After waiting a long time for his visa, Linkun Han has finally arrived in the lab. He has plenty of experience in molecular neuroscience already and will use his skills to decipher molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and how such mechanisms regulate food intake.

Manish Bhattacharjee studied posttranslational modifications in malaria parasites during his PhD. For his postdoc, he will use his biochemical approach to physiological processes to investigate fundamental mechanisms regulating food intake.

Märta Lundqvist’s Foundation has awarded the lab generous funding to study the connection between food and anxiety in anorexia nervosa, and how it is possible to break that connection to help patients eat without feeling anxious.

Umeå University awarded us funding to set up an infrastructure for translational psychiatry. Translational psychiatry is expected to herald completely novel safe and effective treatments against psychiatric disorders. To bridge the gap between patients and neuro-molecular mechanistic research, we received funding to purchase a state-of-the-art imaging system.

Batuhan Uygar did is BA in Turkey and his Master’s at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. He has already gained a lot of experience in mapping neuronal circuitry and won several Erasmus scholarships.

We are very grateful to the Fredrik och Ingrid Thurings Stiftelse for their support to our research.

We’re very pleased to announce that Region Västerbotten has offered us another grant. It will support our new PhD student.

How is it that the same food for some people can be associated with fond memories of how good it tasted while other people panic and suffer from terrible anxiety when they think of it? Our feelings and thoughts have great impact on what, when and how much we eat. All of these thoughts and

Why do some people eat more than others? How it is that the brain, a gelatinous clump, can make us experience how good some food tastes? How can the brain associate eating with such incredible danger that some people choose to die instead of eating more? If you are interested in how the brain and