EMERGING CAREER RESEARCHERS PRE-MEETING

Podocytes from all angles: Evolving omics to dissect the glomerulus

Chairs: Abigail Lay, PhD., University of Manchester; Jasper Nies, MD., University Medical Center of Cologne

Keynote Lecture: Genes, Omics, and the Future of Podocytes: A New Era for Nephrology - Prof. Katalin Susztak, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

• Multi-omics–based decoding of antibody-mediated podocyte signaling in membranous nephropathy - Ming Huang, Postdoc, III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
• A Podocytopathy-Atlas - Nikolay Zolotarev, Postdoc, III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
• GLOMAGE – 3D imaging of zebrafish and mouse glomeruli for high-content imaging studies - Maximilian Schindler, Postdoc, University Medicine Greifswald

The Interactive Podocyte

Chairs: Badr Khbouz, PhD., University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf; Hannah Grimes, MD., University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust

• Keynote Lecture: Too much turnover: Basement membrane dynamics in disease - Prof. Rachel Lennon, BMedSci, BMBS, PhD, FRCPCH, University of Manchester
• Investigating pathogenic and protective effects of the extracellular matrix and Hippo signaling using stem-cell derived podocyte injury models - Yasmine Roye, PhD student, Duke University
• Identification of Golgi outposts to facilitate polarised secretion in podocytes - Conor J. Sugden, Postdoc, University of Manchester
• Actin remodeling during foot process effacement affects slit diaphragm junction composition in podocytes - Eva Wiesner, PhD student, II. University Medical Center of Cologne

Translational Nephrology: From antigens to pathomechanisms to treatments 

Chairs: Felicitas Hengel, MD., University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf; Marie-Kristin Kroll, University of Cologne

• Keynote Lecture: Antibody-mediated kidney diseases - a translational story - Dr. Nicola M. Tomas, MD, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
• Anti-PLA2R autoantibodies induce complement activation via IgG subclass- dependent epitope pairings in Primary Membranous Nephropathy - Tsai-Yi Wu, PhD Student, Chang Gung University
• Understanding the role of GAK in lysosomal integrity and immune modulation in podocytes - Patricia Bunda, MD/PhD student, Yale School of Medicine
• Podocyte extracellular vesicle mitochondrial DNA as a novel marker in pediatric nephrotic syndrome - Robert Myette, Postdoc, University of Ottawa

Perspectives on managing a nephrology research career: successes and failures

Chairs: Bastian Trinsch, University Medical Center of Cologne; Abigail Lay,  PhD, University of Manchester

• Katalin Susztak, University of Pennsylvania
• Rachel Lennon, University of Manchester
• Nicola Tomas, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
• Ilse Daehn, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• Linus Butt, University Hospital Cologne
• David Unnersjö Jess, Karolinska Institutet Stockholm