Abstracts

 

 The organizers are pleased to invite you to submit abstracts to be considered for poster presentation at the ISN Nexus Symposium on “New era of drug discovery and clinical trials in kidney disease” to be held in Bergamo, Italy from 3 – 6 April 2014.

 

SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT HERE      

 

Abstracts can be submitted through the online submission pages only.

 

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
All submitted abstracts should concern all aspects of nephrology, the treatment of renal disease, the scientific background to the study of the kidney, new drug discovery or clinical trials related to kidney disease.

 

CONFIRMATION
You will receive an email within two (2) business days of submitting your abstract. If you submit on the date of the deadline and do not receive confirmation within 48 hours, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

NOTIFICATION
The Presenting Author of the abstract accepted will be notified by 17 January 2014 and will be required to register to the Symposium. The abstract submitters of accepted abstracts are entitled to register at the discounted registration fees provided they register by the early bird deadline. If the Presenting Author is unable to present the abstract, another Co-Author can take his/her place as long as he or she is duly registered to the Symposium. A letter from the Presenting Author informing about the change is requested and must be sent to the Symposium Secretariat by no later than 03 March 2014.

 

CATEGORIES
Abstracts to be considered for poster presentation at this Symposium may submitted in the following categories. During the online abstract submission process kindly only select one category for your abstract:
 1.    Target (Cell Signalling, Cell growth, Hormones and Cytokines)
 2.    Target (Acid Base and Electrolyte abnormalities, cellular physiology)
 3.    Renal development and regeneration
 4.    Inherited diseases and molecular genetics
 5.    Experimental models
 6.    Renal Pathology, Experimental Pathology
 7.    Acute Renal Failure
 8.    Toxic nephropathy
 9.    Biomarkers
10.    Molecular imaging
11.    Clinical study (Primary Glomerular disease)
12.    Clinical study (Secondary Glomerular disease)
13.    Tubulointerstitial renal disease, stones, Urinary infection
14.    Paediatric Nephrology
15.    Pregnancy and kidney disease
16.    Clinical Nephrology (miscellaneous)
17.    Hypertension
18.    Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
19.    Cardiovascular complications of CKD
20.    Epidemiology, outcomes and Health Service Research
21.    Bone and Mineral Metabolism
22.    Anaemia (CKD and ESKD)
23.    Peritoneal dialysis
24.    Haemodialysis
25.    Complications of dialysis
26.    Clinical trial (Surrogate marker, End point, Protocol)
27.    Clinical trial (Networking)
28.    Clinical trial (miscellaneous)
29.    Regulatory science
30.    System biology

 

ABSTRACT PUBLICATION
Accepted abstracts will be printed in the book of abstracts that will be distributed as part of the Symposium material on site and they will be published online on the Symposium and ISN website.

 

SUBMISSION DEADLINE
The abstract submission deadline is January 6 2014 (23.59 CET)
Abstracts received after the deadline will not be accepted.

 

WITHDRAWAL/CHANGES
Submitted abstracts CANNOT be withdrawn or changed. No exceptions will be made. Should you need to amend an abstract after final submission but before the deadline, please contact the events team via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

ORIGINAL ABSTRACTS
Submitted abstracts must describe unpublished work which is not already in press and which is not awaiting possible acceptance by any other society or event.
 

 

ORGAN TRAFFICKING AND TOURISM ETHICS COMPLIANCE
ISN supports the need to stop practices and policies of organ trafficking and tourism. To be eligible to submit an abstract for the ISN Nexus Symposium, submitters must disclose that the author(s)/ scientist(s) have not violated any aspect of the Declaration of Istanbul (DOI) ethics' statement http://www.declarationofistanbul.org/ and that this research conforms with the ethical statement on human research subject, Helsinki Declaration http://www.wma.net/en/30publications/10policies/b3/17c.pdf, the ethical statements of the Transplantation Society, TTS Ethics Policy http://abstracts.webges.com/pdf/TTS_Ethics_Policy.pdf%20 and the TTS Ethics China http://abstracts.webges.com/pdf/TTS_Ethics_China.pdf%20 as well as the ethical statements of the International Xenotransplantation Association http://abstracts.webges.com/pdf/Int_Xenotransplantation_Association_Ethics.pdf .

For any further information please contact the Symposium staff:

Matthieu van der Straten
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.