Sofia Bergh, PhD student in TNU, gave two presentations on Huntington disease on 11 and 12 March 2024 during the NMT Days.This is an annual event, arranged by the Faculty of Science, the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University. A week of talks and demonstrations on a variety of topics show today’s research, and students in upper secondary school and their teachers are

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/bergh-presented-nmt-days - 2025-08-25

Åsa Petersén gave a talk about Huntington disease and her research for the patients' organization, RHS, in Stockholm on 12 March 2024, where she was invited.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gave-hd-talk-stockholm - 2025-08-25

Sofia Bergh's talk from the NMT days is now available online. See more on the Talks & Movies page.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/see-sofia-berghs-talk-hd - 2025-08-25

Sofia passed her half time review on 28 May 2024. Sofia Bergh presented her work titled "Cellular and molecular mechanisms of hypothalamic pathology in Huntington disease and the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/frontotemporal dementia disease spectrum" before the audience and the reviewers Niels Henning Skotte, research group leader, Department for Drug Design and Pharmacology, Molecular Neuroprotec

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/congratulations-sofia-bergh - 2025-08-25

For the second time, the European Huntington Association/Moving Forward initiative for the Nordic countries will be hosting a webinar on research updates. The Webinar will be held on 11th June, from 18:00 CET to 19:15 CET. You need to register beforehand to be able to join.Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkdeyupz4oH9KRCnkguo_KMuS0Y6…Åsa Petersén will be talking about

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/webinar-research-updates-nordic-countries - 2025-08-25

Oskar Simonsson har completed his Master's studies and passed with Distinction. Oskar has been with TNU since the end of October 2023 to work on his Master's thesis. In the end of May he presented his work "Effects of TDP-43 overexpression in oxytocin neurons on neuropathology and metabolism in mice". Congratulations to your Master of Science in Biomedicine, Oskar!

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/congratulations-oskar - 2025-08-25

We are honoured to announce that Åsa Petersén has received a two-year grant from Hjärnfonden, The Swedish Brain Foundation, for the project The importance of variations in the CAG repeat for Huntington disease.The awarded amount for the two years is SEK 1 600 000.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/new-grant-hjarnfonden - 2025-08-25

Mahmoud A. Pouladi, Åsa Petersén, Huu Phuc Nguyen, Jiří Klempíř and A. Nazlı Başak. Together with researchers from Germany, Canada, Turkey and the Czech Republic Åsa Petersén was awarded the JPND grant for the project Delineating the role of HTT Cis-Variants in the pathogenesis of Huntington disease. In Sweden the grant  is funded by Vetenskapsrådet, the Swedish Research Council, and Petersén was

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/jpnd-project-kickoff-istanbul - 2025-08-25

Åsa Petersén will participate in the HD patients' organization's national meeting later in September. The patients’ organization, RHS, is inviting you to the national meeting in Gothenburg on 26 September 2024. Åsa Petersén will give an overview of the current HD research and the day will include information on guidelines for physiotherapy, and much more. The meeting will be held in Swedish.Sign u

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/rhs-national-meeting-2024 - 2025-08-25

Åsa Petersén is one of the lecturers at MultiPark Café in October. On Wednesday 16 October, at 17.00-19.00, MultiPark Café is hosting an evening with lectures on “Psychiatric health in neurodegenerative diseases”. Åsa Petersén will talk about “Psychiatric health in Huntington’s disease”.All talks are in Swedish.Link to the event on MultiPark’s website

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/welcome-petersens-talk-psychiatric-health-hd - 2025-08-25

The Swedish patients' organization RHS is arranging a weekend on Huntingon disease for young adults on 18-20 October 2024 in Karlstad. During the weekend there will be presentations on various topics, like genetic counselling, and the weekend also offers an opportunity to network with other young adults and to share experiences.Åsa Petersén will give a talk on HD research and present the latest up

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-will-give-talk-hd-young-adults - 2025-08-25

On 23 October 2024, Åsa Petersén will be moderating the webinar "Research insights: Latest updates on ongoing studies", arranged by the European Huntington Association. The webinar will give information on ongoing clinical trials in the Huntington disease field. Representatives from companies with ongoing trials, or finalized, will be participating.The European Huntington Association is an umbrell

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/webinar-hd-clinical-trials - 2025-08-25

The webinar on clinical trials, with an overview of the latest developments, is now available to watch online. The webinar “Research insights: Latest updates on ongoing studies” was arranged by the European Huntington Association (EHA) in October.You find it on EHA:s website

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/webinar-clinical-trials-now-available-online - 2025-08-25

Huntington Disease Center in Lund is inviting you to an information evening on 7 April 2025, 18.00-20.30 in the Belfrage lecture hall on BMC D15 in Lund. The evening will include update on clinical trials and current research status in Sweden and internationally, as well as talks on different aspects on Huntington disease: from social interaction to difficulty swallowing, dysphagia. Representative

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/save-date-hd-information-evening-7-april-2025 - 2025-08-25

Sign up for the Information Evening on HD! If you wish to attend the Information Evening on Huntington Disease on 7 April 2025, sign up latest on 27 March 2025.All talks are in Swedish. Find out more on the Huntington Disease Center's page: Huntington Disease Center

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/information-evening-hd-7-april-2025 - 2025-08-25

The European Huntington’s disease network (EHDN), with more than 3000 members, gather healthcare professionals, researchers and families with Huntington’s disease. Petersén was elected to the Executive Committee in 2022 and is now Deputy Chair.Link to the EHDN webpage: EHDN.org

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-elected-deputy-chair-ehdn - 2025-08-25

Development of international guidelines for treatment of psychiatric symptoms in advanced Huntington's disease is in progress within the European Huntington's Disease Network (EHDN). The working group focusing on "Behavioural Phenotype” in Huntington's disease is addressing these guidelines. As part of the work, some members of the group recently met in Amsterdam, together with colleagues from USA

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/work-progress-international-guidelines-treatment-psychiatric-symptoms - 2025-08-25

The month of May is Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month and 15 May was Huntington Awareness Day. Åsa Petersén was invited to take part in a podcast about the disease, together with Jozefine, who is a carrier of the gene and related to a person diagnosed with HD.The podcast is produced by YTAN, Young Together Against Neurodegenerative Diseases, a digital platform for young relatives of persons wit

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/podcast-about-being-young-relative-hd-patient - 2025-08-25

The protein TDP-43 is involved in different neurodegenerative diseases, and Åsa Petersén and Sofia Bergh have investigated whether the protein harms the hypothalamus. Investigating if augmenting the quantity of the protein TDP-43 in the hypothalamus would lead to changes in the hypothalamus, emotional changes and metabolic problems was the aim of the new article from the TNU research group.Read mo

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/new-paper-tnu-published - 2025-08-25

Åsa Petersén and Mahmoud A Pouladi are guest editors of the Special Issue: Glia and non-neuronal cells in Huntington's disease that was published now in August. The Special issue on Glia and non-neuronal cells in Huntington's disease holds six expert review articles. The understanding how glial and other non-neuronal cells shape HD pathology is expanding amongst researchers in the field.The topics

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-guest-editor-journal-huntingtons-disease - 2025-08-25