| | |  | | NEWSLETTER ::: NO. 13 ::: NOV 2016 | | JUNIOR GRANTS 2016 | | Eva Bernabeu Dizin and Carsten Scholz received this year’s NCCR Kidney.CH Junior Grants. |  | | Eva Bernabeu Dizin / Carsten Scholz | Eva is a postdoc at the Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism in the lab of Eric Feraille at the University of Geneva. She is investigating the ‘POD-ATTAC mouse’, a new rodent model of nephrotic syndrome, in order to decipher sodium retention mechanisms in renal tubules.
Carsten Scholz is doing his research at the lab of Roland Wenger at the Institute of Physiology of the University of Zurich. Carsten is exploring the oxygen-dependent functions of OTUB1 (ovarian tumour (OTU) domain-containing ubiquitin aldehyde-binding protein 1) in kidney injuries and fibrosis.
Each grant — CHF 60,000 per year for a maximum of three years — is intended to help increase the candidate’s professional independence and to promote their projects. |
| | | | 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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