Nephrology meetings & conferences

International Society of Nephrology Nexus: Bone and Kidney 2012

September 20 - 23, 2012. Copenhagen, Denmark

ISN Nexus 2012 Copenhagen

Will look at the latest knowledge in physiology, pathophysiology and treatment. Topic highlights include: bone-kidney axis and vascular calcification; renal and intestinal divalent ion transport; new understanding of phosphate metabolism; PTH biosynthesis; the osteocyte; vitamin D & calcimimetics; parathyroid function in CKD; FGF23 and klotho; hormones, receptors and transporters; renal osteodystrophy; vascular effects in CKD-MBD; vascular calcifications in CKD-MBD.

International Association for the History of Nephrology 2012 Conference

8th Congress of the IAHN
4-7 October, 2012 Paestum
(Salerno, Italy)

The Congress will open on Thursday, October 4th, at 5:00pm. Scientific sessions will be held all day on Friday, October 5th, and until 1:00pm on Saturday, October 6th.

Topicsinclude:

Contribution of other medical specialties to nephrology
Famous nephrologists
Origins of nephrology (Contributions from Antiquity through the Renaissance)
Renal replacement therapy (Contributions on dialysis and transplantation)
The Medical School of Salerno
History of kidney diseases
Symposium: In memoriam, Karl Julius Ullrich (1925-2010)