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January
Imaging and Molecular Biology of the Brain

February
Molecular Biology Research Techniques

March
Functional Genomics of Membrane Transport

Environmental Toxicogenomics

Evolutionary Molecular Genetics

April
35th Maine Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium

May
Experimental biology

Community Ecology of Coastal Maine

Structure and Function of Polarized Epithelial Cells - Pitt

June
10th Annual Quantitative Fluorescent Microscopy

Structure and Function of Polarized Epithelial Cells - Yale

July
15th Annual Environmental Health Sciences Symposium

August
Mount Desert Island Stem Cell Symposium

Health Management of Laboratory Fish

September
BIDMC Comparative Physiology

Renal Fellows: Origins of renal physiology

National Course for Renal Fellows


Renal 2008 logo

Endorsed by the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) and
the International Society of Nephrology (ISN)


Summary | Faculty | Schedule | Travel and Housing
Tuition | Application


COURSE SUMMARY

Classical Physiological Experiments Coupled to Modern Mechanistic Studies:

  • Water Homeostasis
  • Collecting Duct Sodium Transport
  • Distal Nephron Acid Secretion
  • Glomerular Filtration
  • Salt Secretion and Salt Balance
  • Proximal Tubule Function

FACULTY

Course Directors
Mark L. Zeidel, M.D.
Herrman Ludwig Blumgart Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chairman, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Vikas Sukhatme, M.D., Ph.D.
Victor J. Aresty Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Renal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

John N. Forrest, Jr., M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine
Director, MDI Biological Laboratory

Joseph V. Bonventre, M.D., Ph.D.
Robert H. Ebert Professor of Medicine and Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School
Director, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital


SCHEDULE

TBA


TRAVEL AND HOUSING

Travel: MDI Biological Laboratory is located on Old Bar Harbor Road in the village of Salisbury Cove, Maine, 04672, approximately 10 minutes north of the village of Bar Harbor. Complete travel information, including suggested airports, driving directions, and car rental agencies is available on the MDIBL Travel Information webpage.

Housing: On-campus participant housing is provided at the MDI Biological Laboratory. Housing includes single-accommodation dormitory rooms, furnished with wireless and Ethernet connectivity and a campus phone extension. Special housing requests should be made to Mike McKernan at MDIBL. Housing assignments will be made and sent prior to the course by the MDIBL Courses and Conference office.

Parking is freely available adjacent to the housing facilities. Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory is largely a pedestrian campus.


TUITION

Course tuition is $3,000.

The tuition includes lodging, all meals, and course materials. Travel is not included.


APPLICATION

Download a copy of the course application.

Please submit your application to:

Michelle Deraney
mderaney@partners.org
617-755-9981

ATTENDANCE LIMITED; APPLY EARLY



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