Please note, all times are in Eastern Time.

Welcome to Day 1
 
9:45 a.m. – 9:55 a.m. Welcome and Day 1 Introduction
Terry Watnick, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Joan B. and John H. Sadler Professor in Nephrology, and Principal Investigator, PKD RRC Coordinating Site, University of Maryland School of Medicine
 
Session 1: Cutting-Edge Techniques or Models That Could Be Utilized for PKD Research
 
  Session Chairs: Stefan Somlo, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine
Luis Menezes, M.D., National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
 
9:55 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Merging Novel Approaches in Genome and Phenome Science for PKD Research
Nancy Cox, Ph.D., Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
 
10:15 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Questions
 
10:20 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. Vascularized Kidney Organoids: Integrating Stem Cell Differentiation with Bioprinting to Create Improved PKD Models
Jennifer Lewis, Sc.D., Hansjörg Wyss Professor, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Wyss Institute
 
10:40 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Questions
 
10:45 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. A Human Kidney Organoid Platform for Autosomal Dominant PKD (ADPKD)
Andy McMahon, Ph.D., Professor, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California
 
11:05 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. Questions
 
11:10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Cell Atlases as Roadmaps to Understanding Disease
Orit Rozenblatt-Rosen, Ph.D., Genentech
 
11:30 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. Questions
 
11:35 a.m. – 12:15 p.m Trainee Short Communications
 
  (5 trainee abstracts, 5-minute presentations with 3 minutes for questions each, 1–3 slides)

Session Chairs: Bernie Gitomer, Ph.D., University of Colorado Denver
Takamitsu Saigusa, M.D., The University of Alabama at Birmingham
 
12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Lunch Break
 
Challenge Sessions A and B—Concurrent
 
12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Challenge A: Developing Biomarkers for Measuring PKD Disease Progression—Do We Know as Much as We Think We Do?
Session Chairs: Ron Perrone, M.D., Tufts Medical Center
Erum Hartung, M.D., MTR, Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania
 
12:45 p.m. – 1:05 p.m. Urinary Biomarkers in PKD: Potential Value and Link to Pathophysiology
Harald Mischak, Ph.D., Mosaiques Diagnostics and Professor, University of Glasgow
 
1:05 p.m. – 1:25 p.m. The Long Road to Biomarkers of Polycystic Kidney Disease
Jon Klein, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, University of Louisville School of Medicine
 
1:25 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Panel Discussion: Ron Perrone, Erum Hartung, Neera Dahl, Jon Klein, Ronak Lakhia, Max Liebau, Harald Mischak, and Kristen Nowak
 
12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Challenge B: The complexity of ADPKD pathogenesis in humans has made difficult the discovery of the intrinsic function of the polycystin protein complex. Current work supports a number of different signaling modalities for the polycystin complex, including functioning as an ion channel, a G protein-coupled receptor, and others. What tools are necessary to clarify how the polycystins function in signaling pathways?

Session Chairs: Vishal Patel, M.D., Associate Professor, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Rebecca Walker, D.Phil., University of Maryland School of Medicine
 
12:45 p.m. – 1:05 p.m. Defining How the Polycystins Prevent Cyst Formation: Are We Ready to Fill the Gap?
Alessandra Boletta, Ph.D., Group Leader, Ospedale San Raffaele
 
1:05 p.m. – 1:25 p.m. Whom Do the Polycystins Talk to, What Do They Say, and How Can We Listen in?
Michael Caplan, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Yale University School of Medicine
 
1:25 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Panel Discussion: Vishal Patel, Rebecca Walker, Alessandra Boletta, Michael Caplan, Marcus Delling, Ken Hallows, Feng Qian, and Kurt Zimmerman
 
1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Break
 
Controversy Sessions A and B—Concurrent
 
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Controversy A: Both haploinsufficiency and secondary somatic mutations of the PKD genes have been reported clinically. Is the frequency of one dominant? Which should the field focus on for model and therapeutic development?

Session Chairs: York Pei, M.D., Professor, University of Toronto
Cynthia Sieben, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic
 
2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Insufficient Polycystin Function Is the Principal Cause of ADPKD–Does It Matter How Many “Hits” Cause It?
Greg Germino, M.D., Deputy Director, Senior Investigator, NIDDK
 
2:20 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. The Case for a Dosage/Threshold Model of Cyst Initiation in ADPKD
Peter Harris, Ph.D., Professor, Mayo Clinic
 
2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Panel Discussion: York Pei, Cynthia Sieben, Greg Germino, Peter Harris, Katharina Hopp, Matthew Lanktree, Hanna Rennert, and Chris Ward
 
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Controversy B: Is PKD Only a Ciliopathy? Is It Time to Reassess the Role of Polycystin Function Outside the Cilia in Human Disease?
Session Chairs: Barbara Ehrlich, Ph.D., Professor, Yale University School of Medicine
Eryn Dixon, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
 
2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. PKD Is a Ciliopathy
Greg Pazour, Ph.D., Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School
 
2:20 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. Evidence Supporting a Role of Polycystins Outside the Cilia
Michael Köttgen, M.D., Professor, University of Freiburg
 
2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Panel Discussion: Barbara Ehrlich, Eryn Dixon, Michael Köttgen, Karel Liem, Moe Mahjoub, Greg Pazour, and Brad Yoder
 
3:00 p.m. Adjournment

Welcome to Day 2
 
10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. Day 2 Introduction
Brad Yoder, Ph.D., Professor of Cell Biology, Endowed Chair in Biomedical Research
 
10:05 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Session 2: Biology and Function of the Polycystins
 
  Session Chairs: Dorien Peters, Ph.D., Professor, Leiden University Medical Center
Whitney Besse, M.D., Assistant Professor, Yale University School of Medicine
 
10:05 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. Renal Plasticity Revealed Through Reversal of Polycyctic Kidney Disease in Mice
Ke Dong, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine
 
10:25 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Questions
 
10:30 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. Potential Role of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase in Metabolic Reprogramming
Greg Steinberg, Ph.D., Professor, McMaster University
 
10:50 a.m. – 10:55 a.m. Questions
 
10:55 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. How Cilia Decipher cAMP
Jeremy Reiter, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, University of California, San Francisco
 
11:15 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. Questions
 
11:20 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. Understanding Polycystic Kidney Disease Through the Lens of the Electron Microscope
Qiang Su, Ph.D., Westlake University
 
11:40 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Questions
 
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Lunch Break
 
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 pm Trainee Short Communications
 
  (7 trainee abstracts, 5-minute presentations with 3 minutes for questions each, 1–3 slides)

Session Chairs: Bernie Gitomer, Ph.D., Professor, University of Colorado Denver
Takamitsu Saigusa, M.D., Associate Professor, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
 
1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Challenges and Controversies Sessions Day 2
 
  Moderator: Stefan Somlo, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine
  • All topic groups and panelists meet as one.
    • Challenge Session A: Developing Biomarkers for Measuring PKD Progression
      Chairs: Ron Perrone and Erum Hartung
    • Challenge Session B: The Complexity of ADPKD Pathogenesis in Humans
      Chairs: Vishal Patel and Rebecca Walker
    • Controversy Session A: Haploinsufficiency vs. Secondary Somatic Mutations
      Chairs: York Pei and Cynthia Sieben
    • Controversy Session B: Is PKD Only a Ciliopathy?
      Chairs: Barbara Ehrlich and Eryn Dixon
  • Sessions chairs for each topic group will present the distillation of the previous day’s discussions with the support of the panelists from their respective groups.
  • Each topic presentation will be followed by a moderated discussion with the entire conference audience.
 
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Community Feedback—Critical Needs
 
  Breakout sessions will be hosted by each of the consortium divisions and focused on feedback from the community on what their critical needs are for new models and tools.

Breakout 1: In Vitro Models, Chair: Darren Wallace
Moderators: Lisa Guay-Woodford and Alan Yu
Breakout 2: Animal Models, Chair: Brad Yoder
Moderators: Patricia Outeda-Garcia and Pamela Tran
Breakout 3: Clinical Resources, Chair: Steve Seliger
Moderators: John Parant and Owen Woodward
 
3:00 p.m. Adjournment
Thank you for attending our First Annual Virtual PKD-RRC Symposium!