International Workshop on Developmental Nephrology
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Upcoming Events
Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, New York, USA. 24th-27th August 2010.
The IWDN is an interdisciplinary meeting of pediatric nephrologists, developmental biologists and physiologists, cell biologists and geneticists to address new knowledge in the field of developmental disorders of the kidney. The target audience is established and new investigators, and trainees in the fields of Pediatric Nephrology, Developmental Biology, Developmental Physiology and Genetics with an interest in kidney embryology and developmental renal disorders.
New York Hilton, New York, USA. 29th August -2nd September 2010.
In keeping with the IPNA's long standing tradition of providing a friendly international venue for an exciting up to date review of the advances in pediatric nephrology, the New York City meeting is perfectly poised to welcome our global IPNA community of clinicians and investigators to what will certainly be an outstanding scientific gathering. The theme of Global Health in Pediatric Nephrology will be fulfilled by an innovative and comprehensive Scientific Program addressing the major areas of our subspecialty including new advances in translational medicine.
Prof. Melissa Little (IMB, Univeristy of Queensland) will be presenting a talk around GUDMAP at the IPNA (Tue 31st August).
In Concurrent Symposium 13: Inductive Interactions: The Role of Genes, Transcription Factors, and Stem Cells in Urinary Tract Development. View the Scientific Program here
GUDMAP Publications
Mugford JW, Yu J, Kobayashi A, McMahon AP. High-resolution gene expression analysis of the developing mouse kidney defines novel cellular compartments within the nephron progenitor population. Dev Biol. 2009 Sep 15;333(2):312-23. Epub 2009 Jul 8.
Georgas K, Rumballe B, Valerius MT, Chiu HS, Thiagarajan RD, Lesieur E, Aronow BJ, Brunskill EW, Combes AN, Tang D, Taylor D, Grimmond SM, Potter SS, McMahon AP, Little MH. Analysis of early nephron patterning reveals a role for distal RV proliferation in fusion to the ureteric tip via a cap mesenchyme-derived connecting segment. Dev Biol. 2009 Aug 15;332(2):273-86.
Recent Presentations by GUDMAP Consortium Members
- Michelle Southard-Smith (.ppt file) at Genetics of Urologic Malformations Dec 2009
- Bruce Aronow (.pdf file) at Genetics of Urologic Malformations Dec 2009
- Andy McMahon: Evening Symposium (.ppt file) at ASN Renal Week Oct 2009
- Bruce Aronow: Evening Symposium (.pdf file) at ASN Renal Week Oct 2009
- Simon Harding (.ppt file) at Stem Cells & Bioinformatics Sep 2009
- Chris Armit (.ppt file) at Kidstem International Conference Jul 2009
New Website Features
- New layout of analysed microarray data - gene lists
- Organ Summary pages - layout and content updated to included more schematics.
Other Links & News
links to other useful genitourinary and gene expression related sites
- Renal Gene Ontology Annotation (GOA) Initiative
- This initiative, headed by Dr. Rolf Apweiler of the PANDA group at the EBI and Prof. Peter Scambler of the Institute of Child Health, UCL, aims to provide a unique public resource for renal research by generating high-quality, detailed functional GO annotation for mammalian gene products implicated in renal development and disease.
Dr Davidson and Prof. Davies have participated in the Gene Ontology Annotation initiative for the kidney, assiting in the creation of many new GO terms relating to kidney development, increasing the number of terms from 18 to 315. These terms span mammals, amphibia, fish and fly and relate to anatomical development, cell differentiation, signaling pathways, growth, morphogenesis and regulatory processes. - GUDMAP's presence at ASN Renal Week 2009
