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The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Korean Society of Nephrology (KSN) will take place in hybrid format, May 26-29, 2022, in Seoul, Korea. The ISN will participate in two sessions: 

Basic Science Symposium: A session hosted by the ISN North and East Asia Regional Board, on Thursday, May 26, from 10:40 a.m. to 1:10 p.m. Korean Time. 

The symposium will be moderated by Motoko Yanagita (Japan) and Sang-Ho Lee (Korea). Talks include: 

• Fumiaki Ando (Japan): ‘Identification of an A-kinase Anchor Protein Essential for Urinary Concentration’ 
• Desmond Yap (Hong Kong): ‘B Cell Repertoire in Lupus Nephritis – Role in Disease Pathogenesis and Implications on Treatment’ 
• Jihyun Yang (Korea): ‘Acute Kidney Injury and Gut Dysbiosis’ 
• Linli Lv (China): ‘Extracellular Vesicles in Kidney Disease: From Basic Research to Translational Application’ 
• Ting-Yun Lin (Taiwan): ‘Determinants of Gut-derived Uremic Toxins’ 

The ISN and the KSN will hold a joint session, ‘A new approach to kidney research,’ on Saturday, May 28, from 8:30-10:30 a.m., presenting:  

• Gang-Jee Ko (Korea): ‘High Protein Diet-induced Glomerular Hyperfiltration,’ from 8:30-9 a.m. 
• ISN OSEA Regional Board Deputy Chair Sunita Bavanandan (Malaysia): ‘Clinical dilemmas in Heart Failure and CKD Management,’ from 9-9:30 a.m. 
• ISN President-Elect Masaomi Nangaku (Japan): ‘TRANSFORM, Optimization of Animal Studies to Develop New Drugs,’ from 9:30-10 a.m. 
• Ji-Whan Park (Korea): ‘Single Cell Research Update in Kidney Disease,’ from 10-10:30 a.m.