July 15, 2026
“A scalable high-throughput platform for the discovery of intracellular and extracellular regulators of platelet migration” paper by Matt Vander Ploeg (MD/PhD student in Bergmeier lab) was selected as the cover image for the current issue of Blood Advances. Read article here by: Matthew R. Vander Ploeg, Ansh Gulati, Matthew J. Flick, James E. …
July 9, 2026
Patrick Ellsworth, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and member of the Blood Research Center, receives K08 Award. Title: Cell surface localization of FVIII mimetic therapy NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Congratulations!
May 11, 2026
Dr. Leiderman group has recently published two papers in Biophysical Journal. Han Cao first author paper: “Continuum and discrete modeling of binding-site distribution-mediated reactions on lipid surfaces” collaborative with Anirban Sen Gupta. Link to paper: https://www.cell.com/biophysj/fulltext/S0006-3495(26)00187-6 A collaborative effort Dr. Leiderman was a part of as a co-mentor to the first author who is not …
May 11, 2026
Dr. Karin Leiderman’s grad student Leyi Zhang won a poster award at the 12th Symposium on Hemostasis. It was entitled: “Mathematical Modeling of Management of Postoperative Bleeding in Cardiac Surgery”. This work is also collaborative with Dr. Kenichi Tanaka.
May 11, 2026
Jamie Madrigal, previous student of Dr. Karin Leiderman, was awarded the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis Editor’s award. Here is the link to that: https://www.isth.org/news/726139/Journal-of-Thrombosis-and-Haemostasis-announces-2026-Editors-Awards-recipients.htm
April 29, 2026
Matthew Vander Ploeg, a graduate student in BCBP and a member of the BRC in Dr. Bergmeier’s lab, published his first author manuscript in Blood Advances. The study describes the development of high-throughput platelet migration assay, facilitated by novel deep learning-based image analysis pipeline. Using this new platform, Matt was able to show that platelet …
April 28, 2026
Dr. Yohei Hisada delivered an invited talk during a plenary session at the International Conference on Thrombosis and Hemostasis Issues in Cancer (https://icthic.com/en). The title of the presentation was “Tissue Factor-Driven Coagulopathy and Bleeding in Acute Leukemia: Clinical and Preclinical Insights.”
April 15, 2026
David Paul, PhD (Assistant Professor) and David Rocco (graduate student, Cell Biology and Physiology) from the Bergmeier lab publish co-first author paper in Blood describing a new signaling pathway critical for platelet adhesion under arterial shear conditions. The findings of this study markedly improve our understanding of G protein signaling and integrin function in platelets, …
April 6, 2026
Dr. Matthew Flick received an award from Glycos Biomedical Ltd. for his work entitled “GBM-1511 as Adjunctive Sepsis Therapeutic for Staphylococcus Aureus and Streptococcus Pneumonia”. Congratulations Dr. Flick!
April 6, 2026
Steve Hur, PhD was selected to receive a Career Development Award from the American Heart Association totaling $77,000 every year for the next three years. Congratulations Dr. Hur!
April 6, 2026
Dr. Erica Sparkenbaugh was awarded the UNC School of Medicine Office of Research Translational Team Science Award (TTSA) pilot grant for her application titled “Hypoxemia-Induced Platelet Activation in Sickle Cell Disease Pregnancy: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets”. The team includes Drs. Erica Sparkenbaugh and Mofiyin Obadina from the Department of Medicine. Congratulations Dr. Sparkenbaugh!
March 16, 2026
Bergmeier proposal receives NIH/NHLBI R35 Outstanding Investigator Award. The award is intended to “promote scientific productivity and innovation by providing long-term support and increased flexibility to experienced Principal Investigators … whose outstanding record of research demonstrate their ability to make major contributions to the heart, lung, blood and sleep (HLBS) research.” Lead PI: Wolfgang Bergmeier Proposal …