Description of the platformIn the last decade it has become clear that the underlying disease pathologies of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) start to accumulate several decades before onset of overt symptoms. We can…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/infrastructures/swetrap-swedish-trial-ready-cohorts-early-alzheimers-and-parkinsons-diseases- 2023-12-04

The Memory clinic platform is a MultiPark infrastructure which facilitates research projects run by clinical researchers performing studies on dementia disorders. This platform consists of trained research nurses, medical doctors and…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/infrastructures/memory-clinic-platform- 2023-12-04

The drug candidate screening platform support researchers to identify and develop novel chemical tools to help you interrogate your particular field of interest. We contribute with +30 years of combined experiences from the pharmaceutical…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/infrastructures/drug-candidate-screening-platform- 2023-12-04

Published 11 March 2021 A high power microscopy image of a neuron (blue) in which the epigenetic silencing of ERVs are lost, resulting in abundant ERV proteins (red). Photo credit: Marie Jönsson. Researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/activation-ancient-viruses-during-brain-development-causes-inflammation- 2021-03-11

By alexander [dot] doyle [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexander Doyle) - published 9 March 2021 Shelby Shrigley defends her PhD thesis on Friday 12th March 2021. During her PhD studies Shelby Shrigley has been exploring patient-specific…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-shelby-shrigley- 2021-03-09

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 25 March 2021 Ruben Smith is responsible for brain imaging in the study recently discovering that the Alzheimer’s-related protein tau accumulates faster in…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/women-accumulate-alzheimers-related-protein-faster- 2021-03-25

By alexander [dot] doyle [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexander Doyle) - published 23 March 2021 Immunofluorescence image of toxic alpha-synuclein aggregates (green) accumulating in astrocytes (purple). The nuclei of the cells are shown in…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-insights-toxic-protein-aggregate-formation-parkinsons-disease-size-matters- 2021-03-23

By Martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 8 April 2021 On the last of December, Professor Gunnar Gouras left his position as a coordinator for MultiPark after five years. Here is how he sums up his…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/interview-gunnar-gouras-about-his-time-coordinator- 2021-04-08

By Alexander [dot] Doyle [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexander Doyle) - published 12 April 2021 Prof. Malin Parmar (right) with researcher Tiago Cardoso (left). Photo credit: Kennet Ruona. Congratulations to Prof. Malin Parmar, who has…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/malin-parmar-elected-isscr-board-directors- 2021-04-12

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 29 April 2021 Tau accumulation in different brain regions depending on the subtype of Alzheimer’s disease. Photo: J Vogel Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/alzheimers-disease-composed-four-distinct-subtypes- 2021-04-29

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 3 May 2021 On May 11, it is time for the first of a total of six workshops concerning the strategic research areas’ (SRA) work on sustainable development…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/workshop-series-sustainability-effect-research- 2021-05-03

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 17 May 2021 The study is based on in-depth interviews where patients in an early stage of Parkinson’s disease freely describe their life satisfaction and…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/acceptance-key-life-satisfaction-persons-parkinsons-disease- 2021-05-17

Personalized diagnosis and prognosis of Alzheimer´s disease - O Hansson, N Mattsson-Carlgren, S Palmqvist The Alzheimer patient’s clinical cell biology - Hansson, Parmar, Toresson A new drug screening strategy for Huntington’s disease…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/innovation/innovation-projects-supported-multipark- 2023-03-23

By Martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 19 May 2021 Nine senior researchers from five different faculties at Lund University have been granted three million SEK for a novel transdisciplinary…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/three-million-new-thematic-collaboration-initiative-about-early-diagnosis-and-prognostics-alzheimers- 2021-05-21

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 24 May 2021 New study: a simple blood test and three quick cognitive tests show with over 90% certainty who develops Alzheimer's dementia within four years…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/simple-diagnostic-tool-predicts-individual-risk-alzheimers- 2021-05-24

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 27 May 2021 Yiyi Yang defends her PhD thesis on Thursday 3rd June 2021. During her Ph.D. studies, Yiyi Yang has been investigating the role of microglia in…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-yiyi-yang- 2021-06-14

By fritzliselotte [at] gmail [dot] com (Liselotte Fritz) - published 1 June 2021 Kajsa Brolin, doctoral student in Translational Neurogenetics at Lund University, is using the biobank in her doctoral thesis. Photo: Kennet Ruona Around 20…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-biobank-provides-insights-parkinsons-disease- 2021-06-01

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 8 June 2021 Angela with her team members in the Basal ganglia pathophysiology group. Here, they enjoy spending time together during a before-Corona dinner…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/interview-angela-cenci-nilsson-about-being-new-coordinator-multipark- 2021-06-08

Senior Researchers Björklund, Anders - affiliated with Developmental Neurobiology LabBjörklund, Tomas - Molecular Neuromodulation UnitBjörkqvist, Maria - Biomarkers in Brain DiseaseCenci Nilsson, Angela - Basal Ganglia…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/research/research-groups- 2022-04-25

Our research We investigate how different parts of the central nervous system interact to generate purposeful behaviors. In particular, we study how the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia interact to control motor actions, both under…

https://www.multipark.lu.se/integrative-neurophysiology-and-neurotechnology-lu-umu- 2021-10-15