Join the PKD RRC for Our Next Scientific Roundtable! Speaker: Oleg Palygin, MSc, Ph.D., FAHA, Professor at MUSC. Talk Title: "Leveraging human and porcine tissues to advance nephrology research and transplant outcomes”. May 4th, 2026, 4:00 – 5:00 PM, EST. Zoom Link
umaryland.zoom.us/j/9443957328...
Did you miss the PKD RRC Monthly Scientific Roundtable for April 2026? No worries, the outstanding presentation by Chou-Long Huang, M.D., Ph.D., UIOWA, is now available at www.pkd-rrc.org/pkd-rrc-mont...
Join the PKD RRC for Our Next Scientific Roundtable! Speaker: Chou-Long Huang, M.D., Ph.D, UIOWA. Talk Title: "ER-Mitochondria Disconnection Promotes Metabolic Reprogramming & Cystogenesis in ADPKD”.
April 6th, 2026, 4:00 – 5:00 PM, EST. Zoom Link: umaryland.zoom.us/j/9443957328...
"Here is your chance to weigh in on the NIH Strategic plan”:
The RFI on the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan is now live! grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Please respond using the webform before the deadline of May 16, 2025!
Join the PKD RRC for Our Next Scientific Roundtable! Speaker: Chou-Long Huang, M.D., Ph.D, UIOWA. Talk Title: "ER-Mitochondria Disconnection Promotes Metabolic Reprogramming & Cystogenesis in ADPKD”.
April 6th, 2026, 4:00 – 5:00 PM, EST. Zoom Link: umaryland.zoom.us/j/9443957328...
Did you miss the PKD RRC Monthly Scientific Roundtable for March 2026? No worries, the outstanding presentation by Sumeda Nandadasa, Ph.D., UMASS Medical School, is now available at www.pkd-rrc.org/pkd-rrc-mont...
Join the PKD RRC for Our Next Scientific Roundtable! Speaker: Sumeda Nandadasa, PhD, UMass Chan. Talk Title: "New paradigms of Extracellular Matrix Metalloproteinase activity in polycystic kidney disease etiology”.
March 2nd, 2026, 4:00 – 5:00 PM, EST
Zoom Link: umaryland.zoom.us/j/9443957328...
REMINDER: The PKD RRC is currently accepting applications for innovative PKD research. Open to Early-Stage Investigators and new-to-PKD investigators. Application Deadline: Monday, February 23, 2026, at 5:00 PM (EST). Learn more and apply here:
www.pkd-rrc.org/pilot-and-fe...
OKRA is hosting its inaugural Resource Showcase in DC on Monday, April 6th and offering generous travel awards to encourage ESIs to attend and refine their kidney-focused projects with our investigators. Additional details can be found on the OKRA website at www.uab.edu/okra/resourc...
Join the PKD RRC for Our Next Scientific Roundtable! Featured Speaker: Peter G. Czarnecki, MD, BIDMC
Talk Title: "IFT-A mutations in ciliary physiology and ADPKD pathogenesis”.
February 2nd, 2026, 4:00 – 5:00 PM, EST
Zoom Link:
umaryland.zoom.us/j/9443957328...
Join us on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, from 11 am – 12 pm PT for the #dkNET #webinar
"Precision #Diabetes: Understanding and Managing Glucose Dysregulation Using Deep Data and Remote Monitoring"!
Presenter: Michael Snyder, PhD, Stanford University
Register here: dknet.org/about/blog/2...
#AI #CGM
Did you miss the PKD RRC Monthly Scientific Roundtable for January 2026? No worries, the outstanding presentation by Vishal D. Patel, M.D., UTSWMC, is now available at
www.pkd-rrc.org/pkd-rrc-mont... #endPKD #PolycysticKidneyDisease
ANNOUNCEMENT! The PKD RRC invites applications for innovative, high-impact projects focused on polycystic kidney and liver disease. Application submission deadline is 5 PM EST on Monday February 23, 2026. For more information visit the PKD RRC web site at www.pkd-rrc.org/pilot-and-fe...
You're invited to the PKD RRC's First Scientific Roundtable of the New Year! Jan. 5, 2026-4PM EST. Join us as we discuss developing new resources and explore how you can help. Featuring guest speaker Dr. Vishal D. Patel, Yin Quan-Yuen Distinguished Professor, UTSW. #endPKD #PolycysticKidneyDisease
The clathrin adaptor ARH not only targets LDL for endocytosis but also mediates the internalization of the key kidney potassium excretory channels, ROMK and BK. Here, we show why people who lack functional ARH do not waste potassium in their urine. journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....
Exciting news! The PKD Research Resource Consortium is expanding—welcoming Weill Cornell (Martin Prince), Mayo (Peter Harris), and UW (Beno Freedman) alongside UAB, UMB, and KUMC. Together, we’re accelerating discovery in PKD.
#PKDRRC #PKDResearch
Remember to join us next Friday, 9/19 from 10-11am CST/11am-12pm EST for the OKRA National Forum! We’ll hear from Jeff Beamish (University of Michigan) as he discusses “Mechanisms of PAX protein function in ischemic kidney injury.”
Learn more and register here: www.uab.edu/okra/trainin...
The Jared Grantham Kidney Institute at KUMC, with generous support from the PKD Foundation, is hosting the Jared Grantham Symposium: The Future of PKD Research on Friday, 9/26 from 8:30a-12p central. See link for registration required by 9/20, at www.kumc.edu/research/kid...
New pilot funding opportunity through the George M. O'Brien Kidney Resource Alliance (OKRA). For more information visit www.uab.edu/okra/funding... or www.pkd-rrc.org/additional-g...
🎉 Big shoutout to @UMBmedstudent Caroline Yi and mentor Dr. Stephen Seliger—featured on the latest @ASNKidney podcast!
👏 Proud to see this important work getting national attention.
🎧 Listen here: www.asn-online.org/media/podcas...
#PKDRRC #NephTwitter #ADPKD #MedStudentResearch #MentalHealthMatters
Congrats to Dr. Patricia Outeda Garcia (UMB) on her project: “Prostaglandin D2 and its Role in Inflammation and the Pathogenesis of Polycystic Kidney Disease.” A key step toward understanding disease mechanisms and new therapies. Well done!
pkdcure.org/research/gra...
Did you miss the PKD RRC Monthly Scientific Roundtable for June 2025? No worries, the outstanding presentation by Kai He, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic, is now available at
www.pkd-rrc.org/pkd-rrc-mont... #endPKD #PolycysticKidneyDisease
Our next PKD RRC Monthly Scientific Roundtable Talk is June 2nd, 2025, at 4pm EST. Our guest speaker will be Kai He, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic. For more details please visit www.pkd-rrc.org #endPKD #PolycysticKidneyDisease
Our next PKD RRC Monthly Scientific Roundtable Talk is June 2nd, 2025, at 4pm EST. Our guest speaker will be Kai He, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic. For more details please visit www.pkd-rrc.org #endPKD #PolycysticKidneyDisease
You are invited to attend a LIVE #dkNET #Webinar on Friday, May 9, 2025, 11 am PT with Dr. Kristina Penniston presenting “An Introduction to the #CAIRIBU Research Community”
LInk: dknet.org/about/blog/2...
Did you miss the PKD RRC Monthly Scientific Roundtable for May 2025? No worries, the outstanding presentations by four dynamic junior investigators is now available at www.pkd-rrc.org/pkd-rrc-may-... or visit www.pkd-rrc.org #endPKD #PolycysticKidneyDisease
WHAT"S HAPPENING at the PKD RRC! On May 5th, 2025, 4 pm EST. via Zoom, join us to hear 4 Dynamic Talks in PKD! Visit us at www.pkd-rrc.org or www.pkd-rrc.org/announcement...
Did you miss the PKD RRC Monthly Scientific Roundtable for April 2025? No worries, the outstanding presentation by Vanden Heuvel and Larson is now available at
www.pkd-rrc.org/pkd-rrc-mont... #endPKD #PolycysticKidneyDisease
Our next PKD RRC Monthly Scientific Roundtable Talk is April 7th, 2025, at 4pm EST. Our guest speakers will be Gregory B. Vanden Heuvel, Ph.D. and Erik Larson, Ph.D., Professors from Western Michigan University SOM. For more details please visit www.pkd-rrc.org #endPKD #PolycysticKidneyDisease