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 South Western
- 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
| Date | Time | Institution | Speaker | Topic/Title | Seminar Registration Link |
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 |
1:00 PM CST |
University of Pittsburgh |
Arohan R. Subramamnya, MD, FASN Cary Boyd-Shiwarski, MD, PhD |
A new role for WNK kinases as molecular crowding sensors
Kidney-Specific WNK1: a potassium signaling amplifier in the DCT |
Please Click here to register |
| Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 | 1:00 PM CST | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | TBD | TBA | TBA |
*Please note that all seminars will be recorded and will be made available for viewing on this site once permission is obtained from speaker (this may be delayed if unpublished work is included)
Meet the Professor
If you are a trainee and you are interested in meeting the Professor after the seminar, please select the option to do so when registering for the seminar via the Zoom registration link related.