NEWSLETTER ::: NO. 18 ::: JULY 2019 DEAR The 18h Kidney.CH newsletter has a focus on kidney fibrosis and young scientists, such as Carsten Scholz. He just finished his NCCR Junior Grant period and reports about his project. Another new face in our network is Christian Stockmann who came from the Georges-Pompidou European Hospital, Paris (F). Read the interview with him and have look to the "Portrait"! Have fun while reading! Yours, Jens Selige EDITORIAL Jens Selige   "SAG ZUM ABSCHIED LEISE SERVUS" (When leaving just say “see you”) For more than 5 years now, I was part of the NCCR Kidney.CH as Scientific Project Manager. » read more LEAD SUFFOCATING KIDNEY FIBROSIS Kidney injury can result in fibrosis, an excessive scarring of the tissue, which leads to a progressive loss of renal function. Recent research suggests that inhibition of cellular oxygen sensors is a novel therapy option for kidney fibrosis. » read more PORTRAIT THE RIGHT MIX OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING: IDEAL FOR FOSTERING THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION Christian Stockmann has been Assistant Professor for Molecular Medicine at the Institute of Anatomy at the University of Zurich since 2017. » read more MISCELLANEOUS NCCR KIDNEY.CH RETREAT 2019 Around 80 members of the NCCR Kidney.CH followed the invitation to the 9th retreat at the SBB Centre Loewenberg in Murten from 31 January to 1 February 2019. » read more EUKISS - EUROPEAN KIDNEY SUMMER SCHOOL 2019 The NCCR Kidney.CH, TRENAL (Translational kidney research – from physiology to clinical application), and two Kidney- centered “Sonderforschungsbereiche” (SFB) from Regensburg (SFB 1350) and Berlin (SFB 1365), Germany, establish a joint European Kidney Summer School. » read more FAREWELL JENS, WELCOME ROMINA We have to say good-bye to Jens Selige, who was our NCCR Kidney.CH project-manager for the last five years and who will now take over a new position at the UZH. » read more EVENTS UPCOMING EVENTS follow the link for an overview ... » read more SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOW US ON ... LinkedIn, Twitter and Youtube » read more NCCR Kidney.CH Institute of Anatomy University of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich | Switzerland www.nccr-kidney.ch katharina.thomas@uzh.ch Kidney - Control of Homeostasis is a Swiss research initiative, headquartered at University of Zurich, which brings together leading specialists in experimental and clinical nephrology and physiology from the universities of Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Lausanne, and Zurich, and corresponding university hospitals.