The Renal Week 2007 Abstracts2View site is now available through the ASN website. This service provides you with an easy and efficient way to plan your time in San Francisco.
The Abstracts2View site includes all invited sessions and abstracts for Renal Week 2007. It is easy to navigate and allows you to search for programs and abstracts by topic. You can mark the sessions/posters you wish to attend and print your choices as a customized itinerary or download them to your PDA.
Please note that to access the Abstracts2View site you will need to enter a unique user name and password (different from the ASN membership ID number). You can create this unique ID by following the instructions on the website. If you already created a user name and password when you submitted your abstract, you may simply reuse that information.
2. Renal Week Onsite Registration
No pre-registrations will be accepted after Monday, October 22nd. After this date, you must register onsite.
Onsite registration for the Postgraduate Education Programs will be held at the Moscone Center in the West Lobby during the following hours:
Wednesday
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October 31st
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7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Thursday
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November 1st
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7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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Onsite registration for the Annual Meeting will be held at the Moscone Center in the West Lobby during the following hours:
Thursday
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November 1st
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8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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Friday
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November 2nd
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7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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Saturday
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November 3rd
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7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
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Sunday
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November 4th
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7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
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If registering onsite, you are encouraged to register on Thursday, November 1, 2007.
For Registration Information on One- and Two-Day Programs, click here.
For Registration Information on the Annual Meeting, click here.
3. Renal Biopsy and NQQ
A popular program during Renal Week is the Renal Biopsy: Clinical Correlations session, which will be held this year on Sunday, November 4 from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm. The session consists of five mini-CPCs with brief case discussions by an eminent nephrologist, followed by detailed discussion of the renal pathology. However, you get to be the renal pathologist first, reviewing the case histories and biopsy material available from Nov 2-4 in the "Microscope Room" (Moscone Center South Room 226), which is staffed by Renal Pathologists available to guide your observations and interpretations. The case histories and images also are available on the ASN website: http://www.asn-online.org/education_and_meetings/renal%20week/renal%20week%202007/clinical-correlations.aspx
Answers to the cases will be presented and distributed during the Renal Biopsy: Clinical Correlations session on November 4 – they are not in the syllabus as that would be cheating! Can you figure out the diagnosis before the Clinical Discussant does? See you in San Francisco!
Also, if you haven't done so already, please complete the online Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire. The deadline is October 17th. These cases will be presented live at ASN's Renal Week meeting in San Francisco at the two hour NQQ session (Saturday, November 3, 10:00 am – Noon). Thank you!
4. Nephcure Grant Program
The NephCure Foundation announces its intent to support basic/translational/clinical science research initiatives to understand the cause, or to identify treatments and/or the cure for FSGS and other diseases that result in the Nephrotic Syndrome. Applications will be accepted for post-doctoral fellowships, career development awards, bridging grants, and to support established investigators undertaking new investigative directions. Please see http://www.nephcure.org/grants.html for a full description of this program and for application instructions. The application deadline is December 12, 2007 for grants that will commence July 1, 2008.
