September 13

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08.30-10.15 

Session 2: Renal Stem/Progenitor Cells Across Evolution
Session Chairs: Ariela Benigni & Jochen Reiser

Alan Davidson (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Renal Regeneration In Zebrafis

Friedhelm Hildebrandt (Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA)
The Zebrafish As A Model To Study Podocyte Injury And Repair

Steven X. Hou (National Institute of Health, USA)
Renal Stem Cells In The Malpighian Tubules Of The Drosophila

 

10.15-10.45  

Coffee Break

 

10.45-12.00 

Session 3: Renal Stem/Progenitor Cells During Kidney Development
Session Chairs: Kevin Lemley & Alan Davidson

Andy McMahon  (University of Southern California, USA)
Transcriptional Control of Nephron Progenitor Programs

Tomokazu Souma (Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
Myofibroblastic Transformation of Renal Erythropoietin-producing Cells Governs Renal Fibrosis but Reversible in Early Injury Stage

12.00-14.00 

Lunch and Poster Session

14.00-15.45

Session 4: Embryonic Stem Cells And The Kidney
Session Chairs: Charles Alpers & Katalin Susztak

Joseph Bonventre (Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA)
Directed Differentiation Of Embryonic Stem Cells To Intermediate Mesoderm

Melissa Little (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)
Turning Different Types Of Stem Cells Into Kidney

15.45-16.15 

Coffee Break

16.15-18.00  

Oral Presentations selected from abstracts
Session Chairs: Paola Romagnani & Benjamin Humphreys

Sunny Hartwig  (University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada)
The Transcription Factor Sry-Related HMG Box-4 (SOX4) is Required for Normal Renal Development in vivo

Roel Bijkerk  (Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands) 
Hematopoietic MiR-126 Protects Against Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury by Promoting Vascular Integrity

Nicola Wanner  (University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany)
Unraveling the Role of Podocyte Regeneration for Glomerular Homeostasis and Aging

Elena Lazzeri  (University of Florence, Florence, Italy)
Isolation and characterization of urine-derived renal progenitors from pediatric patients affected by glomerular diseases”

Joan Li  (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)
Epithelial origin and specific differentiation potential of Endogenous renal MSC-like cells