Welcome Gina!

We are so excited to introduce the newest member of our team, Gina Kalkar. She recently graduated from the University of Minnesota where she worked with Dr. James Luby researching apple breeding and genetics. In the Sampson Lab, Gina will be contributing to our kidneyomics efforts as a Research Assistant in the wet lab. Stay tuned to hear from Gina in the upcoming weeks!

Meet Gina Kalkar

Gina is a Research Assistant at our lab studying the basis of nephrotic syndrome primarily through functional genomics. During her undergraduate career at the University of Minnesota, she compiled data for the study of apple breeding and genetics for Dr. James Luby. Gina also obtained extensive clinical experience as an emergency department volunteer coordinator and medical scribe at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.