NOCKS
National O'Brien Centers Kidney Seminars (NOCKS)
The Vanderbilt-O’Brien Kidney Center (VOKC) is coordinating a monthly, Zoom-based seminar series for the eight adult and two pediatric O’Brien Kidney Centers in the US. The National O’Brien Center Kidney Seminars (or NOCKS) will take place on the second of Tuesday (1-2pm CDT) or Friday (11am-noon CDT) of every month, starting with VOKC on Tuesday November 10th 2020, and then rotating each month between centers through to August 2020. The idea of this seminar series is to promote regular scientific interactions between participating centers, with each center selecting one speaker to present some of the most exciting current research from their institution. These will be 40-minute talks, followed by moderated discussion. We also plan to set up a private chat room at the end of each of the seminars for interested trainees to “meet the professor”. Each of the participating centers will choose their speakers and host each of the Zoom meetings with support from the VOKC to coordinate meetings and promote lively, interactive discussions.
For more information about the program, feel free to reach out to the any of the VOKC NOCKS coordinators below:
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Mark P. de Caestecker, MBBS, PhD |
Raymond C. Harris, Jr., MD |
Lindsey Schindler |
Participating Centers
- National Institutes of Health
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- University of Alabama at Birmingham/ University of California San Diego
- Indiana University
- Northwestern University
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Michigan
- University of Texas Southwestern
- Yale
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/Johns Hopkins University
- University of Virginia Pediatric Center of Excellence
Upcoming Meetings
Click here to view full meeting schedule/available recordings
Thursday, September 8, 2022 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | Yale |
Whitney Besse, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine Yale School of Medicine |
"Investigation of Disease Genes for Adult Polycystic Kidney and Liver Phenotypes" |
Please click here to register https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtce2hqTIsH92_wZktFXV4HEpS4VjSuIWn |
NOCKS Career Development Workshop for Trainees
If you are a trainee and are interested in participating in the career
development workshop following directly after the seminar, please
register for the seminar and select the option to register for the
career development workshop (You may attend/register for the workshop even if you are
unable to attend the seminar before)