NEWSLETTER ::: NO. 19 ::: NOV 2019 JUNIOR GRANT AWARDEES 2019 The Junior Grants 2019 were awarded to Daniela Egli-Spichtig (University of Zurich), Anna Keppner (University of Fribourg), and Matthias Moor (University of Bern). Daniela Egli-Spichtig, Anna Keppner and Matthias Moor. These young scientists will each receive CHF 60,000 per year from the NCCR Kidney.CH for up to three years. With these grants the NCCR aims to enable these promising postdocs to take their next career steps and implement their own research projects. Daniela Egli-Spichtig investigates the crosstalk between fibroblast growth factor 23 and inflammation, while Anna Keppner explores the function of androglobin in renal ciliogenesis and its involvement in polycystic kidney disease, and Matthias Moor researches the role of MEMO in bone disease during acute and chronic renal dysfunction.   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.