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Offerings from the following:

NIDDK

NIDDK is hosting the Glucagon Physiology for the 21st Century workshop in Bethesda, MD on February 9-10, 2026. This event brings together experts and emerging investigators in the field of glucagon physiology to foster discussion and identify gaps and research opportunities. At the end of the workshop, participants will identify gaps and opportunities for future research on: Glucagon signaling and regulation of glucagon secretion; the physiological role of glucagon across tissues, including emerging insights into its actions beyond hepatic glucose regulation; and the contribution of glucagon dysregulation to metabolic diseases and glucagon-based therapies. Registration is open here through February 1, 2026.

National Resource Centers

OKRA National Forum – December Session
Date: Thursday, December 18, 2025
Time: 10-11am CST/11am-12pm EST
Speaker: Dr. Laura Schwartz (Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University)
Title: Insulin receptor and intercalated cell innate immunity

Register HERE!

View the 2025-2026 National Forum schedule HERE.

Other Groups

NIH Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
https://seed.nih.gov/entrepreneurial-training/bootcamp
The NIH Entrepreneurship Bootcamp is designed to equip life science investigators and nascent companies with specialized innovation and entrepreneurship training. The course requires no prior experience. It uses a life science-focused customer discovery process to assess customer and stakeholder needs, and teaches participants to develop stronger business models, market strategies, and commercialization plans in advance of their initial SBIR/STTR application.
The Bootcamp places teams on a path to take advantage of other NIH innovation programs, particularly the I-Corps and SBIR programs. Critically, this course will improve the commercialization potential of a project no matter what direction teams ultimately pursue. The program is differentiated from I-Corps@NIH as it targets teams who have not yet been awarded an SBIR or STTR for their technical innovation and who may not yet have formed a company. More information is available through NOT-OD-25-004.
The submission period for the next cycle opens on Monday, February 10, 2025.

 


Seminar and Workshop Archives:

  • NIDDK
  • National Resource Centers

    • OKRA National Forum – November Session
      Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025
      Time: 10-11am CST / 11am-12pm EST
      Speaker: Dr. Parker Wilson (University of Pennsylvania)
      Title: Kidney omics and drivers of CKD progression at single-cell resolution

    • OKRA National Forum – October Session
      Date: Thursday, October 23, 2025
      Time: 10-11am CST / 11am-12pm EST
      Speaker: Dr. Jiyoung Kim (Ohio State University)
      Title: Sexual Dimorphism in SOX9 Regulation During Acute Kidney Injury

    • AHHSA 2025 Symposium: Advances in Human Health through Spatial omics and AI
      Date: September 29-30, 2025
      Hosted by UT Health San Antonio in collaboration with the University of Michigan O’Brien Center
      Flyer, University of Michigan website

    • OKRA National Forum – September Session
      Date: September 19, 2025
      Time: 10-11am CST / 11am-12pm EST
      Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Beamish (University of Michigan)
      Title: Mechanisms of PAX protein function in ischemic kidney injury

    • KUHR-TN Trainee Steering Committee Research Seminar Series
      Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
      Time: 1-2pm EST (12-1pm CST)
      Zoom meeting

    • OKRA National Forum – June Session
      Date: June 26, 2025
      Time: 10-11am CST / 11am-12pm EST
      Speaker: Dr. Danielle Janosevic (Indiana University)
      Title: Acute Kidney Injury—molecular staging and future translational applications

    • 2025 University of Michigan George O’Brien Kidney Center Annual Retreat
      Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2025
      Time: 8:00 AM to 12:45 PM EST
      Location: Medical Science Building I, Auditorium #5330
      Flyer

    • 2025 UAB Renal Symposium
      Date: May 22, 2025 from 9:00am-3:30pm CST
      Location: KAUL 270
      Speaker: Dr. James Schafer with a special lecture, presented by Dr. David Pollock (UAB Medicine, Nephrology)
      2025 Renal Symposium Poster, Schafer Lecture Flyer

    • AI Nephrology Symposium,
      held in collaboration with ATTIS, is set for
      Date: April 8-9, 2025
      Location: UAB’s NEW Altec/Styslinger Genomic & Data Sciences Building – Auditorium.
      Flyer, Agenda

    • OKRA National Forum – April Session
      Date: April 3, 2025
      Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm CST
      Speaker: Dr. Naoka Murakami (Washington University)
      Title: T cells in Kidney Wells: Lessons from Immunotherapy-associated Kidney Injury

    • OKRA National Forum – February Session
      Date: February 21, 2025
      Time: 11:00am-12:00pm CST
      Speaker: Dr. Simom Watkins (University of Pittsburgh)
      Title: Novel approaches for imaging the kidney at scale, from the nanometer to the micron

    • OKRA National Forum – January Session
      Date: January 14, 2025
      Time: 12-1pm CST / 1-2pm EST
      Speaker: Dr. Alexander Bullen (UAB-UCSD)
      Title: The evolving role of tubular biomarkers: Forecasting kidney disease and beyond

    • OKRA National Forum – December Session
      Date: December 5, 2024
      Time: 12-1pm CST / 1-2pm EST
      Speaker: Dr. Randy Atwal, NU-USC
      Title: Highly scalable cell profiling for druggable target discovery and therapeutic development

    • Indiana O’Brien Bioinformatics Webinar: From Basic Informatics to Machine Learning
      Date: December 2-3, 2024
      Speakers: Multiple speakers
      OKRA Kaltura channel: View Playlist

    • OKRA National Forum – November Session
      Date(s): Thursday, November 7, 2024
      Time(s): 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST

    • OKRA National Forum – August Session
      Event Type: Virtual (Zoom Only)
      Date(s): Thursday, August 15th, 2024
      Time(s): 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST

    • Metabolism and Precision Health Symposium
      Event Type: Hybrid (In-Person/Zoom)
      Date(s): Thursday, July 25th, 2024 & Friday, July 26th, 2024
      Time(s): 1 pm – 6 pm EST (7/25) and 9 am – 4:30 pm EST (7/26)
      Location: University of Michigan, North Campus Research Complex (NCRC), in the Dining Room of Building 18
      Agenda for speakers, bios, and basic information

    • Indiana O’Brien Symposium on Large-Scale Microscopy of the Kidney:
      Date: May 2024
      Speakers: Six speakers from the US, Europe, and Australia
      Topics: Quantitative Aspects of Light-sheet Microscopy;Tissue-clearing;Tissue Labeling;Large-scale Imaging;Structural Segmentation

    • 2024 UAB Renal Symposium (UAB-UCSD)
      Date: May 9, 2024
      Time: 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM CST
      Location: KAUL 270 and via Zoom (hybrid format).
      2024 Renal Symposium poster.
      Speakers: Dr. James Schafer with a special lecture, presented by Dr. Thomas Carroll from UT Southwestern Medical Center.

  • Other Groups

 

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