By patrik [dot] hekkala [at] soch [dot] lu [dot] se (Patrik Hekkala) - published 22 April 2021 About 70 teachers, researchers, and representatives from different service user organisations from nine countries highlighted the matter during the conference Experience-based knowledge in the shadow of the pandemic. The conference was arranged by the international network PowerUs.  “We discussed many cr

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/how-covid-impacts-experience-based-knowledge-social-work - 2025-04-01

Published 19 November 2014 Senior lecturer Lupita Svensson is one of the researchers in a research group that has received funding for a project that will explore how the digitization of everyday life, including consumption, credit management and communication, affects economic vulnerability among young adults. The project, which will last for a year, os led by Stefan Larsson, Lund University Inte

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/sek-1-million-research-project-online-consumption-and-vulnerability - 2025-04-01

Published 28 February 2022 In the light of the ongoing invasion in Ukraine, Lund University wants to show our support for students and employees that may be affected. To our current knowledge, no Lund University students or staff members are in Ukraine at the moment. However, we recognise that these are stressful and upsetting times for many and we want to remind those of you who are directly affe

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/regarding-situation-ukraine - 2025-04-01

Published 15 August 2022 Läs här om ett samarbete mellan lundaforskarna Johan Jakobsson och Malin Parmar som har lett till en ny metod för att studera åldersrelaterade hjärnsjukdomar. https://www.lu.se/artikel/ny-forskningsmodell-ska-ge-svar-om-huntingtons-sjukdom  

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/ny-forskningsmodell-ska-ge-svar-om-huntingtons-sjukdom - 2025-04-01

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 21 June 2023 Would you like to learn more about our research on X-Linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism? To read the full article please go to the following link: Exploring the Role of 'Jumping Genes' in X-Linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/lund-stem-cell-centers-interview-dr-vivien-horvath - 2025-04-01

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 7 September 2023 Patricia Gerdes, a postdoctoral researcher specializing in transposable elements and their impact on the human genome, has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) program. To read the full article on Patricia Gerdes' MSCA Fellowship, please go to th

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/cracking-code-human-brain-evolution-patricia-gerdes-awarded-msca-fellowship - 2025-04-01

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 15 November 2023 I en studie ledd från Lunds universitet kan forskarna för första gången visa att traumatiska hjärnskador aktiverar vilande endogena retrovirus som under årmiljonernas gång infogats i människans DNA. Att dessa aktiveras kan vara drivande för att starta en inflammation som förvärrar hjärnskadan.

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/svart-hjarntrauma-aktiverar-vilande-kroppsegna-retrovirus-i-hjarnan - 2025-04-01

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 11 December 2023 "Tack vare ny teknik har Storbritannien precis godkänt en behandling som botar två genetiska sjukdomar. Nu ligger vägen öppen för att behandla andra sorters lidande." "– Vi kommer att kunna utveckla botande behandlingar för många ovanliga sjukdomar som inte går att bota i dag, säger Johan Jakob

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/dagens-nyheter-nya-behandlingar-sjukdomar-som-tidigare-var-omojliga-att-bota - 2025-04-01

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 19 January 2024 Today we congratulate Dr. Raquel Garza on defending her thesis! Dr. Raquel Garza's thesis "Transposable Elements in the Healthy and Diseased Human Brain" is available online.For an interview with Dr. Raquel Garza please visit Multipark's website.

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/congratulations-dr-raquel-garza - 2025-04-01

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 15 August 2024 Researchers from the Jakobsson Group at Lund University have discovered how a hidden piece of DNA, known as a transposable element, disrupts normal gene function in a disease called X-Linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism (XDP). Published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, their findings uncover

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/how-hidden-genetic-elements-trigger-rare-neurodegenerative-disorder - 2025-04-01

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 2 March 2018 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 ge

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/om-att-klippa-och-klistra-i-dna-how-cut-and-paste-gene-sequence - 2025-04-01

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 20 August 2018 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 - 2025-04-01

Published 26 June 2017 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 - 2025-04-01

By Paulina [dot] Pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 28 February 2018 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 - 2025-04-01

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 23 January 2019 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 - 2025-04-01

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 9 April 2019 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

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/ludviks-thesis-officially-nailed - 2025-04-01

Published 27 April 2019 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 - 2025-04-01

Published 24 July 2019 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 press release Nature Communications: Activation of neuronal

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/new-publication-nature-communications - 2025-04-01

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 25 November 2019 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 B

https://www.molecular-neurogenetics.lu.se/article/pa-svenska-nya-gentekniken-kraver-en-bred-debatt - 2025-04-01

By paulina [dot] pettersson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Paulina Pettersson) - published 3 April 2020 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 - 2025-04-01