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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 …

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.

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

May 2026 Newsletter

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 …

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.”

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, …

In a study collaboration with colleagues from the Universities of Cardiff and Aberdeen in the UK, Anton Ilich and Nigel Key authored a study demonstrating the ability of their novel in-house fibrinolytic activation screening test (‘FAST’) to detect the severe and potentially lethal form of PPH, known as acute obstetric coagulopathy. The paper was published …

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!

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!

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!

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 …

Category: News

Dr. Leiderman group has recently published two papers in Biophysical Journal

Leyi Zhang won a poster award at the 12th Symposium on Hemostasis

Jamie Madrigal was awarded the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis Editor’s award.

BRC May 2026 Newsletter

Matthew Vander Ploeg published his first author manuscript in Blood Advances

Dr. Yohei Hisada spoke at the International Conference on Thrombosis and Hemostasis Issues in Cancer

David Paul, PhD and David Rocco from the Bergmeier Lab publish co-first author paper in Blood

Key Lab publishes study demonstrating the utility of a novel assay of fibrinolytic activation in post-partum hemorrhage

Matthew Flick, PhD, receives Award from Glycos Biomedical

Steve Hur, PhD, receives AHA Career Development Award

Erica Sparkenbaugh, PhD receives TTSA Award

Bergmeier proposal receives NIH/NHLBI R35 Outstanding Investigator Award