May 31, 2022
Yaqiu Sang, PhD
Wolberg Lab Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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May 31, 2022
Yuriy Prokopenko, MD
Key Lab Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology
May 11, 2022
Blood Research Center Members to Present Their Research at Upcoming ISTH Meeting
Research performed at the BRC will be well represented at the 30th Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis meeting in London, UK from July 9-13. A list of scheduled oral presentations and posters is included at this link.
May 4, 2022
Erica Sparkenbaugh, PhD Awarded NC TRaCS $2K Pilot Grant
Erica Sparkenbaugh, PhD, has been awarded a NC TRaCS $2K Pilot Grant for her study 鈥淓valuation of Pre-thrombotic Markers in Female Patients with Sickle Cell Disease on Hormonal Contraception鈥�. Congrats, Erica!
April 30, 2022
Woosuk Steve Hur, PhD Awarded a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Postdoctoral Fellowship
Woosuk Steve Hur, a postdoctoral fellow in the Flick Lab, has been awarded a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Postdoctoral Fellowship. This award covers salary support and provides funds for travel for 2 years.
April 27, 2022
Katharine King Wins Undergraduate Student Oral Presentation Award
Katharine King, a third year undergraduate from the biology department working in Dr. Flick’s lab, gave an invited oral presentation at the Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (NORC) Symposium last week. Her presentation was entitled: 鈥淓limination of fibrin(ogen)-aMb2-binding function, but not fibrinogen deficiency, protects against obesity and metabolic syndrome鈥� Katie won the undergraduate student oral …
April 5, 2022
Nigel Mackman, PhD Presented the Inaugural J. Evan Sadler Lectureship
On April 1st, 2022, Nigel Mackman, PhD presented the inaugural J. Evans Sadler Lectureship – ‘Mechanisms of Cancer-Associated Thrombosis’
April 4, 2022
Jean Marie Mwiza Published in the Journal Blood
Platelets are critical in hemostasis and a major contributor to arterial thrombosis (AT). (Pre)clinical studies suggest platelets also contribute to venous thrombosis (VT), but the mechanisms are largely unknown. Jean Marie Mwiza, a graduate student in the Pathology department jointly supervised by Drs. Alisa Wolberg and Wolfgang Bergmeier, recently spear-headed an international team of investigators …
April 4, 2022
Dr. Robert Lee, Bergmeier Lab Published: Journal of Clinical Investigation Insight
Platelet homeostasis, i.e. a stable platelet count in the circulation, is dependent on a tight regulation of both platelet production and clearance. Dr. Robert Lee, in collaboration with members of the Bergmeier lab, the Flick lab, and international collaborators, recently published their studies on the effect of uninhibited signaling by the small GTPase Rap1 on …
March 17, 2022
Dr. Nigel Key Published: Gene Therapy for Hemophilia
Dr. Nigel Key co-authored a manuscript describing the pivotal multi-center Phase 3 clinical trial of adeno-associated virus 5 (AAV5)- based gene therapy for severe hemophilia A that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine 聽on March 17, 2022. The trial sponsor was Biomarin Pharmaceutical. Of 134 participants with severe hemophilia who were enrolled, …
March 3, 2022
Dr. Stephan Moll at the NFL Combine
Stephan Moll, MD gave a presentation at the NFL Combine Scientific Meeting on March 2, 2022 on 鈥淎thletes and Venous Thromboembolism: Intermittent Anticoagulation Management Strategy 鈥� Update鈥� Following his initial Feb 2020聽 in-person presentation to the聽 NFL team鈥檚 Sports Medicine physicians at the annual NFL Physicians鈥� Society meeting at the NFL Combine in聽 Indianapolis, Dr. …
March 2, 2022
Reeves, Pawlinski Awarded $50,000 TraCS Translational Team Science Pilot Grant
Brandi Reeves, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Rafal Pawlinski, PhD, Lenvil Lee Rothrock Distinguished Professor of Medicine, were awarded a $50,000 TraCS Translational Team Science pilot grant to study Hypoxia Inducible Factors in Myeloproliferative Neoplasm-Associated Thrombosis. NC TraCS Award Announcements