The kidney consists of many cell types working together to support its complex physiological tasks. To understand how the kidney develops and is affected by disease, we need a clear picture of these different cellular players. A few years ago, we could get low-resolution data from micro-dissections. Now we can capture the RNA landscape (transcriptome) of individual cells to discover novel cell types and obtain a higher resolution picture of kidney development, disease processes, and 3D models. Join us December 11th and 12th to learn about and discuss how single-cell RNA sequencing is revolutionizing science in nephrology and beyond …
Summary coming up soon - until then, read up on the papers:
Single-cell transcriptomics of the mouse kidney reveals potential cellular targets of kidney disease
(accompanying open source atlas): http://susztaklab.com/sc
(Humphreys lab atlas): http://humphreyslab.com/SingleCell/
Jennie Lin, Nephrologist, Northwestern University, Chicago