MD FASN | Professor @uni-kiel.de | Nephrologist = kidney doc | #PeritonealDialysis aficionado | #ClinicianScientist | Editorial Board member @JASN | #SingleCell | Determined to understand adaptation to kidney disease | #ERCStG | 🌐 https://balzer-lab.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/balzer-lab.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/balzer-lab.org/post/3mtlg6j35oc2kIntriguing data from @hjanders.bsky.social: Too much of a good rise?🩸In people w/ CKD starting SGLT2i, Hb climbed for 12 months; erythrocytosis developed in 19.5% of men vs 3.8% of women. At >2,000 m, rapid Hb rise, not the threshold alone, tracked w/ thrombosis. #NephSky 🧪 https://doi.org/10.34067/KID.000000130521 Aug 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:undtdppwprapj5ncjnba26hy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlg6j35oc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/balzer-lab.org/post/3mtgruhhphc2cNice integration work of spatial transcriptomics & metabolomics by @trabelink.bsky.social & team in JASN showing that injured kidney niches are characterized by impaired metabolic remodeling. 🧪 https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.0000001216 #AKI #KidneyResearch #NephSky #MedSky19 Aug 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:undtdppwprapj5ncjnba26hy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgruhhphc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/balzer-lab.org/post/3mnhsj6x3zs2b🙏Feeling very grateful. Honored to receive the #ERA26 Stanley Shaldon Award from @ERAKidney. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this journey! Our mission remains to better understand kidney repair/regeneration & translate these discoveries into new therapies for patients🩺🧪 #Nephsky #Medsky04 Jun 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:undtdppwprapj5ncjnba26hy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhsj6x3zs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/balzer-lab.org/post/3mneniucsm22g#ERA26 let‘s gooooo! 🧪 #Nephsky, #Medsky03 Jun 2026 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:undtdppwprapj5ncjnba26hy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mneniucsm22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/balzer-lab.org/post/3mkx2a6wvcc2l🚨CONGRATS @ksusztak.bsky.social @bernhard-dumoulin.bsky.social & team on a fantastic @nature.com paper! DKD isn’t 1 disease! #spatial & #singlecell data reveal distinct injury niches—including B cell–rich immune subtype linked to faster progression. #Nephrology #PrecisionMedicine #NephSky #MedSky 🧪03 May 2026 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:undtdppwprapj5ncjnba26hy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkx2a6wvcc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/balzer-lab.org/post/3mjyyqvhuek2c🚨We've moved! Balzer Lab🧪is now in Kiel (UKSH/CAU)🌊 And we're hiring for ERC-funded projects: 1 #Postdoc, 2 #PhD positions (sc/spatial+organoids) 🔬Study how human kidneys adapt to organ loss! 💰Competitive salaries+full benefits 📅Apply by June 1, 2026 https://balzer-lab.org/news/we-are-hiring/ #NephSky #MedSky21 Apr 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:undtdppwprapj5ncjnba26hy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyyqvhuek2chttps://bsky.app/profile/balzer-lab.org/post/3mfqwcdsn7c2aOne kidney. One decision. Multiple lives changed. German Lopez's very personal opinion piece in @nytimes.com on why he donated to a stranger — and why more of us should consider it. 🫘🧪 🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/opinion/donate-your-kidney.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OlA.nz9R.F1KVyxn-FrZx&smid=url-share #NephSky #MedSky #Science #OrganDonation26 Feb 2026 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:undtdppwprapj5ncjnba26hy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfqwcdsn7c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/balzer-lab.org/post/3mdy6yruucs22Classic Fred Luft #Nephrology 101 editorial on a study testing the effect of potassium supplement on natriuresis: Eliminating sodium with potassium 🔗 https://academic.oup.com/ndt/article/41/2/199/8317929 #NephSky #MedSky 🧪03 Feb 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:undtdppwprapj5ncjnba26hy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdy6yruucs22https://bsky.app/profile/balzer-lab.org/post/3mbvz4pv2ss2nExcited to share our recent JASN paper on enalapril effects in #DKD using #single-cell approaches.🧪 Thanks to the whole team @nephrointberlin.bsky.social @PennKidney, and @Bayer. Special 🙏 to my mentor @ksusztak.bsky.social. Her insightful X thread is copied below. 🔗 t.ly/oNjkJ #NephSky #MedSky08 Jan 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:undtdppwprapj5ncjnba26hy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbvz4pv2ss2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/balzer-lab.org/post/3mbjgrqybrc2wCheck out a recent interesting case of C-H-BG syndrome from @nephrointberlin.bsky.social. A great example of how rare symptoms in a common disease can present with complex phenotypes. #NephSky #MedSky 🧪 🔗 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S008525382500671403 Jan 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:undtdppwprapj5ncjnba26hy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbjgrqybrc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/balzer-lab.org/post/3manmraeik22uMerry Xmas! 🎄 Be kind to your kidneys this holiday season. #NephSky #MedSky 🫘🧪23 Dec 2025 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:undtdppwprapj5ncjnba26hy/app.bsky.feed.post/3manmraeik22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/balzer-lab.org/post/3m52ckebad22y👏Huge congratulations to my fantastic mentor @ksusztak.bsky.social for receiving the 2025 ASN Homer Smith award. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Nov 2025 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:undtdppwprapj5ncjnba26hy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52ckebad22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/balzer-lab.org/post/3m4ypj6vmlc2d👏Fantastic to see @cetinsz.bsky.social from our team presenting insights into #single-cell transcriptomic patterns distinguishing recovery from non-recovery after #AKI. Exciting 🧪 at #KidneyWk Houston, TX! #MedSky #NephSky06 Nov 2025 23:24 +0000at://did:plc:undtdppwprapj5ncjnba26hy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ypj6vmlc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/balzer-lab.org/post/3m4yjiow7c225❓Do we finally have a nodular sclerosis mouse model for DKD? 🔥Tour-de-force #kidneywk talk by @linkermannlab.bsky.social suggests so. 🧪 #NephSky #MedSky06 Nov 2025 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:undtdppwprapj5ncjnba26hy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4yjiow7c225https://bsky.app/profile/balzer-lab.org/post/3lxyzqdk27c2g🚀Excited to announce that I’ve been awarded an @erc.europa.eu StG to advance research how kidneys heal themselves — a paradigm shift for understanding & treating #kidneydisease 🫘🩺🧬🧪 👉ERC press release: t.ly/CBxwB 👉Charité press release: t.ly/SR_Wn #ERCStG #HorizonEU #KidneyResearch #NephSky #MedSky https://t.ly/CBxwB04 Sep 2025 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:undtdppwprapj5ncjnba26hy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxyzqdk27c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/balzer-lab.org/post/3lvusdyerks2q🔥 Huge congrats to @ksusztak.bsky.social & team on a landmark @natgenet.nature.com paper! 🚶‍♂️🐁🐀Cross-species 🫘kidney pathway dysregulation via #singlecell functional profiling of individual samples — opening new therapeutic avenues. 🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02285-0#citeas 🧪 #NephSky #MedSky08 Aug 2025 08:08 +0000at://did:plc:undtdppwprapj5ncjnba26hy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvusdyerks2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/balzer-lab.org/post/3lufgs7kfe22z🔥Paper alert @nature.com. Fantastic 🧪resource for the renal 🫘 community! #NephSky #MedSky Congrats @puellesv.bsky.social lab and team! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jul 2025 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:undtdppwprapj5ncjnba26hy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lufgs7kfe22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/balzer-lab.org/post/3lsvx7pv6pk2b👏Congrats to the KidneyCure 2025 Grant Recipients! 🫘🧪 @asnpublications.bsky.social #NephSky #MedSky01 Jul 2025 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:undtdppwprapj5ncjnba26hy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsvx7pv6pk2b