Professor Reza Motallebzadeh

My laboratory is focused on collaborative, multidisciplinary and translational research in chronic kidney disease and renal transplantation. The research themes are underpinned by a commitment to developing innovative collaborations with academic and industrial partners. My research primarily focuses on understanding mechanisms of allograft failure and improving long-term graft and patient survival outcomes in renal transplantation.

• Delineating the role of the host microbiota in renal transplantation

• Developing 3D renal organoids to study renal fibrosis

• Study of B cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in end-stage kidney disease and defining the basis of a hyporesponsive immune phenotype

• Trial of biomarker-guided minimization of immunosuppression therapy in elderly renal transplant recipients