Congratulations to all co-authors!
Our latest paper was just published in PNAS, titled "Restoration of atypical protein kinase C ζ function in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease ameliorates disease progression."
UC Santa Barbara molecular biologist Thomas Weimbs, left, recently welcomed Glenn Frommer, right, to the campus as the latter whizzed through Santa Barbara on a 5,300 mile Ride for PKD. The Weimbs Lab was one of the stops on this ambitious bicycle odyssey to raise awareness and research funding to find a treatment for polycystic kidney disease, which affects 600,000 Americans and more than 12.4 million people globally.
This paper describes the details of the Ren.Nu ketogenic nutritional intervention program for autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease and reports the qualitative experiences of participants.
Strubl S, Oehm S, Torres JA, Grundmann F, Haratani J, Decker M, Vuong S, Bhandal AK, Methot N, Haynie-Cion R, Meyer F, Siedek F, Korst U, Müller RU, Weimbs T. Ketogenic Dietary Interventions in Autosomal-Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD)– A Retrospective Case Series Study: First insights into Feasibility, Safety and Effects. Clinical Kidney Journal (in press). 2021
Diana Bruen, RDN, and Dr. Weimbs gave a presentation titled "New Insights for Nutritional Interventions for Polycystic Kidney Disease" at the recent Spring Clinical Meetings SCM21 conference of the National Kidney Foundation.
Congratulations to the following undergraduate students who have all been awarded Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Grants to support independent research projects in the Weimbs lab. Each grant comes with $750 to support lab research. The grants are to support various research projects on polycystic kidney disease that are going on in the lab.
Congratulations to Julia Sergejeva, Claudia Do, Adriana Getman, Juliette Rebello, and Miles Ellman !