martimic, Author at UNC Blood Research Center

Kylie Hutchison, a rising 2nd year PhD student within the Pathobiology and Translational Science program, was accepted into the UNC Certificate Program in Translational Medicine and selected as 1 of 4 trainees to receive funding from the certificate’s T32 training grant from the National Institute for General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) (NIH T32GM122741). This certificate program provides specialized …

Published article in Biophys Journal: Modeling platelet P2Y1/12 pathway to integrin activation. Authors: Patel KB, Bergmeier W, Fogelson AL.

Published article in JTH: Lack of overt bleeding or platelet dysfunction in a mouse model of vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Authors: Lee RH, Jones SR, Martyanov AA, Vander Ploeg MR, Sagues CF, Bergmeier W.

UNC’s Vital Signs highlighted work from the Wolberg laboratory (https://news.unchealthcare.org/2025/05/unc-study-offers-new-hope-for-safer-bleeding-treatments/) that is currently in press in Blood (https://ashpublications.org/blood/article/doi/10.1182/blood.2025028680/537391/Plasminogen-activation-and-plasmin-activity-are). This work showed that plasminogen activation and activity are not required to prevent venous thrombosis/thromboembolism, and suggests that use of antifibrinolytic therapy to decrease bleeding is not expected to increase thrombosis risk. This work was first authored …

Dr. Yaqiu Sang, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Wolberg’s laboratory was featured in the Brinkhous Bulletin, the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine’s monthly newsletter that reports exciting developments in the department. Dr. Sang was highlighted for her her contributions to the Wolberg lab including her recent paper published in Blood (https://ashpublications.org/blood/article/doi/10.1182/blood.2025028680/537391/Plasminogen-activation-and-plasmin-activity-are).

Read more on this Case Study An 8-year-old female with sickle cell disease (SCD), hemoglobin SS genotype, global developmental delay, and pica established care shortly after moving from out of state. The patient and her family had been living in a weathered house. The child’s caregiver reported a recent history of weakness in the right …

Dr. Alisa Wolberg received 2nd year of NIH R01 for “Interdisciplinary approach to elucidate modifiers of bleeding phenotype in factor XI deficiency”. More information

Dr. Matthew Flick received another year of funding from UVA “Novel mechanism underlying fibrinogen biogenesis in the endoplasmic reticulum”, an NIH funded project. NIH RePorter

Swati Sharma has been awarded an Early Career Travel Award to attend the ISTH meeting in Washington, DC, June 21-25, 2025. Each year, the ISTH Congress Scientific Committee rewards abstracts of outstanding quality and provides the submitting author with a Travel Award to attend the ISTH Congress. Three categories of Travel Award are distributed: Early …

Alisa S. Wolberg, Ph.D. gave The Dr. William Bell Lecture in Hematology at Johns Hopkins University March 31, 2025. Dr. Wolberg’s lecture was entitled “Venous thromboembolism: fibrinogen, factor XIII, and new potential targets.” Dr. William R. Bell (1935-2013) was an internationally acclaimed hematologist and a professor and researcher at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. During Dr. …

Ana Sachetto, PhD, is now a co-chair of the International Postdoc Alliance of the UNC Postdoctoral Association. The University of North Carolina Postdoctoral Association (PDA) is a peer-led volunteer organization dedicated to addressing the needs and concerns of all UNC postdocs. PDA works closely with the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs to provide resources for professional development, generate …

Three BRC Labs Collaborate to study Sickle Cell Trait: In a recently published study, three BRC groups (Key, Pawlinski and Kasztan labs) performed an in-depth study of venous thrombosis and chronic kidney disease in heterozygous Townes sickle mice as a model of human sickle cell trait. The authors suggest that the mouse model can be …

Author Archives: martimic

Kylie Hutchison, was accepted into the UNC Certificate Program in Translational Medicine

Published article in Biophys Journal: Modeling platelet P2Y1/12 pathway to integrin activation.

Published article in JTH: Lack of overt bleeding or platelet dysfunction in a mouse model of vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

UNC’s Vital Signs highlighted work from the Wolberg laboratory

Dr. Yaqiu Sang, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Wolberg’s laboratory was featured in the Brinkhous Bulletin, the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine’s monthly newsletter

Beatriz Caceres-Navario, MD published Case Study in ASH Hematopoiesis

Dr. Alisa Wolberg received 2nd year of NIH R01

Dr. Matthew Flick received another year of funding from UVA

Swati Sharma, PhD, has been awarded an Early Career Travel Award to attend the ISTH meeting in Washington, DC.

Alisa S. Wolberg, Ph.D. gave The Dr. William Bell Lecture in Hematology at Johns Hopkins University

Ana Sachetto, PhD, co-chair of the International Postdoc Alliance of the UNC Postdoctoral Association

Three BRC Labs Collaborate to Study Sickle Cell Trait