2012-02-03 Laura Fratiglioni to appear on Swedish educational television this February
Listen to ARC Professor Laura Fratiglioni talk about the possibility of aging without dementia on Swedish educational television (Kunskapskanalen) this February. The program airs on 3 February from 16:00-19:00 and 11 February from 10:00-13:00. Professor Fratiglioni’s lecture was part of the Swedish Science Foundation’s November 2011 quarterly seminar on health and welfare.  After the broadcasts, the program will be available online at UR Play.
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2012-01-20 Join us in Tampere for “Studying the oldest old – challenges and experiences,”
a Finnish-Swedish symposium for doctoral students
Engage in discussions about your own and others’ manuscripts and network with PhD students from Finland at this May 9–11 symposium in Tampere, Finland. 
Interested students should contact Carin Lennartsson (Carin.Lennartsson@ki.se) immediately for more information and to preregister. Priority will be given to students from ARC, but students from elsewhere are welcome to attend if space permits.

2012-01-11 The 2012 China-Sweden Workshop, “Multidisciplinary research on aging and health in a socio-cultural context,” 23–25 May 2012, Jining Shengdu International Conference Center, Jining/Qüfu, Shandong, China. Registration and additional information

2011-12-13 Ingemar "Pingo" Kåreholt has received
a grant of 4 400 000 SEK over 3 years from the Marianne och Marcus Wallenbergs Stiftelse.
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2011-12-07 Johan Fastbom has been appointed professor of pharmacoepidemiology at Karolinska Institutet

2011-12-07 Excellent FAS half-time evaluation
ARC's major financer, FAS, has evaluated the center half-way through its funding period. Click here for a summary of the report.

Older news and events

Weekly seminar
2012-02-16 Dag Aarsland, professor
NVS and KI Alzheimer Disease Research Center
(KI-ADRC), KI
Title: Parkinson’s disease and cognitive impairment:
Frequency, course and biomarkers
Time: 11.00-12.00
Place: ARC, Gävlegatan 16, conference room 8th floor

International Forum
2012-05-07 A. David Smith, professor
Department of Pharmacology, University of
Oxford, UK
Title: How to modify disease progression in Alzheimer’s
disease through lowering homocysteine
Time: 10.00-12.00
Place: ARC, Gävlegatan 16, conference room 8th floor

Disputations at ARC
To be announced