New Nanotechnique Monitors ER Stress Biomarker for ADTKD

WashU Nephrology researchers are part of a group of scientists who have used a new technique that significantly boosts detection and quantification of low-abundance molecular biomarkers in urine to study an underdiagnosed cause of kidney disease. Yeawon Kim, a member of the Y. Maggie Chen Lab, is first author of the study titled “Ultrabright Plasmonic-Fluor […]

Timothy Yau Co-Authors Article to Help Prospective Nephrology Clinician Educators Plot Career Path

Timothy Yau, MD, associate professor of medicine, Division of Nephrology, Washington University in St. Louis, co-authored an article for practicing physicians who want to pursue academia with a focus on education.  The article “The Nephrology Clinician Educator: Pathway and Future” is featured in Advances in Chronic Kidney Diseases (ACKD, Vol 27, Issue 4, 323-319, Epub […]

Drs. Meei-Hua Lin and Andrew Malone Each Score Second Journal Cover in Two Years

Congratulations to two WashU Nephrology researchers for having their work highlighted on the covers of recent publications.  This is the second such cover for each in two years! Meei-Hua Lin, PhD, a senior scientist in the Jeffrey Miner Laboratory, is first author of the article “Mammalian hemicentin 1 is assembled into tracks in the extracellular […]

Heal Thyself – Proximal Tubules Self-repair after Acute Kidney Injury

Research physician Monica Chang-Panesso, MD, and a team of Washington University nephrology investigators have made significant progress in defining the cellular lineage and molecular mechanism of repair of the proximal tubule after acute kidney injury (AKI).  Their study, FOXM1 Drives Proximal Tubule Proliferation During Repair from Acute Ischemic Kidney Injury, five years in the making, […]