Attention, PhD students and Postdocs! It’s not too late to sign up for the EMBO-FEBS lecture course Molecular Mechanisms of Tissue Injury, Repair and Fibrosis, to be held May 23-31, 2019, on the Greek Island of Spetses. The head organizer of the course is Associate Professor of Medicine Andreas Herrlich, MD, PhD, Division of Nephrology, […]
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Drs. Kefalogianni and Khoury Awarded 2019 Translational Innovation Grant
The Division of Nephrology’s 2019 Translational Innovation Grant has been awarded to Instructor of Medicine Eirini Kefalogianni, PhD, and Assistant Professor of Medicine Charbel C. Khoury, MD, in the sum of $50,000. The Translational Innovation Grant program, now in its fourth year, brings together a basic scientist and a clinician from within the division to collaborative on a project that […]
Functional Genomic Study Sheds Light on New Treatment Opportunities for EGFR-driven CKD
A group of scientists led by Associate Professor of Medicine Andreas Herrlich, Division of Nephrology, has used a functional genomics approach to identify key signaling pathways as novel regulators of transforming growth factor-alpha (TGFα) shedding in cancer cells. The article is published in the January 2018 issue of Molecular Cancer Research. (MCR) Ectodomain shedding (or, […]
WU Represents! ASN Kidney Week 2017
ASN Kidney Week 2017 will be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA, Tuesday October 31 through Sunday November 5. Below is a list of those in the Division of Nephrology and Pediatric Nephrology who have abstracts, oral Presentations or will moderate sessions. Wednesday, November 1 Anitha Vijayan, MD, Professor […]