Genetic screens of imaging-derived kidney volumes identify genes linked to kidney function doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.08.0 #OpenAccess #MedSky #NephSky #kidneydisease #GWAS @uniklinik-fr.bsky.social @columbiakidney.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @kirylukk.bsky.social

Join us for ‘#LUPUS: Current & Future Breakthroughs’ – a virtual and in-person conference on Friday, September 12, 2025 with 7.50 ACCME Credits. Registration & info: www.eventleaf.com/e/Lupus2025 #lupus #arthritis #Nephritis #CARTcell #autoimmune #autoimmunedisease #rheumatology #MedEd

The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Uncovering the pathogenesis in glomerulonephritis— ASCI member Ali G. Gharavi & team discover GALNT14 variants in patients with IgA nephropathy that link O-glycosylation defects with altered mucosal immunity and B cell homing: buff.ly/Q8zdWgy

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This is a disaster on multiple levels. The litany of bad ideas continues to flow freely...

I am late to this but @lastweektonight.com is doing better journalism on the Trump-induced crisis in American public health than most other "real" mainstream media outlets. Watch it, all of it. #RFKMustGo. youtu.be/8H34jcpEsFs?...

🆕 “Science and medicine in the USA are being violently dismembered while the world watches [...] bullies are only emboldened by acquiescence or indifference.” The Lancet’s latest Editorial: Supporting medical science in the USA www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Fresh turmoil has hit the US National Science Foundation: hundreds more of the agency’s research grants were terminated today on top of the hundreds already terminated last week, Nature has learnt. https://go.nature.com/3YOHqiq

Posting on behalf of Shamil Sunyaev: Eimear(Vice Chair) and I (Chair) are organizing the 2025 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Human Genetics and Genomics, which will be held on July 6-11, 2025 in beautiful University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine.

The Trump Administration’s cuts at Health and Human Services hit every part of the scientific establishment: not only the federal government and universities but also states, counties, cities, and the private sector.

The ASIs have arrived www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... Aldosterone synthase inhibitors - first one to finish the phase 3 line #Lorundrostat #Hypertension

Good for Harvard. Hope Columbia will do the same! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...

Another twist to the story, and a shocking display of the administration's utter incompetence: Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...

Meanwhile, DOJ lawyers are threatening medical journals for not providing adequate "viewpoint diversity" and for misinforming their readership, which I suppose means not publishing enough of the stupid shit that RFK Jr., JB, etc. keep saying. This is an outrageous First Amendment violation.

Despicable AND dishonest.

Universities, which are defined by academic independence yet depend on government support, are extremely vulnerable to government bullying. Harvard’s decision suggests that some, at least, have a limit to how far they’re willing to be pushed.

Great points and my favorite quote of the day "If you hire clowns, you should expect a circus." What Trump Just Cost America www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

In light of HHS freezing all research funds to Columbia today, I think this op-ed from Larry Summers last week is worth revisiting. Universities should: - Negotiate only over matters covered by statute - Leverage endowments - Implement their own reforms archive.is/KL3Dd

Nice to see this - hope all other major Universities take the same stance.

Picture of the day.

I am feeling much less anxious about the climate change already… www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c...

The damage to the medical school and health sciences will be irreversible. NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Finally, top scientists speak up against the Trump administration in a letter signed by 2,000 elected members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: "the nation's scientific enterprise is being decimated"; see related NYT coverage here: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/s...

Columbia's annual "IgA Nephropathy 2025 Diagnosis & Treatment Updates" CME course coming up on April 4th. Join us for a great day packed with the latest data: complement inhibition, B-cell therapies, SGLT2i, DEARA, and more... @cuimcmedicinedept.bsky.social @columbiakidney.bsky.social

Universities around the world have reported seeing an uptick in applications from U.S.-based researchers, who face an increasingly uncertain climate under President Donald Trump’s administration. scim.ag/4ibvP4T

Finally, a coherent call for a legal action: Legal Experts Question Trump’s Authority to Cancel Columbia’s Funding www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/n...

Nice to see this in print - combined analysis of #CureGN and #CRIC demonstrates the value of broad family history collection from patients with various forms of CKD. Interestingly, positive family history of diabetes was associated with a higher risk of CKD progression even in non-diabetics!

Another highly insightful NYT opinion piece from David French: Don’t fool yourself into thinking it will stop with Columbia: "Columbia has become Patient Zero in an outbreak of censorship and repression". www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...

'We’re in the Midst of an Authoritarian Takeover’ Lee Bollinger on Trump, Columbia, and why capitulation won’t work... nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

This is like a bad dream.

One of the best analyses of the current situation I read to date, highly recommended: Democracy Dies in Dumbness www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...

It's great to see @ASNkidney on this platform, but can you please consider immediate termination of your X account? @asnkidney.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social

Each day of Donald Trump’s second term is “its own fresh hell,” David Remnick writes, “bringing ever more outrageous news from an autocrat who revels in his contempt for the government he leads, for the foreign allies who deserve our support, and for the Constitution he is sworn to uphold.”

Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.

There is not enough public outrage from our institutions and professional societies about Trump’s misguided attacks on science…. time to loudly and unapologetically take a stand against this nonsense. So far, I saw only AAAS speak out. www.chemistryworld.com/news/aaas-le...

I really enjoyed reading this piece by David French in the NY Times today... last paragraph is spot on. Thank you for articulating this so clearly. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/o...

Reminder: Registration is still open for the 14th Annual Glomerular Disease 2025 Conference on Friday, February 7th, 2025. Feel free to register for our virtual conference using the following link: www.eventleaf.com/At...

As my New Year’s resolution, I finally deactivated my X account (it was long overdue). Looking forward to making new friends here… #genetics #genomics #kidney #medicine Happy New Year!

NEXT WEEK: Join us for ‘#ClinicalGenetics in #KidneyTransplantation’ - a virtual conference on Friday, December 13, 2024 – 7.25 ACCME Credits. www.eventleaf.com/e/ClinicalGe... #Genomics #Genetics #MedicalGenetics #Kidney #Nephrology #NephPearls #CKD