TrainCKDis ITN

The TrainCKDis project is an EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) to foster and train early stage researchers to better understand and tackle the challenges related to chronic kidney disease (CKD) and improving patients’ lives. TrainCKDis will provide an innovative, multidisciplinary, and intersectoral training programme, able to prepare top-level young scientists to develop creative solutions for CKD. The proposed 15 research projects will address key challenges: i) the identification of genetic and epigenetic modifiers that predispose patients to CKD progression, ii) the identification of pathways and biomarkers for monitoring CKD progression and iii) the identification of novel therapeutic targets to improve the limited treatments for CKD. TrainCKDis gathers top European laboratories, companies, hospitals, and associations involved in the treatment of CKD. Early Stage Researchers (ESR) will thus benefit from an outstanding interdisciplinary platform integrating nephrology, epidemiology, genetics, cell biology, high-throughput screening, system biology, and metabolomics experts.