NEWSLETTER ::: NO. 21 ::: DEC 2020 DEAR Allow me to present, for your holiday reading pleasure, the latest newsletter of the NCCR Kidney.CH! This issue considers the connection between metabolism and ion transport in kidney disease, and introduces a new member to the NCCR: medical geneticist Ruxandra Bachmann-Gagescu. Wishing you happy reading and beautiful holidays. Juliet Manning EDITORIAL Andrew Hall   TRANSPORT AND METABOLISM ARE INTERDEPENDENT As anyone who has ever accidentally put diesel into a petrol car will know, even the most sophisticated transport machinery won’t work without the right fuel. And so it is in the kidney, where the numerous different cell types along the tubule are dependent on specific metabolic pathways to optimally perform their specialized solute transport functions. » read more LEAD ION TRANSPORT ACTIVITIY AND TUBULAR METABOLISM ARE LINKED IN KIDNEY DISEASE Transport and metabolism are closely linked in the kidney. The movement of large amounts of water and solutes by tubular epithelial cells generates a huge demand for ATP. » read more PORTRAIT Ruxandra Bachmann-Gagescu   PROF. RUXANDRA BACHMANN-GAGESCU Ruxandra Bachmann-Gagescu is an SNF assistant professor at University of Zurich, and one of the newest members of the NCCR Kidney.CH. » read more NEW ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PLATFORM LAUNCHED In a joint effort of the Department of Molecular Life Sciences of UZH and the Institute of Anatomy, as well as the Clinic of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition from the USZ and the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Kidney.CH, we have launched the Electrophysiology Facility (e-phac). » read more Sophie de Seigneux   NCCR SCIENTIST WINS STERN-GATTIKER PRIZE The Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) recently announced the winners of the 2020 Stern-Gattiker Prize, a biennial award recognizing outstanding women in academia. The NCCR's own Sophie de Seigneux was one of two women recognized this year. » read more NCCR-SPONSORED IPAHK+ TRIAL GETS "POSH" The IPAHK+ (“Incidence of Primary Aldosteronism in Patients with Hypokalemia”) study was launched by the Endocrinology Clinic at the Zurich University Hospital's in October 2019, with the goal of investigating the incidence of primary hyperaldosteronism in a hypokalemic population. Since then, a hypokalemia registry specially set up for this purpose, which records all outpatients at the University Hospital Zurich with hypokalemia ≤ 3.0 mmol/l, has been growing continuously. The evaluation of the first 100 reported patients is currently underway and a corresponding publication is expected in spring 2021. » read more EVENTS 10TH KIDNEY.CH RETREAT 2021 15 January 2021 (Virtual) WORLD KIDNEY DAY 11 March 2021 Global campaign 58TH ERA-EDTA CONGRESS 5-8 June 2021 (Virtual) 10TH INTERNATIONAL KIDNEY.CH SYMPOSIUM 2021 18 June 2021 Location TBA 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.