Kidney Biology

Molecular Mechanisms of Renal Disease

Sunday, 31st August to Tuesday, 2nd September

This Satellite of the Queenstown Molecular Biology conference will be on renal concentrating mechanisms and tubular transport; renal fibrosis and repair and the role of key genes in renal development and polycystic kidney disease.

The organizing committee is Rob Walker, Zoltan Endre, Jennifer Bedford, John Leader (all New Zealand), Jeff Sands (USA) and David Harris (Australia). A principal sponsor is the Kidney in Health and Disease Research Theme (directors Rob Walker and Zoltan Endre) of the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. (www.otago.ac.nz/kidney).

The plenary lecture will be given by Jeff Sands, Emory University, USA. Other invited speakers who have indicated they will attend, include David Harris (Sydney, Australia), Glenda Gobe and Philip Porronik (Queensland, Australia), Richard Kitching (Monash, Australia), Alan Davidson (Harvard, USA), David Weiner (Florida, Usa), Stefan Broer (Canberra, Australia) and Daniel Markovich (Brisbane, Australia).

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