Sanford Health awarded $2.3 million grant from National Institutes of Health

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Sanford Health researcher Kamesh Surendran, Ph.D., and his lab at Sanford Research were recently awarded a $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The funding will support Dr. Surendran s lab in studying kidney development and disease by identifying the molecular basis for how diverse kidney cell types develop and are maintained. Sanford Health researcher Kamesh Surendran, Ph.D., and his lab at Sanford Research were recently awarded a $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. / Courtesy Sanford Health The R01 grant, totaling $2,314,660, is for a project entitled Molecular Regulators of Collecting Duct Remodeling. The primary goal of this study is to identify the molecular mechanisms underlying the conversion of principal cells to intercalated cells in the collecting duct of the kidney and their role in acquired nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI), a release states. Our work explores the surprising phen