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Ana Konvalinka

ResearcherMedicine/NephrologyUniversity of Toronto

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Ana Konvalinka

Researcher

Medicine/Nephrology

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
20 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Proteomics Antibody Mediated Rejection Kidney Transplantation Kidney Transplant Transplantation Imaging Mass Cytometry Kidney Allograft Biopsy Prognosis Of Graft Loss

Latest papers

Donor and recipient immune programs underlying delayed graft function in kidney transplantation revealed by temporal single-cell profiling.
Kidney international · 2026
First Experience with [18F]FAZA PET Imaging in Kidney Allograft Dysfunction.
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
Galectin-1 Modulates Cell Adhesions, Cavin-1 phosphorylation, and Vascular Permeability in Kidney Endothelial Cells – Insights from Proteomics, Phosphoproteomics, and Functional Studies
Molecular & Cellular Proteomics · 2026 · senior author

All 55 publications

Latest funding

Predicting kidney allograft outcomes in antibody-mediated rejection using protein signatures
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$1,197,225
Novel 3D In Vitro Model to Study Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection in the Kidney Allograft
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$140,000
Characterizing the variability that underlies mechanisms of alloimmune and autoimmune kidney injury through glycoproteomics
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$15,430

All 13 grants and awards

55 publications.

Donor and recipient immune programs underlying delayed graft function in kidney transplantation revealed by temporal single-cell profiling.

Mak ML, Murphy JM, Mathews JA, Su S, Konvalinka A, Epelman S, Crome SQ

Kidney international2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2026.07.035 PMID: 42772447

First Experience with [18F]FAZA PET Imaging in Kidney Allograft Dysfunction.

Mirshahvalad SA, Farag A, Su S, Famure O, Li Y, Kim SJ, Choi HS, John R, Konvalinka A, Veit-Haibach P

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2026

DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics16162655 PMID: 42651056

Galectin-1 Modulates Cell Adhesions, Cavin-1 phosphorylation, and Vascular Permeability in Kidney Endothelial Cells – Insights from Proteomics, Phosphoproteomics, and Functional Studies

Boshart A, Farkona S, Rajasekar S, Pastrello C, Allen M, Petrovic S, Manion K, Neupane S, Clotet-Freixas S, Choi HS

Molecular & Cellular Proteomics2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2026.101655

Follistatin Alleviates Vascular Dysfunction by Reducing Oxidative Stress and Promoting Browning in Perivascular Adipose Tissue.

Kuganathan A, Lu C, MacDonald M, Farkona S, Campbell T, Akimoto M, Gao B, Manion K, Konvalinka A, Dickhout J

Hypertension2026

DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.126.26722

Altered Complement and Tubular Mitochondrial Proteins Are Linked to Graft Loss in DSA+ Antibody-Mediated Rejection.

Manion KP, Allen MA, Vincent A, Clotet-Freixas S, Pastrello C, Farkona S, Boshart A, Neupane S, Choi HS, Wang S

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1681/asn.0000001224

Urine Measurements of the Renin-Angiotensin System-Regulated Proteins Predict Death and Graft Loss in Kidney Transplant Recipients Enrolled in a Ramipril versus Placebo Randomized Controlled Trial.

Farkona S, Kotlyar M, Burns K, Knoll G, Brinc D, Jurisica I, Konvalinka A

Journal of proteome research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.4c01100 PMID: 40111290

Biomimetic fractal topography enhances podocyte maturation in vitro

Liu C, Aggarwal P, Wagner KT, Landau S, Cui T, Song X, Shamaei L, Rafatian N, Zhao Y, Rodriguez-Ramirez S

Nature Communications20253 citations

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-66037-8

Circulating neutrophil extracellular trap remnants as a biomarker to predict outcomes in lupus nephritis.

Whittall-Garcia LP, Naderinabi F, Gladman DD, Urowitz M, Touma Z, Konvalinka A, Wither J

Lupus science & medicine2024

DOI: 10.1136/lupus-2023-001038 PMID: 38177067

Molecular landscape of kidney allograft tissues data integration portal (NephroDIP): a curated database to improve integration of high-throughput kidney transplant datasets.

Boshart A, Petrovic S, Abovsky M, Pastrello C, Farkona S, Manion K, Neupane S, Allen M, Jurisica I, Konvalinka A

Frontiers in immunology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1469500 PMID: 39399491

Combining Oxygenated Cold Perfusion With Normothermic Ex Vivo Perfusion Improves the Outcome of Donation After Circulatory Death Porcine Kidney Transplantation.

Mazilescu LI, Goto T, John R, Rosales R, Ganesh S, Yu F, Noguchi Y, Kawamura M, Dezard V, Gao F, Urbanellis P, Parmentier C, Konvalinka A, Bagli DJ, Reichman TW, Robinson LA, Selzner M

Transplantation2024

DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000004734 PMID: 37505906

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Ana Konvalinka

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Donor and recipient immune programs underlying delayed graft function in kidney transplantation revealed by temporal single-cell profiling.

First Experience with [18F]FAZA PET Imaging in Kidney Allograft Dysfunction.

Galectin-1 Modulates Cell Adhesions, Cavin-1 phosphorylation, and Vascular Permeability in Kidney Endothelial Cells – Insights from Proteomics, Phosphoproteomics, and Functional Studies

Follistatin Alleviates Vascular Dysfunction by Reducing Oxidative Stress and Promoting Browning in Perivascular Adipose Tissue.

Altered Complement and Tubular Mitochondrial Proteins Are Linked to Graft Loss in DSA+ Antibody-Mediated Rejection.

Urine Measurements of the Renin-Angiotensin System-Regulated Proteins Predict Death and Graft Loss in Kidney Transplant Recipients Enrolled in a Ramipril versus Placebo Randomized Controlled Trial.

Biomimetic fractal topography enhances podocyte maturation in vitro

Circulating neutrophil extracellular trap remnants as a biomarker to predict outcomes in lupus nephritis.

Molecular landscape of kidney allograft tissues data integration portal (NephroDIP): a curated database to improve integration of high-throughput kidney transplant datasets.

Combining Oxygenated Cold Perfusion With Normothermic Ex Vivo Perfusion Improves the Outcome of Donation After Circulatory Death Porcine Kidney Transplantation.

Frequent collaborators

Sergi Clotet-Freixas

Igor Jurisica

Markus Selzner

Anand Ghanekar

Istvan Mucsi

Ana Konvalinka

York Pei

Darius Bagli

Stephen Juvet

Andrzej Chruscinski

Istvan Mucsi

Tereza Martinu

Paul Yip

Milica Radisic

Etienne Sochett

Minna Woo

Atul Humar

Zahi Touma

Teodor Veres

BO WANG

Adam Gehring

Héloise Cardinal

Shahid Husain

Gonzalo Sapisochin

Shinichiro Ogawa

Davor Brinc

Patrick Veit-Haibach

Robert Smith

Denis Soulet

Braden Manns

James Scholey

Heather Reich

Igor Stagljar

Isabella Caniggia

Chi-Chung Hui

Allison McGeer

Eric Boilard

Mario Masellis

Nazia Selzner

Brandy Wicklow