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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: …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Dr. Silvio Antoniak is part of a multidisciplinary investigator team on a newly funded collaborative NIH-NIEHS R01 under the lead of PI James C. Bonner (NCSU) and investigators Dr. Christine K. Payne and Dr. Loretta G. Que both at Duke University. Project Narrative: Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are engineered nanoparticles with numerous applications. Their expanding …

Alisa S. Wolberg, PhD, has been selected to deliver the Sol Sherry Distinguished Lecture in Thrombosis at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in November, 2021. The Sol Sherry Lectureship honors the founder of the original AHA Council on Thrombosis. The Sherry Lecture is one of three Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB) named lectures presented …

Dr. Steven Grover has been selected as on of the top reviewers for ATVB in 2021. He will be recognized during the ATVB Journal Editorial Board Meeting in November 2021. The ATVB journal relies on the time and effort of many dedicated reviewers. Among these many individuals, the journal recognizes those that have made extraordinary …

UNC Blood Research Center’s contribution to research~ BRC member and Conference organizer Dr. Matthew Flick will Chair the conference being held February 6-11, 2022. Plasminogen Activation and Extracellular Proteolysis, Gordon Research Conference Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets of Extracellular Proteolysis in Human Disease February 6 – 11, 2022 Apply Now Chairs Matthew Flick and Tetsumei …

Drs. Matthew Flick, PhD and Alisa Wolberg, PhD of the UNC Blood Research and faculty within the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine have been awarded a $2.3 million, 4-year R01 grant from the NIH-NHBLI to investigate the mechanisms by which the plasminogen activation system and the blood clotting protein fibrinogen affect the pathogenesis of …

Congratulations to Robert Lee, PhD Dr. Lee was awarded a 2-year basic science grant from the Ehlers-Danlos Society entitled “Investigating Intrinsic Platelet Dysfunction in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome”. The main objective of the project is to understand the contribution of impaired platelet function to bleeding in Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, a group of inherited connective tissue disorders with …

Public Health Webinar Series on Blood Disorders BRINGING SCIENCE INTO PRACTICE The Division of Blood Disorders is proud to offer this webinar series, providing evidence-based information on new research, emerging issues of interest in blood disorders, as well as innovative approaches to collaboration. Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia in 2021: Diagnosis and Advances in Treatment August 19, …

A Multi-center Prospective Cohort Study in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease suggests that infusion centers give faster, more patient-centered symptom relief for people with sickle cell disease. Efforts ongoing to apply these lessons locally! 269 people with Sickle cell disease, followed at 4 US sites, were evaluated for treatment outcomes after being seen for management …

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Erica Sparkenbaugh, PhD will give a talk on January 18, 2022 at 1pm; North American Vascular Biology Organization on-line symposium

Dougald Monroe, PhD, co-author published in Nature Communications

Steve Woosuk Hur, PhD of the Flick Laboratory is the first author of a manuscript accepted for publication in Blood

Yi Yang, PhD selected recipient for the APA 2021 Young Investigator Award

Dr. Silvio Antoniak – Multi-PI R01 Awarded by NIEHS, Title: Mechanisms of Nanoparticle Modulation of Allergic Lung Disease

Alisa S. Wolberg, PhD, has been selected to deliver the Sol Sherry Distinguished Lecture

Congratulations to Steven Grover, PhD: Top reviewer for ATVB in 2021

UNC Blood Research Center is a proud sponsor to the Gordon Research Conference Plasminogen Activation and Extracellular Proteolysis

R01 Awarded to Matthew Flick, PhD and Alisa Wolberg, PhD

Robert Lee, PhD: Awarded a 2-year basic science grant from the Ehlers-Danlos Society

Public Health Webinar Series on Blood Disorders: Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia in 2021: Diagnosis and Advances in Treatment

Congratulations to Jane Little, MD and Tara Alin, ANP-BC for this great study!