Minsk, 29 – 30 September 2016 was held the IV Congress of Association of nephrologists of New Independent States “Multidisciplinary approach and the differentiation of directions of modern Nephrology”. The Congress was organized by the Ministry of health of the Republic of Belarus jointly with the Belarusian Association of doctors, the Russian dialysis society and the international society of Nephrology. Technical organizer of this event was the company “GOU Bel Tur”.

In the IV Congress of Nephrology in NIS was attended by over 500 people from 20 countries as far and near abroad. Their scientific reports were read by lecturers from the United States of America, great Britain, Kazakhstan, Russia and other countries of Europe. During the event, participants exchanged experiences, achievements and breakthroughs in the field of Nephrology. Young researchers who gave presentations at the international forum were awarded with diplomas. Among them we can mention our compatriots.

The first place diploma was awarded to Alexey Harbin, submitted a poster presentation on the topic of “Predicting urinary tract infections in recipients of kidney transplant”. The second award in the section for young scientists — Alexander Nosik for the report “assessment of the effectiveness of the use of mesenchymal stem cells for induction of immunosuppression in the early postoperative period of renal transplantation”.