Top Talks Awards

 
 

Top Talks Awards Generously Sponsored by:
The American Physiological Society

 

2023 Faculty Expert Awards

  • Rebekah Nicholson

    • Ceramides as mediators of mitochondrial dysfunction driving kidney injury.

  • Amanda Clark

    • HNF4α links PGC1α to QPRT and de novo NAD+ biosynthesis.

  • Antonio Fontanella

    • STING activation by mtDNA triggers podocyte injury in DKD.

  • Andrea Sanchez Navarro

    • Macrophage-specific deletion of cytosolic nucleotide sensors ameliorate kidney fibrosis and inflammation.

  • Josselin Nespoux

    • P2X7 Receptor Knockout Does Not Affect Renal Hemodynamics, Tubular Sodium Reabsorption, and Angiotensin II-Induced Renal Injury in F344 Rats.

  • Evan Ray

    • Lactating kidneys up-regulate expression of cyclin D1 and TRPM6 in the DCT, suggesting DCT hyperplasia.

 

2023 People’s Choice Awards

  • Jelina Basnet

    • Androgen receptor PROTAC degraders as a novel therapy for excess androgen-mediated renal injury in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

  • Matthew Cheung

    • Evaluation of the human immune response in two gene-edited, pig-to-human kidney xenotransplants.

  • Samaneh Gholami

    • Activation of branched chain amino acid (BCAA) catabolism protect against acute kidney injury.

  • Victoria Nasci

    • Evidence of Estrogen Biosynthesis in the Rat Distal Nephron.

 

2022 Faculty Expert Awards

  • Sophie Blackburn

    • Differentiation of Human Kidney Organoids Within a Microfluidic Chip Promotes Podocyte-Endothelial Cell Interaction

  • Ubong Ekperikpe

    • Decreasing T-cell activation inhibits progressive renal injury in obese Dahl salt-sensitive rats before puberty

  • Fabian Bock

    • Rac1 promotes epithelial collecting duct repair by maintaining mitotic morphology

  • Hannah Costello

    • The Circadian Clock Protein PERl is Important in Maintaining Endothelin Axis Regulation in Dahl Salt Sensitive Rats

 

2022 People’s Choice Awards

  • Samar Rezq

    • STAT3 Inhibition Ameliorates Renal Injury in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

  • Christine Klemens

    • Ion and Metabolite Composition of Cystic Fluid From a Rat Model of ARPKD

  • Fabian Bock

    • Rac1 promotes epithelial collecting duct repair by maintaining mitotic morphology

  • Hannah Costello

    • The Circadian Clock Protein PERl is Important in Maintaining Endothelin Axis Regulation in Dahl Salt Sensitive Rats

 

2021 Faculty Expert Awards

  • Victoria Halperin Kuhns

    • A Novel Model of Hyperuicemia via Inducible Uricase Knock-Out

  • Daniyal Jafree

    • Interrogating the spatial and molecular profile of kidney lymphatic vessels in health and transplant rejection

  • Jamie Lin

    • Identification of tertiary lymphoid structures in immune checkpoint kidney related adverse events

  • Elizabeth Nguyen

    • The regenerative response to renal injury of the African spiny mouse is epigenetically regulated through H3K27 methylation

 

2021 People’s Choice Awards

  • Victoria Halperin Kuhns

    • A Novel Model of Hyperuicema via Inducible Uricase Knock-Out

  • Corrine Farrell

    • Estrogen regulates miR-17-92 to alter sodium transport in the kidney distal nephron

  • Daniyal Jafree

    • Interrogating the spatial and molecular profile of kidney lymphatic vessels in health and transplant rejection

  • Harini Srinivasan

    • Renal Dendritic Cells Contribute to Reactive Oxygen Species

  • Laura Onuchic

    • The C-Terminal tail of polycystin-1 rescues cystic phenotype in a mitochondrial enzyme-dependent fashion