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The website for our 2022 International Conference is now live! Visit for more details and to book your place!

The RenalToolBox ITN has now received a 6-month extension taking the project to 30 April 2023.

The end of 2020 saw the conclusion of the first half of RenalToolBox project, which completed 2 years on 31 October. As part of EU's monitoring activities for MSCA Innovative Training Networks, an Interim Report was submitted shortly after this date describing the implementation and progress of the project to date. Our report was well received by the EC and an external referee, who recommended...

Have you seen our ITN's brochure? It summarises who we are and what we do in simple terms. Download it here.

On 24-26 April the EU commission held a pan-European hackathon to develop innovative solutions for coronavirus-related challenges. The RenalToolBox ESRs participated in the hackathon under the challenge 'Remote working and education, E-Learning methods & tools'. Their idea was to develop an easily accessible, all-in-one platform to provide direct links to health sciences events taking place...

The RenalToolBox teams at the University of Utrecht and University of Turin have recently published two reviews on Kidney-based in vitro models for drug-induced toxicity testing and Stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles and kidney regeneration. See our scientific publications for more information.

On 25 September 2019 RenalToolBox achieved its first two milestones: " Planned Recruitments Completed" and "All recruited fellows enrolled in a PhD programme". Our team of researchers is now complete and we are excited to start our research programme!

The Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) recruited by the RenalToolBox are now starting their posts. Five fellows have started their projects in Leiden University, Utrecht University, iThera Medical, University of Heidelberg and the National University of Ireland Galway. The other 10 fellows are due to start in the coming months. More information under Research Projects.

Descriptions for all 15 PhD positions in the project are now available on our website. We will accept applications up to 30 November 2018 - there is still time to apply! Update January 2019: please note that all job positions have now been filled.

The University of Liverpool has issued a press release highlighting the official launch of the RenalToolBox project. Read it in full here: