Origins of Renal Physiology: MS1 2015
A short course component of the ASN Kidney TREKS program
Location: MDI Biological Laboratory (travel information)
The American Society of Nephrology Kidney TREKS program (Tutored Research and Education for Kidney Scholars) provides medical 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:MS1, a one-week intensive laboratory summer short course held at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine.
This course will enhance first-year medical 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, shark, Xenopus oocyte) are combined with modern molecular techniques.
The American Society of Nephrology Kidney TREKS program handles all student selection activities.
Partner
Course Director
Mark Zeidel, M.D.Herrman Ludwig Blumgart Professor of MedicineBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
| Saturday, June 6 |
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| 4:00-6:00 pm | Housing check-in, later arrivals can pick up keys in the Dining Hall after Course Orientation |
| 6:00 pm | Welcome Dinner, Dining Hall |
| 7:00 pm | Course Orientation, Maren Auditorium |
| Sunday, June 7 | |
| 7:00-9:00 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Rotation 1, Training Lab |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 pm | Rotation 1, continued |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm | Rotation 1, continued |
| Monday, June 8 | |
| 7:00-9:00 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Rotation 1, continued |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| 12:30 pm | Large Lab Meeting, Maren Auditorium |
| 2:30 pm | Free Time for recreational activities |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| Tuesday, June 9 | |
| 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, June 10 | |
| 7:00-9:00 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Rotation 2, continued |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| 12:30 pm | Large Lab Meeting, Maren Auditorium |
| 2:30 pm | Free time for recreation |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| Thursday, June 11 | |
| 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, June 12 | |
| 7:00-9:00 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Rotation 3, continued |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| 12:30 pm | Large Lab meeting, Maren Auditorium |
| 2:30 pm | Free time for recreation |
| 6:00 pm | Lobster Bake |
| Saturday, June 13 | |
| 7:00-9:00 am | Breakfast |
| by 9:00 am | Self check-out from housing |
On-Campus Housing: ASN funds the cost of on-campus housing and meals.
Housing is assigned. Please call 207-288-9880 ext 102 if you have any questions.
Cottage-style accommodations are available. Our Cottages sleep 4-5 double and single occupancy, shared bathroom, kitchen, living room, high speed wireless internet, and parking.
Dormitory style accommodations are available with double occupancy and single rooms, shared bathrooms, common room, high speed wireless internet, and parking.
Our on-campus housing is within walking distance of all campus facilities (Note: campus grounds include wooded terrain).
Please visit our Housing Website to view representative accommodations. Campus Map
This course is funded by the American Society of Nephrology Kidney TREKS program.