Luke Odell and Greta Hultqvist receive research grants from the Swedish Brain Foundation

Luke Odell, Professor of Preparative medicinal chemistry, is awarded a SEK 600,000 grant from the Swedish Brain Foundation for his research project New chemical tools for improved brain imaging using mass spectrometry, a work aimed at enabling improved diagnostics and treatments of Parkinson's disease and other neurological disorders.

“Our scientific committee received 428 applications this year, the largest number ever which reflects the great interest in the potential of brain research. It is incredibly satisfying that we, thanks to our generous donors, can contribute to this essential research that is necessary to develop better treatments and diagnostics, which can improve the quality of life for many,” says Anna Hemlin, Secretary General of the Swedish Brain Foundation.

In the same call, Greta Hultqvist, Senior lecturer and researcher with a focus on Protein drug design, receives a grant for her project Increased breakdown of amyloid beta as a treatment strategy for Alzheimer's, a work aiming to develop a treatment against Alzheimer's disease, for which Greta Hultqvist recently also received funding from Bissen Brainwalk.

“During Alzheimer's disease, the amyloid beta protein aggregates into clumps that damage the brain's nerve cells and cause impaired memory. Our group is currently working on a potential drug that breaks down the clumps, and with these grants we can speed up the work, which we hope will provide greater impact on the disease than previously available treatments,” states Greta Hultqvist.

text: Magnus Alsne, photo: Mikael Wallerstedt a o