Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Cascade of Dysfunction from an Organelle to an Organ
Farhad Danesh · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Thu, Sep 24, 2026 · 20:00 UTC
Farhad Danesh examines how mitochondrial reactive oxygen species, altered metabolism and structural remodelling convert hyperglycaemia into progressive kidney injury. The seminar connects mitochondrial dynamics with diabetic microvascular damage, non-coding RNA regulation and experimental models that establish causal links to disease progression. Genome-wide CRISPR screens and spatial metabolomics reveal cellular gene-regulatory and metabolic changes. Integrating these approaches with molecular genetics, genomics and epigenomics, the work seeks therapeutic targets to prevent diabetic kidney di