October 6

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Please note change of venue!

The ISN Forefronts Symposium will take place at the new auditorium of the  “AMREP Education Centre” located in the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria and which is located next to the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne

08.30 – 18.00  
Registration Desk open

9.00 – 10.30
Session V: Regeneration of Tissues - New for Old
Chairs:  Prof. Rhian Touyz and Prof. John Bertram

The Role of Microvascular Pericytes in Interstitial Kidney Disease
Jeremy Duffield, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Heart- Broken –Regenerating the Heart
Enzo Porello, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Cellular-based Therapies for Kidney Repair and Regeneration
Sharon Ricardo, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break

11.00 – 12.30
Session VI: Cell Trafficking in the Proximal Tubule
Chairs:  Prof. Hanna Abboud and  A/Prof. Rebecca Ritchie  

Mitochondrial Adaptations to Obesity and Lipid Overload
Dale Abel, University of Utah, USA

Mitochondrial Dynamics in Health and Disease
Mike Ryan, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Investigating The Role Of Exosomes In The Trafficking Of Proteins And Rna Associated With Neurodegenerative Diseases
Andrew Hill, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, Melbourne, Australia

12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break/Poster Viewing I

14.00 – 15.30
Session VII: Inflammation
Chairs:  A/Prof. Greg Tesch and Prof. Thomas Coffman

Diabetes Obesity - JNK, NFKB
Giovanni Solinas, University of Freiburg, Switzerland

Regulatory Pathways Controlling EMT involving miR-200 and TGFß
Greg Goodall,  Adelaide Hanson Institute, South Australia, Australia

Interstitial Information in Diabetic Nephropathy: Macrophages and Dendritic Cells
David Harris, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia

Oral Presentation chosen from abstract:

• Juko Asakura, Saitama Medical University, Japan – “A study of pioglitazone-induced modification of renal tubular functions relating to the renoprotection and fluid retention in rats with type-2 diabetes”

15:30 - 16:00
Afternoon Coffee Break

16.00 – 17.30
Session VIII: Redox Imbalances and Post-translational Modifications
Chairs:  Prof. Karin Jandeleit-Dahm and Dr. Melinda Coughlan

NADPH Oxidases in Vasculature
Rhian Touyz, University of Glasgow, UK

NADPH Oxidases and Diabetic Complications
Hanna Abboud, Department of Medicine, University of Texas, Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA

Advanced Glycation and Glucose Handling
Josephine Forbes, Mater Medical Research Institute, South Brisbane, Australia

17:30
Poster Session II with Refreshments