Peder Berg receives European award for kidney research
Medical doctor and PhD student Peder Berg from Aarhus University is this year's recipient of the Gerd Döring Award, a European award which acknowledges early career researchers. He receives the award for his research into the kidney’s regulation of the body's acid-base balance.
Cystic fibrosis is a serious hereditary disease caused by genetic defects in an anion channel called CFTR. Peder Berg from the Department of Biomedicine has worked together with a group of researchers from Aarhus University, Aarhus University Hospital and Regensburg University in Germany, to investigate the role played by CFTR in the kidney’s base handling.
The objective of the research project is to improve the treatment of patients with cystic fibrosis. And the researchers have, among other things, developed a new functional test that can measure the effect of treatment on the individual patient using urine samples.
The European Cystic Fibrosis Society are behind the award, which includes a monetary donation of EUR 5,000 to support research.
Contact
Medical Doctor and PhD student Peder Berg
Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine
Mobile: (+45) 27 57 14 81
Email: peder.berg@biomed.au.dk