We had the great pleasure of welcoming Prof. Dr. Astrid Weins, a distinguished pathologist from Harvard Medical School and Mass General Brigham in Boston, to Greifswald. She delivered a fascinating and insightful talk on nephrin-specific autoantibodies—a groundbreaking discovery

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🎙️ Honored to Be a Guest on "Die Drese" Podcast! 🎧 I had the incredible honor of being invited by our Minister for Social Affairs, Health, and Sport of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Stefanie Drese Sozialministerium MV to join her on her live podcast "Die Drese." Over the course of

Today from the famous Redefin stud farm in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania! 🐎 I am excited to announce that our new article, “The differential expression of MAGI2 in glomerulopathies and its application as a molecular discriminator of podocytopathies,” is now online! 🚀 👉 In this

Exciting News 🚀: We are overwhelmed and feel incredibly honored to have been selected for this year's “Entrepreneur of the Year” award in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania! In the category “Special Prize for Successful Implementation of Science in Practice,” we were recognized for

I am looking forward to a first-rate innovation and venture summit ⁦UTMB Health⁩. Congrats ⁦Vineet Gupta⁩ and ⁦UTMBinnovations⁩ for putting it together.

My Sunday News: I can hardly believe how many great things have happened lately! 🎉 The podcast with Minister Drese (Sozialministerium MV) is finally online (die-drese.podigee.io/27-neue-episode), I was named one of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's Entrepreneurs of the Year for my start-up NIPOKA

Next up: I have two DJ gigs coming up next week! 🎧✨ One at the Museum Harbor in Greifswald — a special benefit concert where every cent of the entrance fee goes straight into our research. We want to analyze a patient’s blood with high-end methods to identify a new circulating

I’m also incredibly excited and honored to be invited as a speaker at the UTMB VentureX Summit. 👇👇👇 I’ll be sharing insights about cutting-edge diagnostic tools for high-end pathology at NIPOKA & Universitätsmedizin Greifswald and presenting a brand-new, outstanding

Understanding the role of alternative splicing in podocyte biology may lead to theraputic options for patients with glomerular hypertension. Read more in a #BasicResearch article: kidney.pub/JASN0706 #ASNJASN

Our “Save the Kidney” party at the Museum Harbor in Greifswald had to be canceled at the last minute 🌧️ 😔. The stage was taken down due to bad weather and the entire event was moved to Club BT22. We were really devastated that we couldn't light up the harbor with our beats. The

First evening in Galveston with Tim & Vedran – and the energy is incredible. NIPOKA has begun installing their PEMP technology at UTMB Health, marking the official launch of the UTMB–NIPOKA Initiative under the leadership of Dr. David (Changli) Wei. We’re thrilled by

A look back at the wonderful days in Galveston – unforgettable moments and great discussions! Incredible what Dr. Vineet Gupta and his amazing team UTMB Health have achieved! The VentureX Summit at the UTMB was truly outstanding—so inspiring, and the energy was electric. There

Galveston in Texas: A wonderful place to live and work, I truly feel at home. A wonderful evening with wonderful friends. Many thanks, especially to Dr. Jochen Reiser for the invitation, the friendship, and his belief that we can make a big difference in nephrology to improve

On the way from Galveston to Greifswald (the G–G route!) 👉 With the start of the UTMB Health -NIPOKA Initiative in Texas, we are jointly heralding a new era of precision diagnostics. 🚀 🔬 📣 Thanks to the strong support and inspiring visions of both local

Once a year, I invite my team to our home in Eldena (Greifswald) for a symposium called EPOS (Eldenaer Podocyte Symposium). Everyone presents the results of their past year’s work, and we discuss the findings and plan the way forward. Afterward, we have a barbecue 🥩 and

We feel deeply honored! Our latest publication in JASN, investigating "Alternative Splicing" events in podocytes under mechanical strain—a model for glomerular hypertension—has been honored with an Editorial! This Editorial underscores the importance of our work in advancing the

Using comprehensive RNA-Seq analysis of mechanically stretched podocytes, research in #ASNJASN identified novel potential podocyte-specific biomarkers and highlighted significant alternative splicing events. kidney.pub/JASN0706

I feel truly honored and energized! 🚀 In recognition of the achievements of my company NIPOKA — and as a wonderful opportunity to connect with inspiring international companies and people — I was invited by Minister President Manuela Schwesig to join a sailing trip on the