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NKF Nephrology Professionals @nkf-professionals.bsky.social · 17d

👏 Congratulations to Katalin Susztak, MD, PhD, recipient of the 2026 David M. Hume Memorial Award!

Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/47Taye5

We look forward to celebrating our award winners at SCM26 #NKFClinicals. Stay tuned for registration opening October 2025.

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PennMedCSO @pennmedcso.bsky.social · 27d

ft. @KonstantinKltz, @AminAbedini1990, Shen Li, @ms_balzer, Xiujie Liang, Jonathan Levinsohn, @haeunji_, @BernhardDumoul1, Jon Hogan, Ghazal Quinn, Roy Bloom, @ksusztak.bsky.social (@PennKidney) & @nancyrzhang.bsky.social (@Wharton) @PennIDOM @penngenetics.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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UPENN_ITMAT @itmat.bsky.social · Aug 14

Comprehensive #Proteogenomics (pQTL) of human kidneys discerning genetically regulated protein changes in #KidneyFunction and #CardioKidneyMetabolicDisease (CKM) offer targetable mechanism www.nature.com/articles/s41... @ksusztak.bsky.social‬ #TranslationalScience

The proteogenomic landscape of the human kidney and implications for cardio-kidney-metabolic health - Nature Medicine

Based on 337 human kidney and plasma samples, the authors generate the first kidney pQTL dataset and explore novel risk loci that are relevant for cardio-kidney-metabolic health.

www.nature.com

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Michael S. Balzer @ms-balzer.bsky.social · Aug 8

🔥 Huge congrats to @ksusztak.bsky.social & team on a landmark @natgenet.nature.com paper!
🚶‍♂️🐁🐀Cross-species 🫘kidney pathway dysregulation via #singlecell functional profiling of individual samples — opening new therapeutic avenues.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪 #NephSky #MedSky

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Katalin Susztak @ksusztak.bsky.social · Jun 29

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Simone Sanna-Cherchi 🧬 @genetickidneydoc.bsky.social · Jun 24

After random seating permutations and precise “single-human” clustering, here the ASN young investigator, mid career, and Homer Smith awards … of course with the queen in the middle ❤️
@asnkidney.bsky.social
@ksusztak.bsky.social
@rkramann.bsky.social
@isgd.bsky.social
#podocyteconference

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International Society of Glomerular Disease @isgd.bsky.social · Jun 10

First Emerging Career premeeting keynote from @ksusztak.bsky.social on “Mapping to Mechanism to Medicine”
Kidney Disease Genetic Scorecard tool: susztaklab.com/GWAS2M/

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ASN Publications @asnpublications.bsky.social · Jun 6

New integrated approach identified candidate genes with diabetes-specific effects on kidney function, advancing the understanding of DKD pathophysiology. https://bit.ly/JASN0718
#ASNJASN
#BasicResearch
#GeneticResearch
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Katalin Susztak @ksusztak.bsky.social · Jun 4

Thank you

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Katalin Susztak @ksusztak.bsky.social · Jun 4

Thank you Michelle!

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Katalin Susztak @ksusztak.bsky.social · Jun 4

Million thanks ! It is such an honor

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · Jun 3

Congrats to all the @asnkidney.bsky.social lifetime and mid-career awardees!

@ksusztak.bsky.social @genetickidneydoc.bsky.social @shinamenon.bsky.social @michellejtx.bsky.social and everyone else!

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Anastasia Baryshnikova @abarysh.bsky.social · Apr 30

Our updated APOL1 manuscript just went live on #bioRxiv – perfectly timed with #APOL1AwarenessDay (April 29). We've sharpened our hypothesis and focused the supporting evidence for a clearer story.

#APOL1 #KidneyResearch #UKBiobank #pQTL

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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UPENN_ITMAT @itmat.bsky.social · Apr 24

CHAC1 emerging as #KidneyDisease #RiskGene with a central role of modulating tubule cell glutathione and #Ferroptosis doi.org/10.1126/scit... @ksusztak.bsky.social‬ #DrugDevelopmentOption #TranslationalScience

Glutathione-specific gamma–glutamylcyclotransferase 1 (CHAC1) increases kidney disease risk by modulating ferroptosis

CHAC1 is a kidney disease risk gene, and removal of one copy of Chac1 protects mice from kidney disease by controlling glutathione and ferroptosis.

doi.org

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Apr 23

CHAC1 is a kidney disease risk gene, and removal of one copy of Chac1 protects mice from kidney disease by controlling glutathione and ferroptosis @ksusztak.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Matt Sampson @kidneyomicsamps.bsky.social · Apr 13

Where to go for a nice post-NKF brunch with @ksusztak.bsky.social ? To a spot whose acronym they use for marketing represents what the two of us are trying to stamp out using #kidneyomics 🧬🫘

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PennMedCSO @pennmedcso.bsky.social · Apr 4

WHAMM identified as key kidney disease risk gene ft. @DhanunjayMukhi, Lakshmi Kolligundla, @TomohitoD, @andradesilvamag, @ksusztak.bsky.social (@PennKidney/ @penngenetics.bsky.social), @Hongbo919Liu (@UR_Med) & Matthew Palmer (@pennpathlabmed.bsky.social) www.cell.com/cell-reports...

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Katalin Susztak @ksusztak.bsky.social · Mar 28

Thank you for the fantastic editorial

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Cristian Pattaro @cpattaro.bsky.social · Mar 24

Wondering whether you should read the great kidney disease genetic scorecard paper by @hongbo919.bsky.social @ksusztak.bsky.social on 2.2Mio people?
Here 👇 rdcu.be/eejuB Matthias Wuttke at @sfb1453.bsky.social and I report some highlights for you (and recommend reading the original work) #nephgen

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Simone Sanna-Cherchi 🧬 @genetickidneydoc.bsky.social · Mar 18

Our #rFSGS biobank is growing and we welcome patients from all over the world! Please reach out to us if you are a patient or a physician caring for one. We are creating a resource for everyone to use with the goal of resolving this disease and find new cures.
#KidneyMonth2025 #RareDisease #genetics

rFSGS Initiative @rfsgsinitiative.bsky.social · Mar 17

Building a biobank is key to finding new treatments for Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. If you or someone you know has #rFSGS and you want to learn how you can help by providing a biosample, email [email protected].

#KidneyMonth #KidneyTransplant #nephsky #medsky #skyneph

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Katalin Susztak @ksusztak.bsky.social · Mar 10

Thank you !

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Katalin Susztak @ksusztak.bsky.social · Mar 5

U.S. judge blocks NIH’s plan to slash overhead cost payments | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

U.S. judge blocks NIH’s plan to slash overhead cost payments

Injunction allows universities to keep receiving billions to recover costs of supporting federal research on campus

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PennMedCSO @pennmedcso.bsky.social · Mar 5

New research out in @science.org from @hongbo919.bsky.social & @ksusztak.bsky.social (@PennKidney/ @penngenetics.bsky.social) provides a genetic map of kidney function & introduces a kidney multiome-based genetic scorecard for disease diagnostics & therapeutic development tinyurl.com/ubkutd4s

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University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry @urochestersmd.bsky.social · Feb 13

New #URochesterResearch in @science.org unlocks the mysteries of “junk” DNA. Researchers led by @ksusztak.bsky.social of @pennmedicine.bsky.social pooled 32 types of genetic data to link mutations in non-coding (or junk) DNA to their functions. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Kidney multiome-based genetic scorecard reveals convergent coding and regulatory variants

Kidney dysfunction is a major cause of mortality, but its genetic architecture remains elusive. In this study, we conducted a multiancestry genome-wide association study in 2.2 million individuals and...

www.science.org

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Simone Sanna-Cherchi 🧬 @genetickidneydoc.bsky.social · Feb 9

Not only an awesome paper! But it also saves me a long pubmed search to look for something to present at Journal Club this week :) Thank you twice @ksusztak.bsky.social !!
In these surreal times, science still shows us a way forward.
#Nephsky #Medsky #Genetics #science

Katalin Susztak @ksusztak.bsky.social · Feb 7

🎇Our new paper in @ScienceMagazine
: Kidney Multiome-Based Genetic Scorecard Reveals Convergent Coding and Regulatory Variants.
@Hongbo919Liu science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Kidney multiome-based genetic scorecard reveals convergent coding and regulatory variants

Kidney dysfunction is a major cause of mortality, but its genetic architecture remains elusive. In this study, we conducted a multiancestry genome-wide association study in 2.2 million individuals and...

science.org

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