Professor Gavin Welsh
B.Sc., Ph.D.(Bristol)
Current positions
Professor of Renal Cell Biology
Bristol Medical School (THS)
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Research interests
Gavin Welsh graduated with a degree and a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Bristol. After 4 further years at Bristol doing postdoctoral research he spent 2 years at the University of Kent at Canterbury before being awarded an EMBO Long Term fellowship to work for 2 years in the Virology and Cellular Immunology Unit at the Institute Pasteur, Paris, France. Gavin then moved back to the University of Bristol working for 6 years as a research fellow in the Department of Biochemistry. He is currently a Reader in Renal Cell Biology in Bristol Renal. His research interests centre on renal cell signaling and how this is altered in disease states especially in Nephrotic Syndrome and Diabetic Nephropathy.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Novel small molecule therapeutics for SRNS
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/08/2024 to 30/11/2025
Novel small molecule therapeutics for SRNS
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/08/2024 to 30/11/2025
Novel small molecule therapeutics for SRNS
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
01/08/2024 to 30/11/2025
Modification of AAV capsids for effective renal gene therapy
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
15/11/2021 to 11/02/2022
P MATHIESON 2% CO-I MANCHESTER UNI
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/04/2012 to 01/04/2015
Thesis supervisions
The role of p21-activated kinase in hippocampal synaptic function
Supervisors
Investigation of novel biomarkers and treatment strategies in steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome
Supervisors
Investigating Adeno-Associated Virus as a Vector for Gene Therapy for Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome
Supervisors
Effects of disease-causing mutations of podocin on podocyte biology
Supervisors
Towards the 3D Biofabrication of a Glomerular Filtration Barrier
Supervisors
Understanding the Pathogenesis of Nephrotic Syndrome - Studying Signaling Pathways in Response to Nephrotic Plasma
Supervisors
Therapeutically Targeting Heparan Sulphate To Restore The Endothelial Glycocalyx In Diabetic Microvascular Disease
Supervisors
Investigating the trigger for human parturition using metabolomic and phosphoproteomic techniques within case-control and cohort studies
Supervisors
Investigating the role of neurodegenerative disease-associated proteins in the pathogenesis of diabetic kidney disease
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
13/02/2025Biomarkers to predict or measure steroid resistance in idiopathic nephrotic syndrome
PLoS ONE
Adiponectin Reduces Glomerular Endothelial Glycocalyx Disruption and Restores Glomerular Barrier Function in a Mouse Model of Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes
Contrasting consequences of podocyte insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor inhibition
iScience
Gene therapy and kidney diseases
Molecular Therapy - Methods and Clinical Development
Heparanase inhibition as a systemic approach to protect the endothelial glycocalyx and prevent microvascular complications in diabetes
Cardiovascular Diabetology
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