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		<title>See you in Vancouver!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 12:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luca Segantini</dc:creator>
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		<title>Young Nephrologists Committee (YNC) rewards excellence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 12:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luca Segantini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contributed by Fatiu Arogundade Senior Lecturer, Department of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria The ISN Young Nephrologists Committee (YNC), a committee charged with the responsibility of encouraging young nephrologists to join ISN and participate in its programs, rewarded young nephrologists and scientists that had the best abstracts accepted for presentation at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wcn2009.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7746901&amp;post=48&amp;subd=wcn2009&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Winners of Jean Lilian Kaplan prize for advancement in the study of PKD named</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 09:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luca Segantini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the 4th plenary session Mr Dan Larson presented the objectives and achievements of the introduction of Jean Lilian Kaplan prize for advancement in the study of polycystic Kidney Disease and subsequently announced the winners for this congress. They include: •    Corinne Antignac (Paris, France) – Nephrotoxins and epithelial cell polarity •    Friedhelm Hildebrant (Ann [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wcn2009.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7746901&amp;post=57&amp;subd=wcn2009&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Naicker wins Roscoe Robinson Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 09:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luca Segantini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarala Naicker (Johannesburg, South Africa) won this year’s Roscoe Robinson Award for excellence in nephrology education and training. This was announced by Bill Couser during the fourth plenary session of the WCN 2009. In accepting the award, which she dedicated to all renal patients, she paid glowing tributes to ISN and her mentors. She also [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wcn2009.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7746901&amp;post=55&amp;subd=wcn2009&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In memory of Dr Steve Hebert</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 09:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luca Segantini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The immediate past Treasurer of ISN, Dr Steve Hebert who died last year was remembered during the WCN 2009. A plenary session was held in his honor, during which Dr Kari Alitalo from Helsinki, Finland presented the latest research efforts and landmarks in lymphangiogenesis in development and disease. He showed the role of VEGF and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wcn2009.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7746901&amp;post=53&amp;subd=wcn2009&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Council members as of 24 May 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 22:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luca Segantini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the results for the ISN Council elections, as announced today at the General Assembly: Africa Maher Fouad Ramzy (Egypt) Asia Pacific &#8211; North Asia Suhnggwon Kim (Republic of Korea) Asia Pacific &#8211; East Asia Chih-Wei Yang (China, Taiwan) Asia Pacific &#8211; Australia New Zealand &#38; Polynesia Peter Kerr (Australia) North America &#8211; USA [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wcn2009.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7746901&amp;post=46&amp;subd=wcn2009&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kt/Vurea assessment in monitoring dialysis could be erroneous?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 17:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luca Segantini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contributed by Fatiu Arogundade Senior Lecturer, Department of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria Prof Schindler exposed the problems inherent in using Kt/Vurea for assessing dialysis adequacy. He presented data that showed that the kinetic behaviour of urea differs from that of other small molecular solutes despite the fact that their dialysis from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wcn2009.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7746901&amp;post=40&amp;subd=wcn2009&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do you know that you could learn interventional nephrology?</title>
		<link>http://wcn2009.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/do-you-know-that-you-could-learn-interventional-nephrology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 17:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luca Segantini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contributed by Fatiu Arogundade Senior Lecturer, Department of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria The Interventional Nephrology Committee organized continuous medical education during this WCN. The sessions take place in MIC level 2, White Room 2, between 16:30 Hrs to 18:30 Hrs daily. They give participants an opportunity to practice some of these [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wcn2009.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7746901&amp;post=39&amp;subd=wcn2009&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ISN members flock to vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 17:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luca Segantini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was the last day to vote for ISN Councillors, representing all world regions. The percentage of voting members has been the highest since a very long time: 26:43% of the members have voted (approximately 2500 members), more than the double of past elections. Elected councillors will be announced tomorrow morning at 7am at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wcn2009.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7746901&amp;post=35&amp;subd=wcn2009&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The new ISN President Elect is &#8230; John Feehally</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 22:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luca Segantini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today at 15:30 the ISN Council has voted for the election of the new President Elect. We are pleased to announce the choice of John Feehally (currently Secretary General). Please join us in congratulating John and in wishing him all the best in his new role.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wcn2009.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7746901&amp;post=29&amp;subd=wcn2009&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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