Symposium:               Discovery of Genes for Polycystic Kidney Disease

 

Track:                         Genomics

Saturday, 3:15 PM—5:15 PM, 30 D/E

Chaired:                       Peter Harris

 

3:15 PM                       Polycystic kidney disease genes in C. elegans. Maureen Barr. Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison.

 

3:45 PM                       Cystic kidney disease in zebrafish and mouse. Iain Drummond. Harvard Med. Sch., Mass. Gen. Hosp.

 

4:15 PM                       How positional cloning of genes in rats led to discovery for polycystic kidney disease. Peter Harris. Mayo Clin.

 

4:45 PM                       Molecular genetics of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Stefan Somlo. Yale Univ.