I'm HIRING!!!! If you are passionate about making novel scientific discoveries, helping trainees, and being immersed in a positive work environment, apply for an open Scientist I position in our group👇👇👇! Please RT. Many thanks!😁 uab.taleo.net/careersection/…

Mark your calendars to join us this Thursday! 😁

PhD Students - Identifying research gap is one of the biggest challenges. How to identify the research gap for your PhD? Here is a stepwise process that can help you to identify gap for your PhD. 𝟏. 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚: Before identifying the gap, you need to identify the area. This is quite easy. The area can either come from your previous interests or your supervisors can give it to you. For example, detecting cyber-attacks is a research area. 𝟐. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝟓-𝟏𝟎 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚: Once the area is identified, search for 5-10 most relevant literature reviews/secondary studies in the area. These papers have already reported a summarized view of the existing primary studies. Read these papers carefully to understand what literature already exists in the area. 𝟑. 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬: While reading these 5-10 literature reviews, focus on the future research areas, open challenges, and discussion section. Identify 3-5 research directions from these literature reviews. Detecting data exfiltration attacks is a research direction. 𝟒. 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: Just to make sure that you don't end up doing something that already exists, search primary studies related to the research directions. Drop the ones where exactly similar works exist. 𝟓. 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬: Make a few slides to present the remaining directions to your supervisors. From here, you should pick the direction where you and your supervisor see the most potential. 𝟔. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Once the direction is picked, do a literature review on the specific direction. If no paper exists at all in this direction, this could mean two things - either the topic is not worth doing research or the topic is good but too new. 𝟕. 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰: This literature review process should get you the crisp gap. However, it won't come automatically. While reading each paper, note down the points that you think could be worth future research. This will become part of your discussion or future research section. For example, detecting data exfiltration attacks in real-time is a gap. 𝟖. 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐩: Once you have identified the research gap, check what kind of resources, data, infrastructure, etc, you need to conduct this research. Make sure that you can have access to these resources before you start working on the gap. Anything to be added?

Congratulations, Sunil!

📢Our latest publication describing a potential role of oxalate in UTI development in female rats is now online!! @SciReports rdcu.be/dViVV 😁 Huge congrats to my collaborators in @UABPathology and @UAB_NRTC! @UABUrology @KUHPRIME @CAIRIBU1

This week for #ThrowbackThursday we are highlighting Dr. Tanecia Mitchell! Dr. Mitchell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urology at UAB. Swipe to learn a little bit about her and her training! #kuhprime #KUHmmunity @drtmitchell

📣Announcing the first @ASNKidney Kidney Health Guidance on the Management of Obesity in Persons Living with Kidney Diseases Read the 📝 journals.lww.com/jasn/fullte… in @JASN_News podcast 🎙️with @kramer_holly & @AlpIkizler podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Congratulations @abby_brookss and @ClaudiaEdell for your New Investigator Awards at #Hypertension24! So proud of you two! @CouncilonHTN @KidneyInCVD @UAB_NRTC @KUHPRIME

Whoo hoo!! Goooo @abby_brookss! Congrats you two! 😊🎉

Huge congrats to @Mary_D2024 and @DrVivekVerma for excellent presentations at the SIS Conference! I’m so proud of you! Thanks for representing the lab well! @UABUrology @UABImmunology

🚨 Dream Job Alert! Tired of juggling research & funding your salary? Join the Cardio-Renal (CaRe) Institute & NCBP at Wright State! We're hiring Asst/Assoc Profs—100% salary coverage included. Focus on what you love: groundbreaking research. Apply now: jobs.wright.edu/postings/200…

Doubling funding for women’s health could lead to a 174,000% ROI in reduced healthcare costs for women. We're committed to furthering women-led research that promotes #HealthEquity by advancing talented women physicians through unique career opportunities nature.com/immersive/d41586-…

Mitochondria, beyond energy production, have a unique genome regulated epigenetically like nuclear DNA. This research in #FreeRadicalBiologyandMedicine delves into the emerging fields of mitoepigenetics and mitoepigenomics. bit.ly/3VYrLw0

A brilliant state-of-the-science review on diabetes (T1D and T2D) @CellCellPress open-access cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092… by @IntMedAbel @annagloyn @DanielJDrucker and colleagues

Looking forward to this! @UAB_NRTC 👇🏽👇🏽

The classic hourglass structure of paper writing #academicx #phdchat

Congratulations to this year's PROmoTE Scholars for completing their NIH funded research experience! We are grateful to have had you in the #KUHmmunity ! Special thank you to Dr. Jeremy Prokrop for being our keynote speaker! #kuhprime #uabpromote24 #kidneypipeline

ASN and @NEJM will co-host a webinar to share manuscript submission do's and don’ts, rapid review considerations, and more. Space is limited. Last call to learn how to prepare for multiple late-breaking oral sessions at #KidneyWk 2024. Register now: asn.kdny.info/t5XK50SnAFt

Necroptosis in acute kidney injury. go.nature.com/44f2Ntl

Our latest paper is out that investigates the role of CCR2 monocytes/macrophages in a mouse model of BPH. Hint: fibrosis and urinary dysfunction are ameliorated when monocyte infiltration is obstructed nature.com/articles/s41598-0… popovicslab.com @LabRicke