by PKD Foundation Staff | Sep 26, 2019 | Q and A, Research
Published September 26, 2019 Researcher: John Shine, Ph.D. | Garvan Institute, Australia PKD Foundation (PKDF): How did you first get involved in PKD research?John: My early work on cloning the insulin gene for treatment of diabetes led to a lifelong interest in the...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Sep 13, 2019 | Q and A, Research
Published September 13, 2019 Researcher: Robin Maser, Ph.D. | University of Kansas Medical Center PKD Foundation (PKDF): How did you first get involved in PKD research? Robin: During my postdoctoral training, which involved the study of small nuclear RNAs, my adviser...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Sep 10, 2019 | Research
Written by guest contributor David A. Baron, Ph.D. Published September 10, 2019 Not long after I joined the PKD Foundation in 2015, I was made aware of an exciting news release from the Critical Path Institute (C-Path). They had formed the Polycystic Kidney Disease...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Sep 4, 2019 | ADPKD, ADPKD Registry, Awareness, Education, Research
Today is an exciting day! Because today — in addition to being PKD Awareness Day — marks the launch of the nation’s first dedicated ADPKD patient registry. Over the past few years, the PKD Foundation has collaborated with PKD researchers, clinicians, patients,...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Aug 22, 2019 | Q and A, Research
Researcher: Katharina Hopp, Ph.D. | University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus Assistant Professor, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Polycystic Kidney Disease Research Program Katharina is a 2018 research grant awardee of the Dr. Vincent H....
by PKD Foundation Staff | Aug 8, 2019 | Q and A, Research
Researcher: Whitney Besse, M.D. | Yale University PKD Foundation (PKDF): How did you first get involved in PKD research? Whitney: During my clinical Nephrology fellowship, I chose to work with research mentor Stefan Somlo who studies PKD and had an exciting cohort of...
