SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

• Keynote Speaker: Prof. Rachel Lennon, BMedSci, BMBS, PhD, FRCPCH, University of Manchester
• Emerging Career Investigator 4
• Emerging Career Investigator 5
• Emerging Career Investigator 6

• Keynote Speaker: Dr. Nicola M. Tomas, MD, UKE Hamburg
• Emerging Career Investigator 7
• Emerging Career Investigator 8
• Emerging Career Investigator 9

Perspectives on managing a nephrology research career: successes and failures

Glomerular Diseases: Genetics & Gene Regulation

Moderators: Dr. Rasheed Gbadegesin, MBBS, MD, FASN, Duke University; Dr. Matt Sampson, MD, MSCE, Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard University/Broad Institute 

• H3 Africa -4 - Dr. Rasheed Gbadegesin, MBBS, MD, FASN, Duke University
• Complex genetics & glomerular disease - Prof. Anna Köttgen, MD, MPH, University of Freiburg
• “From mapping to mechanism to medicine” - Dr. Katalin Susztak, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
• Single cell -omics and systems biology - Prof. Julio Saez-Rodriguez, PhD, European Bioinformatics Institute

Podocyte Basics & Glomerular Biology: Proteome & Metabolome Regulation

Moderators: Dr. Fabian Braun, MD, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE); Prof. Dr. Nicole Endlich, MD, PhD, University of Greifswald

• Metabolites - Dr. Markus Rinschen, MD, Aarhus University
• Proteinopathies - TBD
• Protein transport & lysosomes - Prof. Catherine Meyer-Schwesinger, MD, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) 
• Mitochondria & aging - Dr. Mariya Sweetwyne, PhD, University of Seattle

Podocyte Basics & Glomerular Biology: Systems Medicine & Disease Modeling

Moderators: Prof. Rafael Kramann, MD, PhD, FASN, FERA, RWTH Aachen

• Imaging & Disease Modeling - Dr. Paola Romagnani, MD, PhD, Meyer Children's Hospital Florence
• Spatial transcriptomics of DKD - Dr. Bernhard Dumoulin, MD, University of Pennsylvania
• The Podocyte Damage Score - Prof. Dr. Andreas Beyer, PhD, University of Cologne
• The Nephrocyte - Dr. Sybille Köhler, PhD, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
   

Primary Podocytopathies: 

Minimal Change Disease and FSGS

Moderators: Dr. Astrid Weins, MD, PhD, Brigham Women's Hospital; Prof. Dr. Thomas Benzing, MD, FASN, University of Cologne 

• Introduction to Podocytopathy and Proteinuria -  Prof. Dr. Thomas Benzing, MD, FASN, University of Cologne 
• Slit diaphragm composition and structure - Prof. Dr. Florian Grahammer, MD, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
• Genetics and modifiers in FSGS - Dr. Simone Sanna-Cherchi, MD, Columbia University
• Anti-Nephrin Podocytopathy - Dr. Felicitas Hengel, MD, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)

Primary Podocytopathies: Membranous Glomerulonephropathy

Moderators: Prof. Pierre Ronco, MD, PhD, Sorbonne Université; Dr. Andrey Shaw, MD Genentech

• Complement & B-cells targeting - Dr. Nicola Tomas, MD, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
• CAR-T in GN - TBD

Primary Podocytopathies: Alport Syndrome and APOL1 Kidney Disease

Moderators: Dr. Alessia Fornoni, MD, PhD, University of Miami; Dr. Jeffrey Miner, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis

• Structure & Function - Prof. Rachel Lennon, BMedSci, BMBS, PhD, FRCPCH, University of Manchester
• Translation & Patient Benefit - Dr. André Weinstock, PhD, Alport Syndrome Foundation

All Topics

Moderators: Dr. Shikha Wadhwani, MD, MS, FASN, University of Texas Medical Branch; Dr. Keisha Gibson MD, MPH, FASN, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;

• PARASOL - Dr. Laura Mariani, MD, MSCE, University of Michigan
  
  

Glomerular Disease: IgA Nephropathy

Moderators: Dr. Hong Zhang, MD, PhD, Peking University

• IgAN genetics and -omics - Dr. Krzysztof Kiryluk, MD, MS, Columbia University
• New experimental IgAN therapies - Dr. Chee Kay Cheung, MBChB, PhD, University of Leicester
• Emerging concepts of IgAN therapy - Prof. Jonathan Barratt, PhD, FRCP, University of Leicester

Included in registration.

• Prof. Dr. Paul Brinkkötter, MD, University of Cologne
• Dr. Stuart Shankland, MD, MBA, University of Washington

• Marilyn G. Farquhar Lifetime Research Achievement Award
• Wilhelm Kriz Early Career Research Achievement Award

Glomerular Diseases: C3G Nephropathy and Complement

Moderators: Prof. Sydney Tang, MD, PhD, University of Hong Kong; Dr. Carla Nester, MD, MSA, FASN University of Iowa

• Complementopathies - Prof. Dr. Christoph Licht, MD, University of Toronto
• C3GN Clinical Trials - Dr. Marina Vivarelli, MD, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù
• UK Biobank & RADAR - Prof. Daniel Gale, PhD, University College London

Glomerular Diseases: ANCA / Lupus / PECs

Moderators: Dr. Brad Rovin, MD, FASN, FACP, The Ohio State University; Dr. Silke Brix, MD, MRCP, University of Manchester

• T-cell mediated inflammation - Prof. Ulf Panzer, MD, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
• Role of PECs & crescent formation - Prof. Pierre-Louis Tharaux, MD, PhD, Inserm
• The podocyte in lupus nephritis - TBD
• B-cells & lupus nephritis - TBD

Bench to Bedside

• Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr. Matthias Kretzler, MD, University of Michigan