The Kidney: Development, Disease and Regeneration conference

9:00am - 5:00pm / Thursday 10th September 2015
Type: Conference / Category: General
  • Admission: Registration fees include lunches, refreshments plus a cheese and wine evening. An optional conference dinner will be held on 8th September and will cost £30 per person. - Postgraduate students: (early bird rate: before end of 31st July 2015): £80 - Postgraduate students: (1st August 2015 onwards): £100 - All other delegates (early bird rate: before end of 31st July 2015): £150 - All other delegates (1st August 2015 onwards): £175
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The conference will feature talks from world-leading scientists, nephrologists and renal transplant surgeons and will inform delegates about the latest advances in kidney research. The conference has a broad scope, including exciting studies that shed light on how kidneys develop, right through to regenerative medicine therapies for kidney disease. There will be ample opportunities to network and form new collaborations.

The conference includes a half-day GUDMAP workshop on Tuesday 8th September 2015 (www.gudmap.org) and includes speakers from the United States, Australia, Brazil, Israel and Europe – a full list of speakers and details of the programme are available on the conference website: www.kidneyconference.com.

Sessions will include:
- Kidney development
- In vitro culture systems: directing stem cell differentiation and monitoring physiological and pharmacological properties
- Medical devices and imaging strategies for monitoring kidney anatomy and function in vivo
- Evaluating the efficacy of stem cell-based therapies in preclinical models.