Welcome to Day 1 |
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9:45 a.m. – 9:55 a.m. |
Welcome and Day 1 Introduction
Terry Watnick, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Joan B. and John H. Sadler Professor in Nephrology, and Principal Investigator, PKD RRC Coordinating Site, University of Maryland School of Medicine
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Session 1: Cutting-Edge Techniques or Models That Could Be Utilized for PKD Research |
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Session Chairs: Stefan Somlo, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine
Luis Menezes, M.D., National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
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9:55 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. |
Merging Novel Approaches in Genome and Phenome Science for PKD Research
Nancy Cox, Ph.D., Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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10:15 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. |
Questions |
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10:20 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. |
Vascularized Kidney Organoids: Integrating Stem Cell Differentiation with Bioprinting to Create Improved PKD Models
Jennifer Lewis, Sc.D., Hansjörg Wyss Professor, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Wyss Institute
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10:40 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. |
Questions |
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10:45 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. |
A Human Kidney Organoid Platform for Autosomal Dominant PKD (ADPKD)
Andy McMahon, Ph.D., Professor, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California
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11:05 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. |
Questions |
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11:10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Cell Atlases as Roadmaps to Understanding Disease
Orit Rozenblatt-Rosen, Ph.D., Genentech
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11:30 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. |
Questions |
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11:35 a.m. – 12:15 p.m |
Trainee Short Communications |
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(5 trainee abstracts, 5-minute presentations with 3 minutes for questions each, 1–3 slides)
Session Chairs: Bernie Gitomer, Ph.D., University of Colorado Denver
Takamitsu Saigusa, M.D., The University of Alabama at Birmingham
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12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. |
Lunch Break |
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Challenge Sessions A and B—Concurrent |
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12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. |
Challenge A: Developing Biomarkers for Measuring PKD Disease Progression—Do We Know as Much as We Think We Do?
Session Chairs: Ron Perrone, M.D., Tufts Medical Center
Erum Hartung, M.D., MTR, Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania
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12:45 p.m. – 1:05 p.m. |
Urinary Biomarkers in PKD: Potential Value and Link to Pathophysiology
Harald Mischak, Ph.D., Mosaiques Diagnostics and Professor, University of Glasgow
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1:05 p.m. – 1:25 p.m. |
The Long Road to Biomarkers of Polycystic Kidney Disease
Jon Klein, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, University of Louisville School of Medicine
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1:25 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. |
Panel Discussion: Ron Perrone, Erum Hartung, Neera Dahl, Jon Klein, Ronak Lakhia, Max Liebau, Harald Mischak, and Kristen Nowak |
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12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. |
Challenge B: The complexity of ADPKD pathogenesis in humans has made difficult the discovery of the intrinsic function of the polycystin protein complex. Current work supports a number of different signaling modalities for the polycystin complex, including functioning as an ion channel, a G protein-coupled receptor, and others. What tools are necessary to clarify how the polycystins function in signaling pathways?
Session Chairs: Vishal Patel, M.D., Associate Professor, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Rebecca Walker, D.Phil., University of Maryland School of Medicine
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12:45 p.m. – 1:05 p.m. |
Defining How the Polycystins Prevent Cyst Formation: Are We Ready to Fill the Gap?
Alessandra Boletta, Ph.D., Group Leader, Ospedale San Raffaele
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1:05 p.m. – 1:25 p.m. |
Whom Do the Polycystins Talk to, What Do They Say, and How Can We Listen in?
Michael Caplan, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Yale University School of Medicine
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1:25 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. |
Panel Discussion: Vishal Patel, Rebecca Walker, Alessandra Boletta, Michael Caplan, Marcus Delling, Ken Hallows, Feng Qian, and Kurt Zimmerman |
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1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Break |
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Controversy Sessions A and B—Concurrent |
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2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
Controversy A: Both haploinsufficiency and secondary somatic mutations of the PKD genes have been reported clinically. Is the frequency of one dominant? Which should the field focus on for model and therapeutic development?
Session Chairs: York Pei, M.D., Professor, University of Toronto
Cynthia Sieben, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic
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2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. |
Insufficient Polycystin Function Is the Principal Cause of ADPKD–Does It Matter How Many “Hits” Cause It?
Greg Germino, M.D., Deputy Director, Senior Investigator, NIDDK
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2:20 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. |
The Case for a Dosage/Threshold Model of Cyst Initiation in ADPKD
Peter Harris, Ph.D., Professor, Mayo Clinic
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2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
Panel Discussion: York Pei, Cynthia Sieben, Greg Germino, Peter Harris, Katharina Hopp, Matthew Lanktree, Hanna Rennert, and Chris Ward |
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2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
Controversy B: Is PKD Only a Ciliopathy? Is It Time to Reassess the Role of Polycystin Function Outside the Cilia in Human Disease?
Session Chairs: Barbara Ehrlich, Ph.D., Professor, Yale University School of Medicine
Eryn Dixon, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
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2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. |
PKD Is a Ciliopathy
Greg Pazour, Ph.D., Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School
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2:20 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. |
Evidence Supporting a Role of Polycystins Outside the Cilia
Michael Köttgen, M.D., Professor, University of Freiburg
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2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
Panel Discussion: Barbara Ehrlich, Eryn Dixon, Michael Köttgen, Karel Liem, Moe Mahjoub, Greg Pazour, and Brad Yoder
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3:00 p.m. |
Adjournment |