| | |  | | NEWSLETTER ::: NO. 13 ::: NOV 2016 | | STARTING POINT FOR SCIENTIFIC CAREERS | | The NCCR Kidney.CH has elegantly set the table with the aim of boosting research into the central role of the kidney in our bodies' homeostasis. This table stands on four legs-oxygen, ion balance, dietary impact and calcification-and six places are laid, one each for Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich, providing a platform for Swiss excellence in kidney research. | I have been privileged to follow the scientific discoveries made by the NCCR. This network of leading specialists in experimental and clinical nephrology provides a convincing basis for translational research—in its truest sense, from bench to bed, serving to benefit patients with renal disease.
One of the NCCR’s main objectives is to promote the careers of young scientists. A good example of the success of this programme is the work of Ian Frew, which is described in this issue. Frew, a junior assistant professor, has ‘built’ an accurate mouse model of kidney cancer.
For me, it is a great pleasure to review the scientific progress of the NCCR Kidney.CH at each of its yearly retreats. May this platform lay the foundations for many more successful scientific careers. | | | Joachim Fandrey is Professor of Physiology at the University of Duisburg-Essen and a member of the interdisciplinary Centre of Medical Biotechnology. He is also Dean for Student Affairs at the Medical Faculty of the University of Duisburg-Essen and is a member of the NCCR’s Advisory Board. |
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| | | | 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. |
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