The American Society of Nephrology Kidney TREKS program handles all student application and selection activities.
The American Society of Nephrology Kidney TREKS program (Tutored Research and Education for Kidney Scholars) provides students interested in nephrology additional opportunities for research training and mentoring with established renal faculty and nephrologists. One component of the Kidney TREKS program is Origins of Renal Physiology, a one-week intensive laboratory summer short course held at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine.
This course will enhance students’ understanding of basic physiological concepts through hands-on experiments in a research laboratory.
The course will be organized around several research modules that examine all aspects of kidney function. Modules include: water homeostasis, salt homeostasis and secretion, acid/base homeostasis, glomerular function, and personalized medicine and genetics. In each module, classical experiments using model systems (toad, zebrafish, roundworm, Xenopus oocyte and others) are combined with modern molecular techniques.
Course Director
- Mark Zeidel, M.D.Herman Ludwig Blumgart Professor of MedicineBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Hermann Haller, M.D.President, Professor, MDI Biological Laboratory; Professor, Director, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Medical SchoolMDI Biological Laboratory
- Stewart Lecker, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Medicine, Nephrology Fellowship Program DirectorBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Martin Pollak, M.D.Principal InvestigatorBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- John Schwartz, M.D.ProfessorBoston University School of Medicine
- Patricio Silva, M.D.Professor of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Kidney TransplantationTemple University School of Medicine
- Stephen Soltoff, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of MedicineBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Kelly Weixel, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Biology; Director, Neuroscience ProgramWashington & Jefferson College
Saturday Sample Schedule subject to change. |
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4:00-6:00 pm | Housing check-in |
6:00 pm | Welcome Dinner |
7:00 pm | Course Orientation |
Sunday | |
7:00-9:00 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Rotation 1 |
12:00 pm | Lunch |
1:00 pm | Rotation 1, continued |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm | Rotation 1, continued |
Monday | |
7:00-9:00 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Rotation 1, continued |
12:00 pm | Lunch |
12:30 pm | Large Lab Meeting |
2:30 pm | Free Time for recreational activities |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
Tuesday | |
7:00-9:00 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Rotation 2 |
12:00 pm | Lunch |
1:00 pm | Rotation 2, continued |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
8:00 pm | Rotation 2, continued |
Wednesday | |
7:00-9:00 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Rotation 2, continued |
12:00 pm | Lunch |
12:30 pm | Large Lab Meeting |
2:30 pm | Free time for recreation |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
Thursday | |
7:00-9:00 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Rotation 3 |
12:00 pm | Lunch |
1:00 pm | Rotation 3, continued |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm | Rotation 3, continued |
Friday | |
7:00-9:00 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Rotation 3, continued |
12:00 pm | Lunch |
12:30 pm | Large Lab meeting |
2:30 pm | Free time for recreation |
6:00 pm | Lobster Bake |
Saturday | |
7:00-9:00 am | Breakfast |
by 9:00 am | Self check-out from housing |
Participants reside in double occupancy rooms in on-campus dormitories and cottages. Housing units have wireless internet connectivity and free parking.
This course is funded by the American Society of Nephrology Kidney TREKS program.