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  DAY 1: January 24, 2005


8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:45 am Welcome & Introductions
Josephine Briggs, MD, Director, Division of Kidney, Urologic & Hematologic Diseases
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases



Pathobiology of Glomerular Disease


Intrinsic Glomerular Cell Biology
Chairs: Larry Holzman, MD, University of Michigan Medical Center
Stuart Shankland, MD, University of Washington

9:00 am
The Podocyte - Podocin Mutations Associated With Hypertension
Thomas Benzing, MD, University of Freiburg
9:30 am The Glomerular Endothelial Cell
Susan Quaggin, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital
10:00 am Podocyte depletion and FSGS
Roger Wiggins, MD, University of Michigan
10:30 am Discussion


Gene/Protein Discovery
Chairs: Vivette D’Agati, MD, Columbia University
Jeffrey Kopp, MD, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

10:45 am
ENU mutagenesis

Maja Bucan, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
11:15 am The Glomerular Transcriptome
Karl Tryggvason, MD, PhD, Karolinska Institute
11:45 am Discussion
12:00 pm LUNCH


Inflammation and Autoimmunity
Chairs: Richard Quigg, MD, University of Chicago
David Salant, MD, Boston University Medical Center

1:30 pm Complement, Therapeutics, and Glomerular Disease
Michael Holers, MD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
2:00 pm Chemokines and Their Receptors in Glomerulonephritis
Detlef Schlondorff, MD, Medizinische Poliklinik
2:30 pm Manipulation of Adaptive Immunity in Glomerulonephritis
Steven Holdsworth, MD, PhD, Monash Medical Centre
3:00 pm Complementary Protein and Vasculitis
Ronald Falk, MD, University of North Carolina
3:30 pm Discussion
3:45 pm BREAK


Toward the Identification of Biomarkers of Glomerular Disease
Chairs: Kevin Lemley, MD, Stanford University
Richard Johnson, PhD, University of Florida

4:00 pm Proteomic/Genomic/Tissue Microarray Approaches in Cancer
Samir Hanash, MD, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
4:30 pm Microarray Technology for Identification of Biomarkers of Glomerular Disease
Erwin Bottinger, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
5:00 pm Molecular Genetics and the Epidemiology/Natural History of Glomerular Disease (The Podocin Mutation)
Friedhelm Hildebrandt, MD, University of Michigan
5:30 pm Discussion & Questions



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Day2: January 25, 2005


7:30 am Continental Breakfast


Resources from Existing Sample Banks and Cooperative Studies
Chair: Norman Siegel, MD, Yale University School of Medicine

8:00 am
Glomerular Disease Tissue Bank Network

Matthias Kretzler, MD, Medizinische Poliklinik Klinikum Innenstadt
8:30 am Urine Protein Profiling with Mass Spectrometry
Peter Nickerson, MD, FRCP(c), Canadian Blood Services
9:00 am Discussion


How Can We Implement Clinical Studies More Effectively?
Chair: Ronald Falk, MD, University of North Carolina

9:30 am Oncology Collaborative Networks
Howard Kaufman, MD, Columbia University
9:50 am Costing a Clinical Trial
Denise Simons-Morton, MD, PhD, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
10:10 am BREAK
10:30 am
Panel Discussion on How to Implement Clinical Studies of Glomerular Disease

Daniel Cattran, MD, FRCPC, Toronto General Hospital; Michael Mauer, MD, University of Minnesota; Susan Hogan, PhD, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Howard Trachtman, MD, Schneider Children's Hospital; Denise Simons-Morton, MD, PhD, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Final comments and charge to the Breakout Sessions
Josephine Briggs, MD, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases


Breakout Sessions & Working Lunch

12:00-2:00 pm

1. Which experimental models are used widely enough that standardized protocols and reagents would be useful (Each group is asked to provide a short prioritized list)?
2. Which issues regarding studies of glomerular disease are of highest priority?
3. What are the major barriers to translational studies?
4. What novel therapies show enough promise to move to human studies?



General Session
Chair: David Salant, MD, Boston University Medical Center
Larry Holzman, MD, University of Michigan Medical Center

2:15 pm Discussion of Breakouts
3:15 pm Meeting Summary

3:45 pm Adjourn


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