Summer 2017:
| Student (Home Institution)
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Mentor (Insitution)
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Abstract Title
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| 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 (Insitution) | 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 (Insitution) | 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 (Insitution) | 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? |
Summer 2017:
| Student (Home Institution)
|
Mentor (Insitution)
|
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 (Insitution) | 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 (Insitution) | 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 (Insitution) | 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? |