January 17, 2024
Dr. Yohei Hisada has been appointed as an Early Career Editorial Board member of ATVB. He will serve for two years, from January 2024 to December 2025. ATVB site
January 17, 2024
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January 16, 2024
Dr. Dre’Von Dobson, former graduate student in Dr. Alisa Wolberg’s laboratory received a 2024 JTH Editors Award for his paper entitled, “Novel Genetic Regulators of Fibrinogen Synthesis Identified by an In Vitro Experimental Platform” published in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis in 2023. Link to article: JTH
January 11, 2024
Paper published in Blood documenting how a nonpolymerizable fibrinogen can protect against thrombosis without compromising hemostasis. This work was featured on the cover and designated a Plenary Paper by the journal. An image of the cover is attached. Here is a link to the article: https://ashpublications.org/blood/article-abstract/143/2/105/498325/Mice-expressing-nonpolymerizable-fibrinogen-have?redirectedFrom=fulltext. The lead author on this work was Woosuk Steve Hur. …
November 16, 2023
The 17th Annual Earl W. Davie Symposium November 16, 2023 Dr. Alisa Wolberg presented a Keynote Address entitled, “Exploring the determinants of clot formation in thrombosis and bleeding” at the 2023 Earl Davie Symposium in Vancouver, BC. Website: 2023 Earl Davie Symposium
November 10, 2023
Clifford V. and Drusilla R. Harding Lecture Series: November 10, 2023 Dr. Alisa Wolberg presented the 2023 Clifford and Drusilla Harding Invited Lecture entitled, “Fibrinogen and factor XIII in thrombosis: old proteins, new functions” at Oakland University. Website: Clifford and Drusilla Harding Lecture
February 16, 2022
Brandi Reeves, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, was awarded a 2-year Hemostasis & Thrombosis Research Society Mentored Research Award to evaluate the role of hypoxia-inducible factors (HIF) in myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN)-associated thrombosis. Rafal Pawlinski, Phd, and Nigel Key, MBBS CHB FRCP, will serve as mentors for the project. Thrombosis is the leading cause of mortality …
February 14, 2022
Published works from Jennifer Newman, MSPT; UNC Hemophilia Treatment Center Physical therapy within US HTCs: Amulticentre survey of utilization, practice patterns and pain management approaches. Read publication in Haemophilia
January 13, 2022
Erica Sparkenbaugh, Research Assistant Professor in the Blood Research Center and Division of Hematology will give a talk entitled “The Role of Thrombin and PAR-1 in Microvascular Stasis in Sickle Cell Disease” to the North American Vascular Biology Organization in an Online Symposium on Thrombosis in Vascular Occlusive Disorders. More information: Navbo symposium Register online: …
December 15, 2021
UNC Blood Research Center member Dougald Monroe, PhD is a coauthor on a paper published in Nature Communications. The article, Efficacy and safety of next-generation tick transcriptome-derived direct thrombin inhibitors, provides data on a new, safer anticoagulant. This anticoagulant is derived by making directed modifications to the sequence of a naturally occurring anticoagulant found in …
December 14, 2021
Publication News! “Hypofibrinogenemia with preserved hemostasis and protection from thrombosis in mice with a Fga truncation mutation” Woosuk Steve Hur, PhD of the Flick Laboratory is the first author of a manuscript accepted for publication in Blood In this collaborative study involving several UNC BRC labs (Flick, Bergmeier and Wolberg), Hur et al., determined the impact of …
October 1, 2021
Congratulations to Yi Yang, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Flick Laboratory! American Pancreatic Association has selected Yi Yang, PhD for the APA 2021 Young Investigator Award! The review committee was impressed by his pancreas research and will promote his professional growth at the APA 2021 Annual Meeting. Yi Yang, PhD (Flick …