8:30 - 10:30

Session 1: Biology of the Glomerulus
Chair: Corinne Antignac, Paris, France

The Podocyte
Karl Tryggvason, Stockholm, Sweden

The Basement Membrane
Billy G. Hudson, Nashville, USA

The Slit Diaphragm
Tobias B. Huber, Freiburg, Germany

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break and Poster Viewing

11:00 - 13:00

Session 2: The Podocyte: Experimental Models
Chair: Jeffrey H. Miner, St. Louis, USA

Electrical forces determine glomerular permeability
Marcus Moeller, Aachen, Germany

Podocytes in Culture: Functional Aspects
Peter Mundel, Boston, USA

Conditional Inactivation of Podocin
Corinne Antignac, Paris, France

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch and Poster Viewing

14:00 - 16:00

Session 3: Glomerular Filtration Barrier
Chair: Bengt Rippe, Lund, Sweden

Endothelium and Permselectivity
Barbara J. Ballermann, Alberta, Canada

Properties of the Barrier and Proteinuria
Börje Haraldsson, Gothenburg, Sweden

Imaging Techniques to Visualize the Filtration Barrier
George A. Tanner, Indianapolis, USA

16:00 - 16:15

Coffee Break

16:15 - 18:15

Session 4: Signalling Pathways in the Glomerulus
Chair: Pierre Ronco, Paris, France

VEGF
Susan Quaggin,  Toronto, Canada

Glutamate
Maria P. Rastaldi, Milan, Italy

Wnt/β-catenin Signaling
Youhua Liu, Pittsburgh, USA

19:00 - 21:00

Reception - Aarhus City Hall