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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Interested in how we work with cutting out bad genes and pasting in new, healthy ones? In this case, you might find the below article on new gene techniques and our research very intersting! På svenska: Är du nyfiken på hur vi arbetar med att klippa ut de dåliga generna och klistra in nya friska gener? Då kan den följ

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/om-att-klippa-och-klistra-i-dna-how-cut-and-paste-gene-sequence - 2026-06-09

Läs här om vår senaste publikation som presenterar en direkt länk mellan Huntingtons sjukdom och en grundläggande process som kallas autofagi.       Publikation: Huntingtin Aggregation Impairs Autophagy, Leading to Argonaute-2 Accumulation and Global MicroRNA Dysregulation  

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/nya-ron-om-huntingtons-sjukdom-publiceras - 2026-06-09

Interested in progress on large-scale production of living brain cells? Are you interested in progress on large-scale production of living brain cells? You can find out more in our latest paper REST suppression mediates neural conversion of adult human fibroblasts via microRNA-dependent and -independent pathways.  

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/new-paper-large-scale-production-living-brain-cells - 2026-06-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New publication! Please click here to read about our latest publication TRIM28 Controls a Gene Regulatory Network Based on Endogenous Retroviruses in Human Neural Progenitor Cells.Also, please click here to go to a short presentation of this research in Science: Science

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/viruses-genome-are-important-our-brain - 2026-06-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We're very happy to announce that our former PhD student Rebecca Petri has received the Best Thesis Award 2017 from the Neurobiology Section of Lund University. Well done, Rebecca! 

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/best-thesis-award-2017-goes-rebecca-petri - 2026-06-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 2019-04-09. Today we celebrated the official nailing of Per Ludvik Brattås' thesis entiteled "The Epigenetic Impact of Transposable Elements in Human Brain Development". Per's defence will take place on April 26th at 13 o'clock at the Segerfalk lecture hall (BMC, A10) - you are most welcom to join us! 

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/ludviks-thesis-officially-nailed - 2026-06-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We are very happy to announce that Per Ludvik Brattås has successfully defended his thesis entitled "The Epigenetic Impact of Transposable Elements in Human Brain Development". Congratulations, Dr. Brattås!

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/congratulations-dr-brattas - 2026-06-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We're happy to present our most recent publication "Activation of neuronal genes via LINE-1 elements upon global DNA demethylation in human neural progenitors" published on July 18th. Our study sheds light on the darker parts of our genetic heritage. To find out more please click on the below link.Lund University's pr

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/new-publication-nature-communications - 2026-06-09

Läs den spännande debatten om den nya gentekniken Crispr, skriven av forskare från gruppen Crispr ideas vid Pufendorfinstitutet, Lunds universitet, på SvD Debatt. SvD Debatt: ”Vi måste ta ställning till nya gentekniken” Aftonbladet: "Den nya gensaxen måste diskuteras"   Om debattörerna: Karin Broberg, professor i arbets- och miljömedicin Ingrid Dunér, doktorand i idéhistoria Kristofer Hansson, doc

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/pa-svenska-nya-gentekniken-kraver-en-bred-debatt - 2026-06-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Today we celebrated official nailing of Daniela Grassi's thesis "Development and Applications of in vitro Models to Study Human Brain Evolution and Disease". The defence will take place on Thursday April 23rd at 9.00 o'clock and it will be made availably digitally for you to join!

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/nailing-completed - 2026-06-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Daniela Grassi will be defending her thesis on Thursday 23rd of April 2020. Here, Daniela tells us about her research in the Molecular Neurogenetics group. Please click here for full article: https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview-daniela-grassi 

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview-daniela-grassi - 2026-06-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Interested in autophagy or Huntington disease? Please click here to go to our newest publication Impact of differential and time-dependent autophagy activation on therapeutic efficacy in a model of Huntington disease and to more information on our work in the field.

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/new-article-autophagy-and-treatment-huntington-disease - 2026-06-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Read here about Christopher Douse who joined our group at the beginning of 2020 and works on developing a research programme on newly-discovered guardians of the human genome. For article please click on the following link: https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/meet-christopher-douse - 2026-06-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Read about how the CRISPR facility at Lund Stem Cell Center can help you with your experiments CRISPR is a simple yet powerful Nobel Prize winning technology that allows sequence specific editing and manipulation of DNA sequences. The CRISPR facility at Lund Stem Cell Center is here to help you with your projects usin

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/lund-crispr-facility-here-help - 2026-06-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center highlight the importance of controlling viral elements that reside in the genome and how their activation during development may contribute to brain disorders later in life. To read the article, please go to: https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/activation-ancient-viruses-dur

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/activation-ancient-viruses-during-brain-development-causes-inflammation - 2026-06-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Eva Schömer has authored the article "Sweden, a Society of Covert Racism: Equal from the Outside: Everyday Racism and Ethnic Discrimination in Swedish Society” in Oñati Socio-legal Series. Abstract:    Sweden is widely considered to have one of the most equal and gender-equal societies in the world. But the Swedish so

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/schomer-covert-racism - 2026-06-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Hildur Fjóla Antonsdóttir co-wrote an article with Halla Gunnarsdóttir, who is the head of policy and partnerships for the newly founded “Women’s Equality party” in UK. In the article they discuss if and how the Nordic countries have something to offer UK in terms of the quest for justice for victim-survivors of sexua

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/antonsdottir-justice-victim-survivors-sexual-violence - 2026-06-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Matthias Baier, Isabel Schoultz and Rustamjon Urinboyev were on an Erasmus-exchange in Uzbekistan on October 17-22. They visited ”University of World Economy and Diplomacy” in Tashkent. During their stay they held lectures on sociology of law for both students and teachers. Matthias Baier’s personal pageIsabel Schoult

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/erasmus-exchange-uzbekistan - 2026-06-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Child Rights Institute organized a meeting last week to highlight the importance of the Convention on the Rights of the Child for municipal activities. Simrishamn's, Kristianstad's and Trelleborg's municipalities shared how they are working with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), as well as which cha

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/how-municipalities-are-working-child-rights - 2026-06-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Morgan Johansson, the Swedish Minister for Justice and Migration, visited the Sociology of Law Department to talk about how the law works in society  How do rules and regulations really work in society? This afternoon, some 60 people gathered in the University building in Lund to discuss the subject sociology of law a

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/how-law-works-society - 2026-06-09