Upcoming KidGen Events - details Meetings and Links page

7th-8th December - Renal Genetics Symposium - RCH Melbourne
Register soon - early bird closing extended to 31st October

KidGen is an Australian-based collaborative consortium of clinicians, counsellors, scientists and researchers focused on providing a definitive diagnosis to patients with inherited forms of kidney disease. KidGen focuses on delivering clinical care for families with kidney disease. At KidGen, we care about kidneys, we care about kids with kidney disease, we care about the genes that are altered to cause these diseases and we care about the effects these may have on the generations to follow.  Through KidGen, we are working to provide equitable access to genomic technology within clinical care for Australian families with kidney disease. At the same time, we are working to better understand these diseases in the hope of developing new treatments.


​What do we do? 

Inherited kidney disease is a complex condition caused by changes in a diverse array of different genes.  It is clear that many of the genes which cause inherited kidney disease are yet to be discovered.  The KidGen consortium sets out to identify novel genes which cause inherited kidney disease and to study their functions. 


​For patients

The KidGen team includes nephrologists, clinical geneticists, genetic counsellors and biomedical researchers sharing their expertise to provide insights into the causes of kidney disease and facilitating appropriate outcomes for affected families. We contribute to renal genetics Clinics in QLD, NSW and Victoria


​For researchers

KidGen incorporates a research genomics arm to identify novel, causative gene changes in patients with inherited kidney disease.  A second research program then uses cell and animal-based modelling and CRISPR/Cas9 gene modification to verify the causative nature of these changes and to study the genes identified.