Summer 2023:
| Student (Home Institution) | Mentor (Institution) | Abstract Title |
| Aaron Coppeta (Purdue) |
Joseph V. Bonventre, M.D., Ph.D. (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Investigating Lithium’s Effect on Renal Stromal Activation to Form a Fibrotic Phenotype |
| Meghan Crowther (Brigham Young) |
Eugene Rhee, M.D. (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Oat1 and Oat3 are Potential Transport Proteins For Glycerol-3-Phosphate in the Kidney |
| Gitika Gorthi (Columbia ) |
Martin Pollak, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Disease Modeling with Kidney Organoids For Transient Receptor Potential Cation Channel 6-Mediated Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis |
| Zachary Jospeh (Notre Dame) |
John Choi, M.D. (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
The Role of the CXCL13-CXCR5 Chemokine Axis in Regulatory CD8 T Cell Trafficking |
| Becca Nelson (UCLA) |
Friedhelm Hildebrandt, M.D. (Boston Children’s Hospital) |
Identification of ENPP6 as a Novel Candidate Gene for Monogenic Congenital Anomalies of the Kidneys and Urinary Tracts |
| Denisse Romero Cruz (MIT) |
Peter Czarnecki, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Generation and Identification of IFT139 and IFT43-Knockout IMCD Cell Lines by CRISPR/Cas9 |
| Diane Santos (Purdue) |
Nathan Raines, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Altered Purine Metabolites Among a Nicaraguan Population with Acute Kidney Injury and High Risk of Mesoamerican Nephropathy |
| Aaron Seto (Brown) | Sagar Nigwekar, MD, MMSc (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Effects of Uremic Status and Lesion Location on Clinical and Histological Features of Calciphylaxis |
| Parsa Seyfourian (University of British Columbua) |
Matthew Sampson, M.D. (Boston Children’s Hospital) |
An Optimized Framework For Accurate Identifcation of Candidate Regulatory Elements Using Single-Nucleus Genomics Technology |
| Sana Shehzad (Siena College) |
Leonardo Riella, M.D., Ph.D. (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Predicting Chronic Kidney Disease in Lung Transplant Recipients |
| Isra Shuster (Vanderbilt) |
Dennis Brown, Ph.D. (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Vitamin K3 (Menadione) Increases Aquaporin2 Trafficking in Kidney Principal Cells via a pS256 Independent Pathway |
| Adhvaith Sridhar (University of Minnesota) |
Jodie L. Babitt, M.D. (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Identification of the Jun Pathway as a Novel Bmp6 Regulator in Iron Homeostasis |
| Katie Stickels (Freed-Hardeman University ) |
Naoka Murakami, M.D., Ph.D. (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Characterization of Immune Cell Infiltrates in Acute Interstitial Nephritis |
| Laura Torre (Columbia ) |
Mark Zeidel, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Characterization of a Partial Bladder Outlet Obstruction Mouse Model Using X-Ray Videocystometry |
Summer 2022:
| Student (Home Institution) | Mentor (Institution) | Abstract Title |
| Adriana Barreiro (University of Puerto Rico) |
Peter Czarnecki, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
The SAM domain of PKD-related protein ANKS6 is necessary, but not sufficient for its interaction with NPHP3 |
| Catherine Channell (Loyola Marymount ) |
Matthew Sampson, M.D. (Boston Children’s Hospital) |
Initial Expression of APOL1 Risk Variants Does Not Result in Differential Expression of Genes including STC1 and NOS2 with Roles Involved in Mitochondrial Function |
| Danika Dai (Duke ) |
David Friedman, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Cytotoxicity of APOL1 risk variant G1 is decreased by leucine to alanine mutations at the C-terminal leucine zipper domain |
| Zach Dhaem (Michigan State University) |
Leonardo Riella, M.D., Ph.D. (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Acute T-Cell Mediated Rejection Is Predominant Cause of Dysfunction in Clinically-Indicated Kidney Transplant Biopsies – a Retrospective Analysis |
| Pulkit Gupta (Emory University) |
Joseph V. Bonventre, M.D., Ph.D. (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Ritonavir and Lonafarnib Reduce Aristolochic Acid-Induced Nuclear Lamin A Overexpression in Bioengineered 3D Kidney Organoids |
| Julian Handler (Harvard University) |
Dennis Brown, Ph.D. (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Dmxl1 Knockdown in Kidney Intercalated Cells Decreases Expression of the B1 Subunit of the H+(V)-Atpase |
| Nicole Ingran (Mississippi State) |
Sagar Nigwekar, MD, MMSc (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Metabolic Acidosis Among Patients with Calciphylaxis Treated with Intravenous Sodium Thiosulfate |
| Soumya Khanna (UAB) |
Jodie L. Babitt, M.D. (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Novel Experimental Intravenous Iron Compound Delivers Iron Directly to Transferrin in Vivo. |
| David Kim (Cornell University) |
Friedhelm Hildebrandt, M.D. (Boston Children’s Hospital) |
A homozygous truncating ETV4 variant in an African family with congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract |
| Luan Le (GA Tech) |
Mark Zeidel, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Cellophane Banding as a Novel Technique to Model Partial Bladder Outlet Obstruction |
| Fumika Sano (University of Washington Seattle) |
Jamil Azzi, M.D. (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Antigen-specific CD8 regulatory T cell (Treg) therapy suppresses humoral response against allografts |
| Sanchit Sanyal (John Hopkins University) |
Aria Olumi, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
SRD5A2 Overexpression Regulates WNT5A Expression and Inhibits Epithelial Cell Proliferation |
Summer 2021:
| Student (Home Institution) | Mentor (Institution) | Abstract Title |
| Flynn Anderson (Binghamton University) |
Joseph V. Bonventre, M.D., Ph.D. (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Development, Cellular Characterization, and Functional Analysis of 3D Collecting Duct Model using AQP2 and MCCDCL1 Cell Lines |
| Aaron Bao (Washington University) |
Friedhelm Hildebrandt, M.D. (Boston Children’s Hospital) |
Whole exome sequencing implicates MYO1C as a new, autosomal recessive gene for nephrotic syndrome |
| Dan Colombo (University of Massachusetts ) |
Peter Czarnecki, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Analyzing the Ciliary Inversin Compartment Assembly Hierarchy |
| Christabel Egemba (Pomona College) |
Martin Pollak, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
ApoL1 Acts as a Cation Channel |
| Alicia Ferguson (Hampton University) |
Sagar Nigwekar, MD, MMSc (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Associate Health Services Research Analyst at Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| Kole Joachim (Whittier College) |
Jodie L. Babitt, M.D. (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Chronic Kidney Disease and Functional Iron Deficiency: a Stabilin-2 Derived Cre Recombinase is Specific to Endothelial Cells in the Liver |
| Frank Lee (UC Berkeley University) |
Jamil Azzi, M.D. (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Qa-1 dependent CD8 T-reg activation through inducing peptide to inhibit antibody-mediated allograft rejection |
| Arvind Muruganantham (Baylor University) |
Joseph V. Bonventre, M.D., Ph.D. (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Using CRISPRi in human kidney organoids to identify cis-regulatory elements of NPHS1 |
| Christian Park (Emory University) |
Dennis Brown, Ph.D. (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Effect of the Ncoa7 Protein on V-ATPase Apical Trafficking and Assembly in Kidney Epithelial Cells |
| Ritikia Revoori (Duke University) |
Sanja Sever, Ph.D. (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Lymph Node Fibroblastic Reticular Cells Become Fibrogenic Following Repetitive Organ Injury |
| Cassandra Seifert (John Hopkins University) |
Mark Zeidel, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Population-3’ Neurons of the Pontine Micturition Center (PMC) Not Functionally Relevant for Modulation of Voiding Behavior |
| Alexandria Warner (Spelman College) |
Leonardo Riella, M.D., Ph.D. (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Objective Frailty Scores for Pre-Kidney Transplant Patients Lead to More Holistic Patient Care |
Summer 2020: No Summer Program Due to COVID-19
Summer 2019:
| Student (Home Institution) | Mentor (Institution) | Abstract Title |
| Debbie Adam (University of Maryland, College Park) |
Sushrut S. Waikar, M.D., MPH (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Plasma fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) and protein alpha-1-microglobulin/ bikunin precursor (AMBP) as Predictors of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Endpoints in the Boston Kidney Biopsy Cohort (BKBC) |
| Daniel Chan (Brown University) |
Mark Zeidel, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
β1-Integrin Signaling Underlies the Morphological and Phenotypic Changes of the Bladder in a Novel Mouse Model of Acute Urinary Retention |
| Ellenor Chi (Cornell University) |
Joseph V. Bonventre, M.D., Ph.D. (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Using CRISPR-based gene editing to facilitate differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into uretic bud derivatives and interrogate mechanisms of human cystic kidney disease |
| Ben Dellaripa (Tufts University) |
Sanja Sever, Ph.D. (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Actin Stress Fiber Destabilization is Associated with Cisplatin- and Gentamicin-Induced Toxicity in IMCD Cells. |
| Roxanne Fouladi (University of Delaware) |
David Friedman, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Recessive mutations in TLN1 are a potential novel cause of nephrotic syndrome in humans |
| Anu Khanna (Boston University) |
Vicki Kelley, M.D. (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Ptprz Ligands are Upregulated in Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease |
| Anna Khoroshilav (Kay) (Massachusetts Institue of Technology) |
Dennis Brown, Ph.D. (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Phosphorylated forms of AQP2 are re-distributed onto intracellular vesicles after colchicine (COL) mediated microtubule disruption in renal epithelial cells |
| Saurabh Kumar (University of Connecticut) |
Jordan Kriedberg, M.D., Ph.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) regulates Yes-Associated Protein (YAP) nuclear translocation in podocytes and is activated during glomerular injury in Yap knockout mice |
| Christie Passos (New York University) |
Sagar Nigwekar, MD, MMSc (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Matrix Gla Protein (MGP) is a Novel Biomarker for Calciphylaxis |
| Rashmi Rao (Cornell) |
David Friedman, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Pharmacological inhibitor against Protein Kinase R but not siRNA prevents APOL1 upregulation during innate immune activation |
| Joya Sims (Spelman University) |
Valerie Schumacher, Ph.D (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Staufen 2 is Necessary for Podocyte-Matrix Adhesion by Regulating the Integrity of the Golgi Apparatus |
| Whitney Souery (Texas A&M University) |
Jamil Azzi, M.D. (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Engineering ligand-targeted, biomimetic leukosomes as an immunotherapeutic for alloimmunity |
Summer 2018:
| Student (Home Institution) | Mentor (Institution) | Abstract Title |
| Aneesh Agarwal (Chapel Hill-UNC) |
Jodie L. Babitt, M.D. (Boston Children’s Hospital) |
The Effects of Erythropoietic Drive and Inflammation on Bmp2-Linked Iron Regulation |
| Erica Bien (Augustana University) |
Mark Zeidel, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Loss of Β1-Integrin Disrupts Signal Transduction for Smooth Muscle Contraction in Mouse Bladder |
| Phillip Chu (Emory University) |
Joseph V. Bonventre, M.D., Ph.D (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Injury Induced Kidney Fibrosis is Regulated by Coup-Tfii |
| Nicole (Nikki) Czachowski (University of Pittsburg) |
Sushrut S. Waikar, M.D., MPH (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Ultrafiltration Rate and Postural Hypotension are Associated with Inter-Dialytic Weight Gain: Insights from the Cardis Study |
| Amir Desai (Rutgers University) |
Anil Chandraker, M.D. (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Examination of a Novel Immunoregulatory Marker in a Transplant Population. |
| Puja Dutta (Carnegie Mellon University) |
Sushrut S. Waikar, M.D., MPH (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Clinical Symptoms are Correlated to Pathological Findings in Calciphylaxis Patients |
| Michaela (Micaela) Dickinson (Williams University) |
Valerie Schumacher, Ph.D (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Mrna is Stored at Stalled Polyribosomes in Podocyte Foot Processes for Rapid Local Translation |
| Anupama Dinesh (Brown University) |
Dennis Brown, Ph.D. (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Actin Cytoskeleton Branching is Required for Aquaporin-2 (Aqp2) Membrane Accumulation |
| Chen-Bo Fang (University of Arkansas) |
Friedhelm Hildebrandt, M.D. (Boston Children’s Hospital) |
Whole Exome Sequencing Implicates Wdr4 as a New, Autosomal Recessive Gene for Nephrotic Syndrome |
| Shanelle Mendes (Johns Hopkins University) |
David Friedman, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Treatment with Cardiac Glycosides Reduces Apol1 Risk Variant Induced Cell Death |
| Claythia Nicholas (Medgar Evers College CUNY) |
Martin Pollak, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Phosphorylation of A-Actinin-4 (Actn4) May Play an Important Role in Regulating Focal Adhesion of Podocytes |
| Harsha Paladugu (Harvard College) |
Sanja Sever, Ph.D. (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Screening for Dynamin Activators |
| Dylan Rust (University of Wyoming) |
Samir Parikh, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Cisplatin Affects Lysosomal Homeostasis |
| Jenelle Safadi (Cornell University) |
Jamil Azzi, M.D. (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Ifnar1 Signaling Curbs Alloimmunity by Increasing Treg Recruitment and Decreasing T Cell Maturation |
| Ramanan Sivakumar (Johns Hopkins University) |
Peter Czarnecki, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Restoring Nphp3 Recruitment in Nek8 and Invs Knockout Cells with Rcc-1 Chimeric Proteins |
| Alicia Wang (Princeton University) |
Jordan Kriedberg, M.D., Ph.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Increased Expression of Fibronectin and Phosphorylated Focal Adhesion Kinase in a Murine Model of Polycystic Kidney Disease |
Summer 2017:
| Student (Home Institution) | Mentor (Institution) | Abstract Title |
| Duc Giao (U. of California, Berkeley) |
Jordan Kriedberg, MD, PhD (Boston Children’s Hospital) |
HtrA2 Protease Cleavage of the Wilms’ Tumor Suppressor-1 Transcription Factor during Podocyte Injury |
| Christin Hong (Columbia University) |
Iain Drummond, PhD (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
BMP Receptor 1aa is Unregulated after Injury in Stem Cell Mediated Regeneration in Zebrafish Adult Kidney |
| Isabel Hsu (Princeton University) |
Sushrut Waikar, MD, PhD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Plasma Kidney Injury Molecule-1 and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Correlations with Kidney Histopathology |
| Saiesh Kalva (Rice University) |
Valerie Schumacher, PhD (Boston Children’s Hospital) |
Staufen2, an RNA Binding Protein, Mediates Podocyte Matrix Adhesion by Regulating Golgi Apparatus Structure and Function |
| Michael Kim (Case Western) |
David Friedman, MD (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Temperature-dependent Cytotoxicity of APOL1 Risk Variants |
| Song Ha (Sarah) Lee (Princeton University) |
Friedhelm Hildebrandt, MD (Boston Children’s Hospital) |
Identification of a Causative Mutation in the Gene HPSE2 Associated with Urofacial Syndrome |
| Kavita Patwardhan (University of Connecticut) |
Ravi Thadhani, MD, MPH (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
The Effect of Sodium Thiosulfate on Oxidative Stress and Coronary Calcium Score |
| Sanjana Rane (St. Michael’s College) |
Todd Valerius, PhD and Joseph Bonventre, MD, PhD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Development of Six2 Human Reporter Cell Line to Characterize Self-renewal of Nephron Progenitor Cells |
| Sarah Rokaw (Washington U, St. Louis) |
Mark Ziedel, MD (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Simultaneous Recording of Neural Firing and Urinary Bladder Pressure Links Specific Neurons to Urination |
| Dhruv Shah (University of Connecticut) |
Dennis Brown, PhD (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Should we Culture Cells from All Mammals at 37°C? Species-specific Influence of Temperature on Growth, Receptor Sensitivity and Vesicle Trafficking |
| Akila Venkataramany (Princeton University) |
Anath Karumanchi, MD (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Characterizing the Elabela/Toddler Endogenous Ligand in Normal and Preeclamptic Human Placental Tissue |
| Lauren Weinberg (University of Arkansas) |
Astrid Weins, MD, PhD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
DNA Repair: a Unique Challenge for Postmitotic Podocytes |
| Lillian Xu (Princeton University) |
Peter Czarnecki, MD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Structure-function Analysis of Inversion in Proximal Ciliary Patterning and Ciliary Transport |
Summer 2016:
| Student (Home Institution) | Mentor (Institution) | Abstract Title |
| Abraham Bayer (Tufts University) |
Jodie Babbitt, MD (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Iron parameters are unchanged in mice sacrificed with both Isoflurane and Nembutal |
| Benjamin Byun (Carleton) |
Reza Abdi, MD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Is cold ischemia time important to the optimization of kidney transplantation? |
| Austin Cao (Rice University) |
Joseph Bonventre, MD, PhD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Modeling drug nephrotoxicity and nephroprotection in kidney organoids |
| Rebecca Chen (University of California) |
Friedhelm Hildebrandt, MD (Boston Children’s Hospital) |
Novel mutation in DHTKD1 causes ketoadipic aciduria and possibly tubular proteneinuria and neurological impairment |
| Jane Edmunds (University of Missouri) |
Jordan Kreidberg, MD, MPH (Boston Children’s Hospital) |
The role of beta-catenin in cystogenisis in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease |
| Jazmin Ewers (Fisk University) |
Martin Pollak, MD (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Brazilian dialysis patients exhibit a high frequency of APOL1 Variants which resinforce its possible link to chronic kidney disease |
| Sarah Hanif (University of Connecticut) |
Mark Zeidel, MD (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Investigations into the role of b1-integrin in bladder smooth muscle |
| Monica Miles (St. Michaels) |
Sanja Sever, PhD (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
The effect of various drugs on Actin and Tubulin in kidney proximal tubule epithelial cells |
| Anjali Misra (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
Peter Czarnecki, MD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Generalization and characterization of NPHP3-knockout IMCD cells lines by CRISPR/CAS9 |
| Kira Nathan (Oberlin College) |
Savithri Kota, PhD (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Murine mesangial cells express kidney injury molecule-1: suggestive of a direct role in IgA nephropathy? |
| Isioma Obiofuma (Princeton University) |
Sushrut Waikar, MD, MPH (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Acute and chronic changes in kidney function following nephrectomy |
| Abby Terlouw (University of Arkansas) |
Dennis Brown, PhD (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Polarization of Aquaporin-2 (AQP2) trafficing by inhibition of Clathrin-mediated endocytosis |
| Jingwen Zhang (Amherst College) |
Valerie Schumacher, PhD (Boston Children’s Hospital) |
ADAR1-mediated RNA editing responds to injury in podocytes |
Summer 2015:
| Student (Home Institution) | Mentor (Institution) | Abstract Title |
| Ronald Akiki (Boston University) |
Friedhelm Hildebrandt, MD (Boston Children’s Hospital) |
Mutation in XPO5 is a novel genetic cause of nephrotic syndrome |
| Sarita Ballakur (Brown University) |
Ravi Thadhani, MD, MPH (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Efficacy of Sodium Thiosulfate treatment for calciphylaxis associated pain |
| Sarah Bhattacharjee (University of California, Berkeley) |
Mark Ziedel, MD (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Study of Mucin and Proteoglycan genes in mouse bladder |
| David Heron (Xavier University) |
David Briscoe, MD (Boston Children’s Hospital) |
Endothelial cell dependent inflammation in acute kidney injury |
| Young Hsu (University of California, San Diego) |
Joseph Bonventre, MD, PhD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Directed differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells into functional human podocytes |
| Billy I. Kim (Johns Hopkins University) |
S. Ananth Karumanchi, MD (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Role of brain derived neurotrophic |
| Jacqueline Lee (Carnegie Mellon University) |
Jordan Kreidberg, MD, MPH (Boston Children’s Hospital) |
The correlation between high B-Catenin expression and cystogeneis in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease |
| John Murphy (University of Michigan) |
John Forman, MD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Effect of Vitamin D supplementation on insulin resistance and beta-cell function on obese non-diabetic adults |
| Niyi Odewade (Amherst College) |
Sushrut Waikar, MD, MPH (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Plasma uric acid levels and histopathological findings on kidney biopsy |
| Sajal Kumar Tiwary (Princeton University) |
Dennis Brown, PhD (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Differential localization of never V-Atpase interacting proteins in the kidney |
| Tanvee Varma (Wellesley College) |
Anna Greka, MD, PhD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Inhibition of calcium-mediated podocyte injury as a strategy to prevent kidney failure |
| Anna May Zhang (Carnegie Mellon University) |
Martin Pollak, MD (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Identifying stimuli responsible for abnormal a-Actinin-4 phosphorylation in human podocytes |
Summer 2014:
| Student (Home Institution) | Mentor (Institution) | Abstract Title |
| Michael Ho-Young Ahn (Harvard College) |
Mark Zeidel, MD (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
P2X purinergic receptor structure and urinary incontinence |
| Anna Besschetnova (Cornell University) |
Martin Pollak, MD (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
APOL1 expression in primary human dermal fibroblast culture |
| Margaret Chen (UMASS, Amherst) |
Sushrut Waikar, MD, MPH (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Conventional and novel diagnostic tests in biopsy-confirmed kidney disease |
| Leah Colucci (University of Miami) |
Augustine Rajakumar, PhD/ Anath Karumanchi , MD (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
Differential expression of homeobox A4 (HOXA4) mRNA in preeclamptic placentas |
| Julia DeMoranville (University of Connecticut) |
Friedhelm Hildebrandt, MD (Boston Children’s Hospital) |
Analysis of 11 candidate genes in a cohort of 768 individuals with NPHPRC using multiplex PCR combined with next generation sequencing |
| Abdul Gamam (University of Minnesota) |
John Forman, MD, MSc (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Identifying mechanisms linking sleep factors to hypertension |
| Sandra Kirollos (Rutgers University) |
David Charytan, MD, MS (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Cardiac appendage expresses FGF23 and Klotho in patients with cardiovascular disease |
| Michelle Li (Harvard College) |
Joseph V. Bonventre, MD, PhD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Using CRISPR/CAS9 genome editing in human pluripotent stem cells to model kidney diseases |
| Cesar Lopez (Stanford University) |
Dennis Brown, PhD (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
Endocytic protein targeting and association with V-ATPase in kidney tubule cells |
| Brendan Norwood-Pearson (American University) |
Samir Parikh, MD (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) |
PGC-1α ameliorates septic acute kidney injury |
| Margaret Okobi (MIT) |
Hua A. Jenny Lu, MD, PhD (Massachusetts General Hospital) | Vasopressin-Tolvaptan antagonism suggests unrecognized Tolvaptan effects |
| Yanchen Zhang (Dartmouth College) |
Ravi Thadhani, MD, MPH (Massachusetts General Hospital) | Are predictive factors for calciphylaxis unique? |