January 26, 2023
Stephanie Reitsma’s proposal titled 鈥淧henotypic modifiers in people with low factor XI鈥� was awarded the American Heart Association (AHA) postdoctoral fellowship award. She will use a multidisciplinary approach to determine bleeding risk determinants in FXI deficiency. This project will be guided by her co-mentors Drs. Alisa Wolberg and Karin Leiderman for the duration of 2 …
January 26, 2023
Yaqiu Sang was awarded the Postdoctoral Fellowship from American Heart Association (Duration: 2023/1/1-2024/12/31) last December. The title of her awarded project is 鈥淧latelet factor XIII regulation and role in pulmonary embolism鈥�. Under the guidance of Dr. Wolberg and Dr. Bergmeier, she will identify the mechanisms regulating platelet FXIII biology and the relative contributions of plasma …
January 26, 2023
Abigail Ballard, a BCBP PhD candidate in Wolfgang Bergmeier鈥檚 lab, was awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The proposal titled 鈥淭he Role of the Small GTPase Rap1 in Platelet Coagulation Interplay鈥� will investigate the regulation platelet procoagulant response by Rap1 and Rho family small …
January 23, 2023
Matthew S. Karafin, MD Msc Published in Transfusion, 鈥淗ypoxic storage of donor red cells preserves deformability after exposure to plasma from adults with sickle cell disease鈥� Dr. Matthew Karafin was the lead author on a multi-institutional investigation into the role of red cell storage conditions and patient clinical state on donor red cell deformability. The …
January 23, 2023
Dr. Yohei Hisada was appointed as a Co-chair of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) Scientific and Standardization committee (SSC) on Vascular Biology. He will serve as a co-chair for 4 years. The detail about the ISTH SSC on Vascular Biology can be found here.
December 21, 2022
Brandi Reeves, MD was awarded a Core Facilities voucher to characterize neurobehavioral changes in a mouse model of polycythemia vera. Neurobehavioral complaints are common in patients with polycythemia vera (PV), with 75% of patients reporting symptoms. Fatigue, inactivity, and concentration difficulties are the most common and severe symptoms experienced by PV patients and result in …
December 5, 2022
On December 1st, 2022, Yohei Hisada presented at a virtual educational 鈥淏loody Thursday鈥� session to the Department of Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna. The title of the presentation was 鈥淚nsights into the pathogenesis of cancer-associated venous thromboembolism鈥�. Well done, Dr. Hisada!聽
December 1, 2022
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December 1, 2022
Steve Hur, PhD was awarded the JTH Editors Award for his recent article, Elimination of fibrin polymer formation or crosslinking, but not fibrinogen deficiency, is protective against diet-induced obesity and associated pathologies. From ISTH: “The JTH Editors鈥� Awards recognize the best papers by early career investigators. The award consists of a certificate, to be awarded …
November 17, 2022
Click the link below to review the ASH abstracts spreadsheet featuring 黑料网 Hematology and BRC members! 2022 ASH 黑料网 Presentations and Abstracts
October 6, 2022
An abstract submitted by Steven Grover, PhD on work conducted in the laboratory of Nigel Mackman, PhD was selected for presentation in the plenary scientific session at the 64th American Society of Hematology annual meeting. While conducting this work Dr Grover was supported by the 黑料网 Blood Research Center T32 Post-Doctoral Training Program in Benign …
October 3, 2022
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