Volker Haase Lab
The laboratory of Professor Volker Haase studies hypoxia response pathways and mitochondrial metabolism in erythropoiesis and iron metabolism, kidney injury, kidney development and tumorigenesis taking of advantage of cutting-edge mouse genetics, biochemical, metabolomic and single cell approaches. Click on links for information about career opportunities in the Haase lab and recent publications. We represent a diverse and international group of researchers and students from multiple countries across the world.

Principal Investigator
Volker H. Haase, M.D., Dr. med.
The Krick-Brooks Chair in Nephrology
Professor of Medicine and Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Volker Haase holds the Krick-Brooks Chair in Nephrology at Vanderbilt University. He is a physician-scientist with clinical training in Internal Medicine and Nephrology, and training in experimental biology and genome editing under Professor Rudolf Jaenisch at the Whitehead Institute. His research focus is on mammalian oxygen sensing, prolyl hydroxylase domain oxygen sensor and HIF biology. Professor Haase is an alumnus of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, a former Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow and the recipient of the 2006 Sir William Osler Young Investigator award. He is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and was elected to the Association of American Physicians (AAP) in 2016. As of 2018 Professor Haase serves the NIH as a standing member of the Pathobiology of Kidney Disease (PBKD) study section. In addition to directing his research group, Professor Haase provides inpatient care in General Internal Medicine and Nephrology (see Clinical Activities in Internal Medicine and Nephrology).
Group Members

Mikhail Burmakin, M.D., Ph.D.
Researcher
Mikhail Burmakin trained in Pediatric Nephrology and Molecular Biology. Mikhail is interested in the effects of HIF prolyl hydroxylase domain enzyme inhibition on renal physiology and works with Volker Haase on single cell transcriptomic profiling for the study of kidney disease.

Olena Davidoff, M.S.
Lab Manager
Olena Davidoff received a Masters Degree in Molecular Diagnostics from Odessa University. Olena is interested in mouse genetics and animal work.

Nan Guan, M.D.
Visiting Graduate Student
Nan Guan received her M.D. degree (Bachelor of Medicine) from Fudan University in Shanghai, China. She is the recipient of a China Scholarship Council fellowship and has joined the Haase laboratory to work on HIF and mitochondrial signaling in kidney disease as part of her Ph.D. studies.

Hanako Kobayashi, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Hanako Kobayashi received her Ph.D. in Molecular Nutrition Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Hanako studies the regulation of EPO in the kidney and is interested in the role of prolyl hydroxylase domain enzymes and HIF in the pathogenesis of acute and chronic kidney injury.

Kyoji Yamaguchi, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Kyoji Yamaguchi received his Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences (Applied Microbiology) from Nagoya University in Japan after conducting research on protein secretion and localization signals under Prof. Masayori Inouye, which was published in Cell. After spending a large part of his career as a Chief Scientist in pharmaceutical industry in Japan, where he led drug development programs in the HIF domain, he has now transitioned back to academia and joined the Vanderbilt faculty. His interests are in oxygen sensing in renal anemia and kidney injury.
Alumni

Xiaoqian Hu, Ph.D.
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Hideto Sano, Ph.D.
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Heather P. Shutt, B.S.N.
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Haase Lab Photographs

Haase Lab Nov. 2020

Haase Lab, Keystone meeting Jan. 2020

Haase Lab Nov. 2019

Haase Lab Aug. 2018

Haase Lab Dec. 2017
