunshine and memorable experiences. For the second year in a row, both bachelor and master students participated, which created a wonderful dynamic and strengthened the community between the programmes. The trip went to Helsingborg's twin town Pärnu in Estonia, with a stop in the capital Tallinn - a city
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/sun-studies-and-student-community-field-trip-estonia - 2025-12-13
On Friday 23 May, the university's major ceremony, the doctoral conferment, took place. During the ceremony in Lund Cathedral, the 239 doctors who have completed their doctoral studies and defended a doctoral thesis at Lund University over the past year, including some from the Department of Service Studies, were awarded their doctorates. At Friday's ceremony, the newly awarded doctorates marched
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/festive-and-solemn-universitys-doctoral-conferment - 2025-12-13
The Campus Helsingborg International Student Career Programme, launched in the spring of 2025, consists of a series of events specifically designed to equip international students with the tools needed to navigate the Swedish labour market, apply for jobs and internships, visit local companies, and build valuable professional networks. The programme is organised in collaboration between the Depart
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/closing-international-student-career-programme-semester-event-internships - 2025-12-13
On 27 May 2025, Formas announced the results for Explore— a highly competitive open call that supports ground-breaking sustainability research. This year, a mere 83 out of 1,117 submitted projects received funding, representing a success rate of just 7 %. One of these successful projects is IDLE – Investigating Doing Less in Everyday Life, led by associate professor Tullia Jack from Lund Universit
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/idleness-vice-or-virtue-tullia-jack-receives-formas-explore-funding-idle-project - 2025-12-13
On the 12th of June, the graduation ceremony for our Master's students was arranged by the Faculty of Social Sciences at the AF-Borgen’s Stora Salen. During the ceremony, below thesis was awarded the honorary award from the department for her excellent work. The ceremony began with live music and a speech by student Carolina Sandoval Marmolejo. Following that, Elin Bommenel, the program director o
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/graduation-ceremony-our-masters-students-0 - 2025-12-13
