October 7

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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 IX:  Lessons Learnt from Podocytes
Chairs:  Prof. Robert Atkins and A/Prof. David Nikolic Paterson

The Podocyte and Diabetic Nephropathy
Katalin Susztak, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Insulin Sensitivity in Podocytes
Richard Coward, Academic research unit, university of Bristol, UK

The RAS and Podocytes
Thomas Coffman, Duke University, North Carolina, USA

Oral Presentation chosen from abstract

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break

11.00 – 12.00
Session X: Taking Things Outside the Body
Chair:  Prof. Merlin Thomas

Novel Options for Recreating the Kidney
Melissa Little, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Computational Reconstruction of Electrical Activity in the Heart
Adam Hill, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, Australia

12:00 - 12:30
Tribute to Professor Angelika Bierhaus - Merlin Thomas
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia

12.30 – 13.00
Closing remarks - Merline Thomas and Mark Cooper, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia