As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to a close, we’re celebrating the voices, cultures, and contributions of Hispanic and Latino communities in science, medicine, and beyond. Happy Hispanic Heritage Month from the Sampson Lab!💙🧡

We continue our Staff spotlights with Daniel!🧬 As a Research Assistant in the Dongwon Lee Lab, Daniel studies single-cell multi-omic data to better understand nephrotic diseases. We are lucky to have him on the team! #meetthestaff #genomics #researchlab #Sampsonlab

The Sampson Lab Dictionary is back with another kidney science term 📖🔬 Today’s word: podocytes; Specialized cells that play an important role in the kidney’s filtration system. Swipe to learn more about what they do. Have you heard this term before?

Counting down to ASN Kidney Week 2026! The Sampson Lab is excited to head to Denver to connect with the kidney research community, share ideas, and learn from researchers and clinicians from around the world. See you at #KidneyWk!

🧬 BIGKiDs brings together families from across the U.S. and around the world to help researchers better understand the role of genetics in disease, treatment, and outcomes. Interested in learning more? 📩 [email protected]

Another Staff Spotlight! 🔬💚 Meet Marina Trimmer, MD, Clinical Research Coordinator at the Sampson Lab. Marina brings her medical background and passion for patient-centered care into her work supporting our research and study participants.

Another word is joining the Sampson Lab Dictionary 📖🧬 This week, we’re breaking down epigenetics, a term you may hear often in genetics and biomedical research.

Steroid-sensitive or steroid-resistant...what does that actually mean for someone with nephrotic syndrome? 💊🧬 Swipe through for a quick breakdown of these two terms and why steroid response is an important part of understanding the disease. __

Meet Guy Chowers, a Pediatric Nephrologist and postdoctoral fellow in the Sampson Lab. Co-mentored by Dr. Magda Riedl-Khursigara at the Broad Institute, Guy is spending two years in our lab leading a research project on functionally characterizing nephrotic syndrome genes. 🔬💚

Meet Dr. Rogelio Maya Quinta, a BIGKiDs collaborator in Monterrey, Mexico! 🇲🇽 A nephrologist at Hospital Zambrano Hellion TecSalud, Dr. Maya brings expertise in kidney disease, dialysis, and transplantation to our growing international research network.

Today’s Sampson Lab Dictionary word: glomerulus — a tiny but powerful filter inside the kidney that helps clean the blood and start the process of making urine. Small structure, big job. #SampsonLab #SampsonLabDictionary #Glomerulus #KidneyResearch

Meet Arif Rather, PhD 👋 Arif is a postdoctoral fellow in the Dongwon Lee Lab and one of the researchers we’re lucky to have on our team! His work focuses on machine learning, computational genomics, and better understanding the biology behind disease.

Last week, we said goodbye to visiting researcher Victoria Mezger! During her time with us, Victoria studied RNA editing in nephrotic syndrome and how genetic variation may affect kidney and immune function. Wishing her all the best at Heidelberg University Medical School! 🎓

Today’s Sampson Dictionary word is: Biomarker 🔬. A biomarker is a measurable sign that can offer important information about what is happening in the body. Swipe to learn more about biomarkers! #Biomarker #KidneyResearch #Genomics #NephroticSyndrome #SampsonLab

Behind every post, update, and story from the Sampson Lab is someone helping bring our research beyond the lab. 👋 Meet Julia, our Social Media & Community Outreach Coordinator! She helps connect our work with patients, families, collaborators, and the broader community.

🎉Congratulations to co-PIs Matt Sampson and Dongwon Lee on receiving a five-year R01 grant from NIDDK! 👏🧬 Their project will analyze single-nucleus multiome data from human kidney and immune cells to better understand the molecular mechanisms involved in kidney disease.

Sampson Lab members Michelle McNulty and Matt Sampson contributed to a new study exploring how genetic risk for hematuria may differ by sex. Read more here: buff.ly/6NTf32P #KidneyResearch #Genomics #KidneyGenetics #SampsonLab

Today’s Sampson Dictionary word is: Genotype 🧬 Our genes help shape many parts of who we are, but what exactly does genotype mean? Swipe to learn how genotype can influence traits, disease risk, and the way the body may respond to treatment. #SampsonDictionary #Genotype

Meet Dra. Alma Gabriela Torres Ontiveros from Chihuahua, Mexico, one of our BIGKiDs Study collaborators. We’re grateful to collaborate with providers like Dra. Torres as we continue working to better understand kidney disease and support children and families across communities.

Meet the people behind the science! 🧬 Today, we’re introducing Beomsu Kim, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow studying how genetics and multi-omics data can deepen our understanding of kidney disease. #MeetTheSampsonLab #KidneyResearch #Genomics