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Contents 1 Upcoming events 2 Dissertations 2.1 Dissertations 2008 2.2 Dissertations 2007 2.3 Dissertations 2006 3 Courses 4 Grants 5 Suggestions

[edit] Upcoming events

• European Nephropathology Course June 9-11th, 2010 Amsterdam, The Netherlands (information Juana Huges E-mail: b.m.huges@amc.uva.nl)

• 7e Groninger Symposium Systeemziekten. February 6, 2009. Groningen.

• CRRT 2009. 14th International Conference on Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies. February 25-28, 2009. San Diego.

• World Kidney Day the second Thursday of March 2010

• Nederlandse Nefrologiedagen. 7-8 April 2009. Veldhoven. Abstract submission deadline: expired.

• American Society of Hypertension Annual Meeting May 5-8, 2009. San Francisco.

• WCN 2009. World Congres of Nephrology. May 22-26, 2009. Milan, Italy.

• American Transplant Congress May 30 - June 3, 2009. Boston. Abstract submission deadline: expired.

• KIDSTEM International Conference. THE KIDNEY: DEVELOPMENT, REPAIR & REGENERATION, 29th - 31st July, 2009. University of Edinburgh, England. Abstract submission deadline: unknown.

• Boerhaave Practische Nefropathologie. Boerhaave cursus practische nefropathologie. 3-4 September, 2009. Leiden.

• American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Renal Week 2009. October 27 - November 1, 2009, San Diego, CA. Abstract submission deadline: unknown.

• Winterschool Nephrology. January 2010, Zandvoort.

• 15e Int Congresses on Nutrition and Metabolism in Renal Desease. 31 January-6 February 2010. Lausanne, Switzerland.

Also check out the overview of upcoming events provided by the Dutch Federation of Nephrology.

[edit] Dissertations

• Amsterdam Medical Center agenda full-text archive
• Amsterdam VU agenda full-text archive
• University Medical Center Groningen agenda UMCG agenda RuG full-text archive
• Leiden University Medical Center agenda full-text archive
• University of Maastricht agenda full-text archive
• Nijmegen Radboud University agenda full-text archive
• Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam agenda full-text archive
• University Medical Center Utrecht agenda full-text archive

Or visit Dare net, a national collection of full-text academic repositories in the Netherlands including many full-text dissertations.

January 2009

16 January, Nijmegen. New insights in the regulation of the epithelial magnesium channel TRPM6 in kidney and intestine. Wouter M. Tiel Groenestege. Promotores: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Bindels, mw. prof. dr. N.V.A.M. Knoers. Copromotores: Dr. J.G.J. Hoenderop.

21 January, Groningen. Acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery. Impact on long- term outcome and target for intervention. B.G. Loef. Promotores: Prof. dr. T. Ebels, Prof. dr. G.J. Navis.

23 January, Nijmegen. Renal hypercalciuria: a physiological TRiP along the calciotropics. mw drs. K.Y. Renkema. Promotor: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Bindels. Copromotor: dr. J.G.J. Hoenderop.

28 January, Leiden. Innate immune functions in kidney transplantation. S.P. Berger. Promotores: Prof.dr. M.R. Daha, Prof.dr. J.W. de Fijter.

28 January, Groningen. Living kidney donor safety - Insights & outcome. Mieneke Rook. Promotores: Mw. Prof. dr. G.J. Navis, Prof. dr. R.J. Ploeg. Copromotores: Dr. H. van Goor, Dr. W.J. van Son, Dr. J.J. Homan van der Heide.

29 January, Leiden. Nutritional status in chronic dialysis patients: Associations with development of disease and survival. mw. R. de Mutsert. Promotores: Prof.dr. J.P. Vandenbroucke, Prof.dr. R.T. Krediet.

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[edit] Courses

• Nephrology Winterschool organized by the Dutch Kidney Foundation. January 2008, Zandvoort, the Netherlands

• Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences Courses on f.e. advanced statistics, clinical trials, study design and epidemiology. Short courses are open.

• Roche4U Continuing education for nursus and internists:
  • Chronic renal insufficiency (for internists)
  • Cardiovascular risk factors and heartfailure in dialysis patients (for nurses)
  • Chronic renal insufficiency and anemia (for nurses)
  • Diabetes and Dyalysis (for nurses)

Courses at Amsterdam Medical Center

• AMC Graduate School for Medical Sciences Overview of research areas and PhD course program.

Courses at University Medical Center Groningen

• Groningen University Institute for Drug Exploration Introduction page. Most courses are especially for GUIDE members, but non-members can also participate if places are still available. In general courses are in Dutch unless specifically stated.

Courses at University Maastricht

• PhD Training and Supervision Plan introduction page
• General courses for PhD students. Courses are in Dutch, except the courses communicating in English.

Courses at Nijmegen Radboud University

• General courses for PhD students

Courses at Leiden University Medical Center

• Course on laboratory animal science
• Biostatistics for PhD students. Start in January with a follow-up in April.

Courses at Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam

• Courses from postgraduate school molecular medicine

Courses at University of Utrecht

• PhD training plan from the Institute & Graduate School of Biomembranes Nephrology belongs to this school.
• Academic Biomedical Center

[edit] Grants

• Dutch Kidney Foundation The Dutch Kidney Foundation awards grants that fall within research programmes as defined on the website.
  • Kolff Carreer Stimulation Program On April the 1st 2007 The Dutch Kidney Foundation has launched the Kolff Program to provide personal grants to talented investigators.

• Rosalind Franklin Fellowship To promote the participation of women in Liberal arts and Natural Sciences the University of Groningen offers a prestigious fellowship programme (tenure-track).

• Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Researchers can apply for grants within research programmes as defined by NWO or as apart of an Open Competition. Personal grants (like the well-known Vernieuwingsimpuls) stimulate individual researchers. Other grants facilitate (international) cooperation, finance the use of large-scale facilities and enable investments or publications.
  • Rubicon The Rubicon programme is directed at promising young postdoctoral researchers and will give them the chance to enhance their career prospects by spending up to two years at a top research institution outside the Netherlands or one year at an excellent Dutch research institution. The Rubicon programme is open to all scientific disciplines. In 2007 the deadlines for submitting applications are: 4 september en 4 december.
  • Innovational Research Incentives Scheme Veni This form of grant offers researchers who have only recently completed their doctorates (max 3 years after doctorate) the opportunity to develop their ideas during three years. The maximum amount of grant will be € 208,000.

• KNAW The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences awards grants for research, conference visits or periods of residence abroad; Contributes to the cost of organising international conferences, workshops and colloquia in the Netherlands; Promotes international communication and partnerships.
  • Ramsay Memorial Fund Object: to send a young scientist specialised in chemistry to the United Kingdom for a period of one year to pursue advanced chemical research. Field of study: chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology

• KWF The Dutch Cancer Society subsidise research projects that cover the entire spectrum of cancer studies.

• Erasmus Mundus - External Cooperation Window A new call for proposals has been launched by the Commission to fund higher education student and teaching staff mobility activities between European universities and universities from targetted third-countries. This new action will provide funds for the organisation and implementation of student - from undergraduate to post-doctorate level - and academic staff mobility flows from and towards the third-countries concerned. The grants awarded to individual projects will fall between EUR 1 and 6 million depending on the geographical lot concerned.

• Dr. C. van Tussenbroekfonds Female graduates and young PhDs can apply for this grant on behalf of research or education abroad (6000 euro) or for short scholarships (1250 euro).

• Roche Research Foundation The Foundation promotes Swiss research with the goal of enhancing its international standing by supporting scientific investigations of promising young talents in the fields of biology, chemistry, and medicine. Deadlines April 15, July 15, October 15 2007.

• Roche Organ Transplantation Research Foundation The Roche Organ Transplantation Research Foundation is a registered Medical Research Charity whose mission is to advance the science of organ transplantation by supporting research programs through operating grants directly allocated to research projects. Those eligible for operating grants are established members of academic staff in universities, transplant centres and research institutes. The aim of the research must be to improve the outcomes of recipients of organ transplants.

• Roche Foundation for Anemia Research The Roche Foundation for Anemia Research is a registered Medical Research Charity with the mission of “encouraging innovative research that will open new avenues of exploration in the study of anemia, its mechanisms, erythropoetic agents and outcomes.” Those eligible for grants are members of academic staff in universities, dialysis centres and research institutes.

[edit] Suggestions

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