Research
Research Themes at the Zurich Kidney Center
The research activity of the ZKC encompasses all major aspects of kidney physiology and nephrology.
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and Fibrosis: Christian Stockmann, Carsten Wagner, Isabel Rubio Aliaga
Dialysis: Patrice Ambühl, Marco Bonani, Stephan Segerer
Epidemiology: Valerie Luyckx
Genetics and Kidney Development: Ruxandra Bachmann-Gagescu, Soeren Lienkamp,Olivier Devuyst, Alessandro Luciani
Glomerular Diseases: Britta George, Harald Seeger, Andreas Kistler
Kidney Stones: Carsten Wagner, Nilufar Mohebbi, Alexander Ritter, Daniel Eberli
Pathology: Ariana Gaspert, Birgit Helmchen
Oxygenation and Anemia: Vartan Kurtcuoglu, Roland Wenger
Pediatric Nephrology: Wesley Hayes
Transplantation: Thomas Fehr, Thomas Schachtner, Kerstin Hübel, José Oberholzer
Tubular Physiology and Diseases: Olivier Devuyst, Andrew Hall, Johannes Loffing, David Penton Ribas, Carsten Wagner, Nilufar Mohebbi, Alessandro Luciani, Isabel Rubio Aliaga
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI): Andrew Hall
Hypertension: Felix Beuschlein, David Penton Ribas, Johannes Loffing
Veterinary Kidney Disease: Thomas Lutz
Technical Expertise at the Zurich Kidney Center
Biochemical profiling: Britta George, Olivier Devuyst, Isabel Rubio Aliaga
Computational Modeling: Vartan Kurtcuoglu
Electrophysiology: David Penton Ribas
Genetics: Ruxandra Bachmann-Gagescu, Britta George, Olivier Devuyst, Alessandro Luciani
hiPSCs/Organoids: Ruxandra Bachmann-Gagescu
Kidney Biobank: Britta George, Harald Seeger
Kidney Stone Cohort: Carsten Wagner, Alexander Ritter
Lower Vertebrates: Ruxandra Bachmann-Gagescu, Olivier Devuyst, Soeren Lienkamp
Metabolism and Oxygen Consumption: Christian Stockmann
Microscopy and Imaging: Britta George, Andrew Hall, Vartan Kurtcuoglu, Johannes Loffing
Rodent Phenotyping: Britta George, Carsten Wagner, Soline Bourgeois, Alessandro Luciani, Isabel Rubio Aliaga
Spatial Transcriptomics: Britta George
Tissue Histology: Britta George, Johannes Loffing