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Tobias_B_Huber @tobias-b-huber.bsky.social · 9d

Hamburg News: Study by Jan Czogalla & @puellesv.bsky.social & collaborators introduces a metabolically enhanced buffer + perfusion technique - opening a new avenue for kidney transplant organ preservation. @isgd.bsky.social

JCI insight @insight.jci.org · 9d

A technical advance in the field of organ transplantation!

@tobias-b-huber.bsky.social & team develop a metabolite-enhanced perfusion solution that improves kidney transplant viability, testing it across various species, including humans:
buff.ly/FyKsRiE

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International Society of Glomerular Disease @isgd.bsky.social · Jul 19

Day 2 of SEISMIC ✅ Participants agreed on strategies for quicker and more precise diagnosis, aiming for disease-modifying therapies as the primary treatment. Stay tuned for our summary paper and workgroup developments. As Dr. Carla Nester said, “Get ready for SEISMIC change.” 🌋

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · Jul 18

A new imaging technique, PathoPlex, enables simultaneous analysis of over 100 proteins in tissue samples, offering detailed mapping of disease processes and potential for broader clinical applications. doi.org/g9tnd4

New advanced imaging technology enables detailed disease mapping in tissue samples

Researchers from Aarhus University—in a major international collaboration—have developed a groundbreaking method that can provide more information from the tissue samples doctors take from patients every day.

medicalxpress.com

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Sara Sánchez-Serra @sarasnchzs.bsky.social · Jul 18

Huge shoutout to @maltekuehl.com &Co for this new publication!
Amazing work, exciting science, and well deserved recognition 👏

Malte Kuehl @maltekuehl.com · Jul 18

🚨Scaling multiplexed imaging 📈 We are excited to share Pathology-oriented multiPlexing (PathoPlex). Now out in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🧵Walk-through thread below ⬇️

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Jul 18

Pathology-oriented multiplexing enables integrative disease mapping @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Malte Kuehl @maltekuehl.com · Jul 18

@tobias-b-huber.bsky.social @tharaux-lenoir-lab.bsky.social @olilen.bsky.social

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Javier Boix @jboixcampos.bsky.social · Jul 18

I can't imagine a better day of the week to publish this than #FluorescenceFriday: PathoPlex is finally published! 🎉

This presents a revolutionary jump from 4-6 to 100+ markers per sample! 🤯

Read the full story here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Tobias_B_Huber @tobias-b-huber.bsky.social · Jul 19

Hamburg News: ⁦@PuellesVictor⁩ and collaborators push tissue analytics to the next frontier. This also marks a remarkable academic path: from postdoc to junior professor in our group to full professor at ⁦@UKEHamburg⁩ & ⁦@AarhusUni⁩ ⁦‪@Nature‬⁩
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Pathology-oriented multiplexing enables integrative disease mapping - Nature

Pathology-oriented multiplexing (PathoPlex) represents a framework for widespread access to multiplexed imaging and computational image analysis of clinical specimens at a relatively high through...

www.nature.com

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International Society of Glomerular Disease @isgd.bsky.social · Jun 11

Here in the hometown of Brahms, Steinway, and Udo Lindenberg, we kicked off the #PodocyteConference with a moving, transformative piano performance from 4-time Grammy Award winner Brian Kennedy, expressing his journey through FSGS. https://loom.ly/SLZev04

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International Society of Glomerular Disease @isgd.bsky.social · Jun 13

💫 KEYNOTE LECTURE 💫
Prof. @KretzlerM brilliant lecture! 🔥 Retrieving disease information to get back to patients through the NEPTUNE Network 🎯 Full circle 1999-2025 🔄 #PodocyteConference 🐙
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Jeff Miner @jeffminerphd.bsky.social · Jun 14

One of my favorite sessions in Hamburg!

International Society of Glomerular Disease @isgd.bsky.social · Jun 12

Jaw-dropping joint session! Prof. Dr. Florian Grahammer and Prof. Dr. Achilleas Frangakis brilliantly reveal the secrets of slit diaphragm composition and structure. Think fishnet pattern! 🐟 🥅 #PodocyteConference 🐙 tobias-b-huber.bsky.social

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International Society of Glomerular Disease @isgd.bsky.social · Jun 18

🎉 Thank you for joining us in Hamburg at the 15th International #PodocyteConference and inaugural ISGD Meeting! 🐙 Nearly 500 participants, outstanding science, and electrifying connections among the glomerular disease and kidney health community. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6wowm4Zgag

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International Society of Glomerular Disease @isgd.bsky.social · Jun 20

Huge shoutout and thank you to our dynamic Podocyte Social Media Team - Gabriela Amador Reyes and António Da Silva Inácio. They kept our community buzzing with constant updates and important insights! #PodocyteConference #ISGD

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Simone Sanna-Cherchi 🧬 @genetickidneydoc.bsky.social · Jun 20

At the #PodocyteConference you don’t meet only great scientists, but also interesting personalities, like Brian Kennedy, 4-times Grammy award winner and patient advocate. With Matt Sampson & Elena Martinelli
#NephSky #SkyNeph
@kidneyomicsamps.bsky.social
#FSGS #rFSGS #APOL1
@isgd.bsky.social

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Michael Merchant @mikemerchant.bsky.social · Jun 19

The podocyte conference in Hamburg was outstanding at all levels- science, innovation, speakers and venue. Many thanks to the organizers and to Hamburg, Germany for providing the perfect destination for an international meeting focusing on podocytes and on glomerular disease.

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Simone Sanna-Cherchi 🧬 @genetickidneydoc.bsky.social · Jun 19

It truly was an amazing conference!
#podocyteconference #Medsky #Nephsky #Skyneph #FSGS #rFSGS #APOL1
@isgd.bsky.social @tobias-b-huber.bsky.social

Michael Merchant @mikemerchant.bsky.social · Jun 19

The podocyte conference in Hamburg was outstanding at all levels- science, innovation, speakers and venue. Many thanks to the organizers and to Hamburg, Germany for providing the perfect destination for an international meeting focusing on podocytes and on glomerular disease.

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International Society of Glomerular Disease @isgd.bsky.social · Jun 11

Welcome to Hamburg... Glom City! #PodocyteConference welcome by @tobias-b-huber.bsky.social

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Rachel Lennon @rachellennon.bsky.social · Jun 13

Wonderful to be at the 15th International Podocyte Conference in Hamburg! Exciting science & fabulous networking ❤️

Huge 🙏 to @tobias-b-huber.bsky.social & @isgd.bsky.social teams 🙏

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International Society of Glomerular Disease @isgd.bsky.social · Jun 6

🚀 Collaborating at #ERA25: 2 of our intrepid ISGD Centers of Excellence for Glomerular Disease leads @kidneydoc101.bsky.social & Sydney Tang + Prez @tobias-b-huber.bsky.social, ISGD staff Angel & Laurel, & board member Josh finalizing COE-GD criteria for upcoming publication! 🏆

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Tobias_B_Huber @tobias-b-huber.bsky.social · May 31

Potential and pitfalls of measuring circulating anti-nephrin autoantibodies in glomerular diseases url:https://academic.oup.com/ckj/article/18/5/sfaf100/8112861

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Tobias_B_Huber @tobias-b-huber.bsky.social · May 5

Hamburg news: The 2025 Frerichs Award in Internal Medicine goes to Felicitas Hengel! A tremendous honor for her—and a exciting moment for Hamburg and German nephrology.

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Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · Apr 15

interesting new paper on pitfalls in measuring anti-nephrin antibodies

academic.oup.com/ckj/advance-...

@tobias-b-huber.bsky.social @ckj-era.bsky.social

Potential and pitfalls of measuring circulating anti-nephrin autoantibodies in glomerular diseases

Abstract. Recent studies have identified autoantibodies targeting the podocyte protein nephrin in patients with primary podocytopathies such as minimal cha

academic.oup.com

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Simone Sanna-Cherchi 🧬 @genetickidneydoc.bsky.social · Mar 7

Refining the picture! Integration of anti-nephrin antibodies (and other antibodies and immune factors) with genetics will unravel to full pathobiological landscape of nephrotic syndrome!
#FSGS #rFSGS #nephroticsyndrome
@tobias-b-huber.bsky.social @rfsgsinitiative.bsky.social @isgd.bsky.social

Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · Mar 5

Anti-nephrin autoantibodies in steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome may inform treatment strategy

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.01.019

#OpenAccess #MedSky #NephSky #nephroticsyndrome #glomerulardisease #SRNS
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Simone Sanna-Cherchi 🧬 @genetickidneydoc.bsky.social · Mar 4

Happy National #KidneyMonth
The recurrent FSGS initiative is back at work with sleeves rolled up!
Follow us for news and updates
#rFSGS #FSGS #RareDisease
@gbadegesinlab.bsky.social @cuimcglomcenter.bsky.social @alessiafornoni.bsky.social @isgd.bsky.social @glomcon.org

rFSGS Initiative @rfsgsinitiative.bsky.social · Mar 4

Happy National #KidneyMonth! We're shining a light on Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (rFSGS)—a #RareDisease that impacts the kidneys. If you or someone you know has #rFSGS, follow us for news & updates.

#rFSGSConference #KidneyTransplant #KidneyMonth2025 #nephsky #medsky #skyneph

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Tobias_B_Huber @tobias-b-huber.bsky.social · Mar 4

Published today: JCI - Passive transfer of patient-derived anti-nephrin autoantibodies causes a podocytopathy with minimal change lesions.
www.jci.org/articles/vie...

JCI - Passive transfer of patient-derived anti-nephrin autoantibodies causes a podocytopathy with minimal change lesions

www.jci.org

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