2025 Jared J. Grantham Symposium

Friday, September 26, 2025

Lied Auditorium for KU Medical Center Faculty and Staff
Zoom for external audience

Registration required by 9/20/2025. Zoom Link will be emailed on 9/24 only to those who register. Due to limited parking and access restrictions, external researchers should register to attend online. Questions: Lyn Harris, lharris3@kumc.edu.

Schedule

8:30 – 8:35 A.M. – Welcome

Darren Wallace, Ph.D.

8:35 – 9:35 A.M. – Keynote Speaker

“The Molecular Function of the Polycystins”

Leonidas Tsiokas, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

9:35 – 9:45 A.M. – BREAK

9:45 – 10:45 A.M. – PKD Research Briefs (20 minutes each)

“Contribution of Phosphaturia to PKD Progression”

Jason Stubbs, M.D.
Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center

“Pirfenidone treatment attenuates fibrosis in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease”

Viji Remadevi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center

“Miniaturized CRISPR activation plasmid improves transgene delivery, PKD1
expression, and induces signaling correction in polycystic kidney cells”

Anubhav Chakroborty
Ph.D. Student
Departments of Medicine, and Cell Biology and Physiology
University of Kansas Medical Center

10:45 – 11:00 A.M. – BREAK

11:00 – 12:00 P.M.

“Preclinical Findings of PKD Mechanism to Therapy Designs and Testing”

Marie Trudel, Ph.D.
Department of Medicine
Université de Montréal
(Lillian Jean Kaplan Award Recipient) 

12:00 – 1: Lunch with postdocs and students

Thanks to the PKD Foundation for supporting the symposium as a partnering sponsor.

About

To honor Dr. Jared Grantham in his retirement, the Kidney Institute at the University of Kansas Medical Center hosted the first Jared J. Grantham Symposium on May 7 - 9th, 2014 in Kansas City. Dr. Grantham's vision was to invite all of the Lillian Jean Kaplan award recipients to lead a forward-thinking and interactive forum to focus on future directions and innovations in polycystic kidney disease research. All twelve of the Kaplan Awardees were present at the inaugural symposium to give talks on their vision of " The Future of PKD Research."  The Kidney Institute will continue to host the Grantham Symposium annually.