Chuang gives an oral presentation in the 2023 kidney week

Chuang gives an oral presentation in the 2023 kidney week
On Nov.2, 2023, Chuang presents “MANF stimulates autophagy and restores mitochondrial homeostasis to treat uromodulin-associated nephropathy” in the 2023 ASN national meeting at Philadelphia (TH-OR62). Chuang and our great collaborator Dr. Anthony Bleyer are the first two speakers in this session.

2023 ASN Early Program Faculty

2023 ASN Early Program Faculty
In the ASN early program, Glomerular Diseases: 2023 Update, Maggie discusses “Nephrotic syndrome diagnosis and management: traditional and novel approaches”.

Yeawon and Chuang’s MANF study is published in Nat Commun

Yeawon and Chuang’s MANF study is published in Nat Commun
In our newly published article in Nature Communications, a multi-center group led by Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, WashU Division of Nephrology, describes previously unknown mechanisms of action of mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF) and its therapeutic function, with regards to kidney disease.  MANF is a secreted endoplasmic reticulum (ER) protein that possesses cytoprotective properties. […]

Center for Drug Discovery Match Grant

Center for Drug Discovery Match Grant
Our proposal, “Targeting a Novel Receptor to Treat Uromodulin-Associated Chronic Kidney Disease” is selected for a Wash U Center for Drug Discovery Match Grant.

Glomerular Metabolism Session Speaker

Glomerular Metabolism Session Speaker
On 5/24/2023, Maggie is invited to present “Endoplasmic reticulum stress in nephrotic syndrome” in the 14th Biennial International Podocyte Conference, held in Philadelphia, PA.

Our paper is published in PNAS

Our paper is published in PNAS
Albuminuria is the hallmark of nephrotic syndrome (NS), a leading cause of chronic kidney disease that affects 500 million people worldwide, but the molecular mechanism underlying albuminuria-induced kidney injury remains poorly defined.  Using a genetic model of nephrotic syndrome and an acquired model of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, Sun-Ji Park, PhD, in her second first-author PNAS […]

Invited Talk at Wash U. Autophagy Center

On 7/25/2022, Maggie gave a talk “Discovery of a novel autophagy activator to treat autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease” at the WU Autophagy Center.

We are awarded an OVCR grant

We are awarded an OVCR grant
A new, minimally-invasive bio-diagnostic device may replace painful blood collection techniques used to detect acute kidney injury (AKI) biomarkers in children in the future. WashU collaborators, nephrologist Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, and bio-engineer Srikanth Singamaneni, PhD, have received a grant from the OVCR (Office of Vice Chancellor for Research) Seed Grant Program to study […]

Maggie Elected to ASCI

Maggie Elected to ASCI
Founded in 1908, ASCI is one of the oldest and most esteemed nonprofit honor societies of physician-scientists. A total of 95 new members, from 46 different institutions and a wide variety of medical backgrounds, is formally inducted during the ASCI Dinner and New Member Induction Ceremony in Chicago on April 8, 2022.

Maggie, Plenary Speaker at SPC, Japan

Invited by Dr. Reiko Inagi and Dr. Masaomi Nangaku from the University of Tokyo, Maggie presents at Science Pioneers Consortium (SPC) on Dec., 24, 2021 as a Plenary speaker