#ASNJASN: Kidney epithelial AKT links potassium homeostasis and metabolism. In mice, AKT loss caused potassium wasting and a shift toward ketone production while improving glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity. #basicresearch kidney.pub/JASN1278

#ASNJASN: A kidney-protective immune cell? TREM2+ macrophages help limit diabetic kidney disease, with distinct resident and monocyte-derived populations playing unique roles. Loss of TREM2 impaired lipid clearance and worsened kidney injury. #BasicResearch #Nephrologyhttps://bit.ly/JASN1248//bit.ly/JASN1248" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">bit.ly/JASN1248

Our kidneys have their own “body clock.” A #basicresearch study in #ASNKidney360 suggests that in ADPKD, that clock may be disrupted as cysts grow. Researchers hope these findings could lead to new ways to protect kidney function in the future. kidney.pub/KID1347

A potential protective pathway emerges in DKD. Kidney biopsy RNA-seq identified a core disease signature and found that higher FOXI1 and V-ATPase expression was associated with slower eGFR decline and delayed progression to kidney failure. #BasicResearch in #ASNKidney360 kidney.pub/KID1319

How do new scientific ideas come about? 🧠✨
In our #NightScience Expanded #workshops with @night-science-inst.bsky.social, researchers learn practical methods for fostering creative processes.

Information & registration:
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#BasicResearch #Creativity #Science

A new laboratory building at our university’s #Garching #campus brings #physics and the #LifeSciences under one roof. With 44 labs and researchers from five #ClustersOfExcellence, it provides space for #BasicResearch across disciplines: go.tum.de/577290

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#Nobelpreis #Beggiatoa #Grundlagenforschung #BasicResearch #Fundamentalresearch #Optogenetik

Why are some glomeruli more vulnerable than others? According to #basicresearch in #ASNJASN, Single-nucleus RNA-seq of 860K+ kidney nuclei identified juxtamedullary podocytes as hotspots of stress and senescence, showing location as key determinant of glomerular risk. kidney.pub/JASN1255

New #basicresearch in #ASNJASN suggests TSPO may drive CKD progression by disrupting mitochondrial metabolism. Blocking TSPO reduced kidney injury and fibrosis and improved cellular energy production in preclinical models, highlighting a potential new therapeutic target. kidney.pub/JASN1262

25 years of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster! 🎉

At the ceremony, guests from science, politics and the city looked back on 25 years of basic research on how cells form tissues and communicate.

#MPIMuenster #BasicResearch #Mechanobiology #VascularBiology #TissueBiology

I also love where the story began as it started with curiosity about how a single-celled alga responds to light. That question helped lay the foundations for a tool now used across neuroscience, & underscores why basic research deserves sustained support

www.linkedin.com/posts/nimagh...

Could a novel CHAR T-cell therapy provide a targeted way to desensitize kidney transplant candidates with HLA-DQ antibodies? Read #BasicResearch #ASNJASN to find out. kidney.pub/JASN1244

Rockefeller's @hirofunabiki.bsky.social studies how chromosomes are copied and maintained. In this Q&A, he discusses how this #basicresearch is shedding light on #cancer, rare #immunediseases, and even how our bodies recognize #viruses.

🔗: https://bit.ly/4xF17YV

Success stories about #BasicResearch don’t provide the sole motivation for individual researchers, says Florian Fisch👇
@scientoskop.bsky.social
www.horizons-mag.ch/2026/09/03/mo…

Touchscreens, Ozempic and PCR: All these innovations emerged out of specific projects in #BasicResearch.
Philotheus Nisch has staged them in photographic form for Horizons.👇 www.horizons-mag.ch/2026/09/03/in…

#Horizons is celebrating its 150th issue with a look back at highlights from 1988 onwards.
In addition: Despite being the cornerstone of all knowledge, #BasicResearch often finds itself on shaky ground, both politically and financially.
Horizons explores its very foundations: sohub.io/nqn4

Basic research isn't a shortcut—it's the foundation. RNA nanostars took decades of quiet discovery before becoming tools that save #BasicResearch #RNA #Nanotechnology #ScienceMatters

https://freegardner.wordpress.com/2026/08/24/rna-nanostars-show-why-basic-research-takes-decades/

Could APOL1 risk variants affect kidney health before birth? In a HIVAN mouse model, APOL1-G1 was linked to a preeclampsia-like phenotype and reduced podocyte and glomerular densities in offspring, suggesting a developmental “second hit.” #ASNKidney360 #BasicResearch kidney.pub/KID1253?u...

Congratulations to Dr. Tara McIntyre, selected as a 2026 Life Sciences Research Foundation (LSRF) Fellow to investigate the Mechanisms and consequences of immune aging in reproduction in Dr. Diana Laird's lab: lsrf.org/wp-content/u...

#basicresearch #lifesciences #postdocfunding #earlycareer

7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
#BasicResearch #scienceSky

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Die starke Wachstumsrate in der ungleichmäßigen Regularitätstheorie für elliptische partielle Differentialgleichungen.

Schon der Namen klingt episch.

Die Veröffentlichung in Nature liegt hinter einer Paywall, aber die Preprint-Version ist frei zugänglich.

#basicresearch

arxiv.org/abs/2401.07160

Was fortunate to speak with the MDHS team at @Unimelb recently about mitochondrial disease and the importance of basic research in developing novel therapeutics and personalized medicines!
Read here: biomedicalsciences.unimelb.edu.au/news-and-eve...
#Mitochondria #Unimelb #BasicResearch

For the love of frontier research, or why Elon’s rockets keep blowing up #research #academia #basicresearch #knowledge #autonomy #funding #bestof

Estamos preparando un podcast en #español para @dem_researcher con @ivi_pavisic #basicresearch, Daniel Jimenez (@interneurona #neurology), Julieta Camino #OT y yo misma #neuropsychology. Qué temas os gustaría que tratáramos? Se abre ronda de sugerencias ✍️✍️✍️

Science under threat #basicresearch #academicsky #curiosity