Dr. Konig is a senior pediatric nephrologist at University Children's Hospital Münster, Germany. His main scientific activities are in the field of rare hereditary kidney diseases in childhood with a particular interest in nephronophthisis, which is the kidney condition Davidson has as a result of his NPHP1 gene deletion. Dr. Konig also leads the German Network for Early Onset Cystic Kidney Diseases (NEOCYST) and is a work-group leader in the European TheRaCil consortium developing therapeutical strategies for renal ciliopathies.