This ultraquick podcast spotlights the research of our amazing Canadian friends. They discuss their genetic findings, and explain more about how mouse models could further our understanding of the disease.
PRESENTATIONS
Dr. Moumita Barua (Barua) MD: Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and Nephrologist at Toronto General Hospital, talking about studies that
suggest the frequency of variants in COL4A3 and COL4A4 associated with Alport syndrome phenotypes is much higher than historic prevalence reports.
Vanessa Williams: postdoctoral researcher at the University of Toronto talking about her work in an Alport mouse model where she studied mechanisms underlying fibrosis in chronic kidney disease.
KIDNEY EXPERTS
Ron Korstanje: Associate Professor at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, USA, and
Roser Torra: Adult Nephrologist, responsible for the Inherited Kidney Diseases Unit at Fundacio Puigvert, Barcelona & Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona
HOSTS
Susie Gear with producers Harriet Carter and Dan Long, without whom the workshop would be impossible
SOCIAL MEDIA
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