News and media
December 2025:
First national NAD-HD seminar!
Collaborators and partners from multiple departments and Oslo University Hospital and two partner institutions in Bergen (Haukeland University Hospital and NKS Olaviken alderspsykiatriske sykehus) gathered in Oslo for a scientific update on the ongoing NAD-HD study in Huntington’s disease. Special guest was our international advisor Lena Hjermind from the University of Copenhagen.
November 2025:
Warm thanks to visiting PhD student Janna van Wetering!
Janna is a PhD student with professor Wilma van de Berg at Amsterdam University Medical Center and has stayed with our group in Oslo for three months working on polygenic risk scores and data from the Global Parkinson's Genetics Program (GP2).
August 2025:
What is lacking in Norwegian neuroscience? Group leader Lasse Pihlstrøm participates in panel discussion at the Arendal Week - the largest political gathering in Norway held annually since 2012
The discussion was hosted by the Norwegian Brain Council: https://www.hjerneradet.no/
March 2025:
Green light for the The NAD-HD Study: A Study to Investigate Efficacy and Safety of Nicotinamide Riboside Compared With Placebo in Huntington's Disease (NAD-HD)
Representatives from the Norwegian Huntington’s disease association (Landsforeningen for Huntingtons sykdom), Geir Viksund and Livar Hølland, visited the group for a special seminar to mark the launch of the study.
See also:
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06853743
https://www.oslo-universitetssykehus.no/kliniske-studier/behandling-med-vitamin-b3-nikotinamid-ribosid-ved-huntingtons-sykdom/
https://www.huntington.no/?ID=29773&K=4532
February 2025:
Group leader Lasse Pihlstrøm becomes professor of neurology at the University of Oslo, Institute of Clinical Medicine
https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/personer/vit/lassep/
September 2024:
Lasse Pihlstrøm gives invited talk at the Movement Disorders Society Congress in Philadelphia on "The Role of Epigenetics" in the session on "The New Era of Genetics in Movement Disorders":
https://www.
May 2024:
Feature article in the leading Norwegian news outlet Verdens gang about our Huntington's disease trial NAD-HD:
https://www.vg.no/
June 2023:
Our Nature Communications paper on DNA methylation in Lewy body disorders recognized with OUS Excellent Article Award: https://www.ous-research.no/home/ous/news/23848
March 2023:
PhD student Jon-Anders Tunold gives oral presentation at the ADPD2023 Conference in Gothenburg: https://cslide.ctimeetingtech.com/adpd23/attendee/person/5283
October 2022:
Editorial in the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association by Lasse Pihlstrøm, commenting on the Kavli Prize being awarded to pioneers within neurogenetics:
https://tidsskriftet.no/2022/10/leder/kavlipris-til-fire-pionerer-i-nevrogenetikk
September 2022:
Dagens medisin covers our Nature Communications paper on DNA methylation in Lewy pathology, including interview with Lasse Pihlstrøm:
https://www.dagensmedisin.no/demens-forskning-hjernehelse/norske-forskere-med-ny-kunnskap-om-parkinson/314273
August 2022:
Lasse Pihlstrøm gives a popular science talk on the brain for politicians stakeholders and the public at “Arendalsuka” with OUS colleagues Kaja Nordengen and Einar Høgestøl.
See video here:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=734847124667345
November 2021:
Lasse Pihlstrøm talks about Huntington’s disease on the podcast Nevropodden:
https://neurology.podbean.com/e/huntingtons-sykdom-og-dansende-bevegelser/
September 2021:
Lasse Pihlstrøm visits the popular science radio program Ekko on NRK P2, dicussing dementia: https://radio.nrk.no/serie/ekko/sesong/202109/MDFP02014921
August 2021:
Our research featured in the University of Oslo popular science magazine Apollon, including interview with Lasse Pihlstrøm:
https://www.apollon.uio.no/artikler/2021/3_demens_hjernevev.html
August 2021:
Lasse Pihlstrøm receives Early Career Award from Oslo University Hospital.
Video of award ceremony with lecture here:
https://www.ous-research.no/home/institute/news/22100
August 2021:
Lasse Pihlstrøm is interviewed in Dagens medisin, commenting on negative results in Parkinson’s disease clinical trials:
https://www.dagensmedisin.no/forskning-hjernehelse-nevrologi/studier-legemidler-viser-ikke-effekt-mot-mulig-arsak-til-parkinsons-sykdom/236089
April 2021:
Lasse Pihlstrøm is awarded the comminication award “NFFs formidlingspris” from the Norwegian Neurological Association:
https://www.facebook.com/nevrologi/posts/3546295012149427/
November 2020:
Lasse Pihlstrøm contributes blog about Brodal’s legendary neuroanatomy textbook “The Central Nervous System” on its publisher’s website:
https://ublogg.no/et-fagfelt-ingen-blir-fullt-utlaert-i/