Dr Jennifer Li has received The Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) President\u2019s Prize at the 2019 TSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting.<\/p>\n
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\nDr Li, a PhD student with The Westmead Institute for Medical Research\u2019s (WIMR) Kidney Injury Group, received the award for research on kidney inflammation following renal ischemia reperfusion injury.
\nRenal ischemia reperfusion injury occurs following both disruption and the return of blood supply to the kidney.<\/p>\n
Dr Li said, \u201cWe identified that a specific mutation \u2013 I325N \u2013 in an immune-regulatory protein called A20, places the kidney at a higher risk of inflammation following an ischemia reperfusion injury\u201d.
\n\u201cInterestingly, despite this pro-inflammatory environment, the mice with this I325N mutation were actually protected from acute kidney injury\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cMore research is now needed to understand how and why this protection occurs.\u201d<\/p>\n
With further research, the results could be used in a precision medicine model to provide tailored management, particularly in kidney transplantation.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy understanding more about the I325N and A20 protein mutations, we could develop a predictive test to assess the risk of tissue injury versus inflammation in kidney transplant patients, allowing clinicians to best decide the best treatment at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr Li said she was honoured follow in the footsteps of her colleagues, Dr Karen Keung, who received the TSANZ President\u2019s Prize in 2017, and Dr Titi Chen, who was awarded the Young Nephrologist Award at this year\u2019s World Congress of Nephrology.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was taken aback when they called out my name for the awards,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut, it is a great feeling to have the great work from our lab recognised.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe recent prizes awarded to researchers in the Centre for Transplant and Renal Research highlights the fantastic environment that we work in at WIMR.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0Dr<\/em>\u00a0Jennifer Li is a nephrologist and now a PhD student at The Westmead Institute for Medical Research and University of Sydney.<\/em> Dr Jennifer Li has received The Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) President\u2019s Prize at the 2019 TSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting. Dr Li, a PhD student with The Westmead Institute for Medical Research\u2019s (WIMR) Kidney Injury Group, received the award for research on kidney inflammation following renal ischemia reperfusion injury. Renal ischemia reperfusion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2960,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[19],"class_list":["post-2959","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cat-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nShe is supervised by Associate Professor Natasha Rogers, Professor Philip O\u2019Connell and Professor Stephen Alexander.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"