Department of Neuroscience
The Department of Neuroscience offers an international environment that brings together faculty with different expertise to study the development and function of the nervous system in health and disease.
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Do you carry neandertal genes? Hugo Zeberg addresses the questions in episode #67 of the podcast Medicinvetarna
Do you carry neandertal genes? Hugo Zeberg addresses the questions in episode #67 of the podcast Medicinvetarna
Hugo Zeberg is a researcher at Karolinska Institutet, at the Department of Neuroscience and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany. His research focuses on different gene variants, inherited from the Neanderthal, and how they affect fertility and the risk of being infected by various diseases. Listen to episode #67 of Medicinvetarna to find out more (in Swedish).
She wants to decode the brain
She wants to decode the brain
Sherlock Holmes was an idol when she was a child and her mother suggested the research profession early on. But it was not a straight path to science for Marie Carlén. Today she leads advanced studies on the part of the brain that shapes us as individuals.
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News and info for Neuro Staff
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