Tobias B. Huber MD

Tobias B. Huber is the Director and Chair of the III Medical Department at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. Huber`s main research interests are in understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying glomerular disease. His team identified several key molecular mechanisms of podocyte biology and progressive glomerular disease. Specifically, his work identified signaling programs that regulate podocyte cell survival, endocytosis, cytoskeletal organization, and polarity, providing novel insight into how podocytes contribute to glomerular diseases. The latest research of Huber’s team in Freiburg includes the study of mTor-autophagy signaling networks in glomerular disease and kidney aging. Tobias B. Huber received numerous awards including the Young Investigator Award of the American Society of Nephrology and the American Heart Association in 2012 (considered the worldwide highest recognition for renal researchers younger than 45 years of age).