IU School of Medicine receives $5 million for kidney disease research

O'Brien Centers represent an integrated program of kidney-related research. The goal of the funding is to increase collaboration among groups of investigators at institutions with established comprehensive kidney research programs and to attract scientists from various disciplines to study the basic mechanisms of kidney diseases.

"The O'Brien Center grant recognizes IU's excellence in the field of kidney disease research," said Dr. Bruce Molitoris, professor of medicine and principal investigator of the grant. "Our research is primarily dedicated to understanding the cellular mechanisms of acute renal failure and finding new approaches to therapy."

Preliminary data and many of the scientific approaches utilized in the grant were developed at the Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy's unique imaging facility. The state-of-the-art facility features confocal epiflouresence, spinning disc confocal and multiphoton microscopes.

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