Kidney Pipeline Programs - September Campus Updates

Kidney Pipeline News

(Campus Programs)

September 1, 2020

PIPELINE Scholar Presentations and Awards

F31 Award Notice

A big congratulations to Leslie Donoghue (PRIME 2018 - 2020), on her recent funding announcement NIH NIDDK F31 for her project:

3D Tissue Chip Models to Evaluate Nephrotoxic Effects of Drugs.

Leslie Donoghue is mentored by Dr. Palaniappan Sethu.

PROmoTE 2020 Students to Present at NRTC

September 14, 2020 - 12:00 Noon

Ayaka Fujihashi &

Hailey Levi

"Fibroblast HDAC1 induces fibrosis in male mice"

Bethany Langner &

Derian Pugh

"The effects of antihistamine use in sickle cell pediatric patients"

Lucinda Hall &

Matthew Kiszla

"Evaluating autonomic nervous system responses in Bmal1-KO rats and pediatric kidney transplant recipients experiencing chronic stress"

UAB School of Medicine Dale J. Benos Medical Student Research Day (MSRD)

Tuesday, September 15, 2020 12:00 Noon - 5:00 PM

PROmoTE 2020's MD students - Ayaka Fujihashi, Bethany Langner, and Matthew Kiszla - poster presentations

Details for the digital poster presentations can be found here.

PRIME Upcoming Presentations

Mary Bunten

(PRIME 2019 - Present)

“Identification of Proteins Associated with IgA1-containing Circulating Immune Complexes in Patients with IgA Nephropathy”

ASN 2020 - Poster

Laurence Black

(PRIME 2018-2019)

"Characterizing de novo lymphangiogenesis during AKI using 3D imaging and tissue cytometry"

ASN 2020 - Poster

Cailin Kellum

(PRIME 2020 - Present)

“Adverse Childhood Experiences impact blood pressure and pulse wave velocity in adolescents”

Hypertension 2020 - Poster

(Clinical Science, Epidemiology, Therapeutics)

Find more Scholar updates on the Scholars Pages

PRIME Scholars

PROmoTE Scholars

Development Opportunities

NRTC News

Trainees and Jr. Faculty will have the opportunity to meet with all external speakers following the NRTC Talk -

Meet the Trainees and Jr. Faculty Virtual "Lunch" - 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

External Speakers for Fall 2020

9/28 - Kenneth Ataga, MD

10/26 - Jennifer Pluznick, PhD

11/9 - Jeffrey Kopp, MD

12/14 - Sandeep Mallipattu, MD, FASN

Please see the entire impressive NRTC line up and talks here.

To be included on the NRTC List and Trainee/Jr. Faculty Lists for Zoom updates, please email Kanika Savage

Journal Clubs / Seminars

Cardio-Renal Journal Club -

Thursdays at 3:00 PM

Everyone is encouraged to participate. You don’t have to be taking the class to attend. Faculty and post-docs are particularly welcome.

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 979 7532 5883 Passcode: 488391

NORC Minority Symposium

(Seminar Series)

The NIH/NIDDK and NIH-Funded Nutrition Obesity Research Centers (NORCs) are hosting a seminar series focused on identifying and addressing barriers to advancement of individuals who are underrepresented in academia. Details Here

External Program Highlight

Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program (KDSAP) - Check out their line up of events for undergraduates and graduate students - Contact Manas Gangasani for more information

September 16 - Meet the Nephrologists (Virtual Panel)
October 21 - Kidney Dissections/Potentially collaborate with ASN for ASN Kidney Week (In-person if possible, or we will hand out kidneys to students who sign up and lead the dissection over zoom)
November 11 - Pre-Screening Training (Virtual)
December 2 - Kidney Game Night (Virtual)

Faculty, they are always open to engagement with clinical and research faculty - reach out to Saakshi Thukral for ways to be involved.

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