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The UNC Blood Research Center is pleased to announce the 12th Symposium on Hemostasis! 🩸 Beyond the Basics: Evolving Insights in Thrombosis and Hemostasis 👏 Co-chairs: @sparkenbaughlab.bsky.social Erica Sparkenbaugh and Robert Campbell 📅 April 21-23, 2026 📌 Chapel Hill, NC ➡️ lnkd.in/ez9Swj8T

Nigel Key lab alumni @isth.org #ISTH2025 @unc-brc.bsky.social

Heading to #ISTH2025? Many of our faculty and trainees will be presenting oral communications, state-of-the-art, SSCs, and posters at the conference!

The final seminar speaker of our Spring Series is coming soon! 🗓️ June 6th, 2025, 11:00 am 📍Mary Ellen Jones 3116 🗣️ Patricia Liaw, PhD 🧬 Therapeutic Targeting of Immunothrombosis in Sepsis: Mechanisms and Challenges.

This week's seminar speaker is Dr. Molly Mollica from University of Maryland 🗣️ Molly Mollica, PhD @mollicam.bsky.social 📆 May 23 at 11:00 AM in MEJ 3112 🩸"Connecting the (Black) Dots To Measure Single Platelet Contraction" Host: Alisa Wolberg PhD @aswolberg.bsky.social

Congratulations to @aswolberg.bsky.social for being selected to give the Dr. William Bell Lecture in Hematology at Johns Hopkins University in March.

Alisa S. Wolberg, Ph.D. gave The Dr. William Bell Lecture in Hematology at Johns Hopkins University | UNC Blood Research Center

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,...

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Blood Center News! Congratulations to Ana Sachetto, the new co-chair of the International Postdoc Alliance of the UNC Post Doc Alliance!

Ana Sachetto, PhD, co-chair of the International Postdoc Alliance of the UNC Postdoctoral Association | UNC Blood Research Center

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 ...

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Our next seminar speaker is Dr. Lacramioara Ivanciu from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia @chopresearch.bsky.social 📆 May 16, 2025 @ 11 AM EST 📍 UNC Chapel Hill, Mary Ellen Jones 3112 🎤 "Mechanistic Insights into the regulation of Intrinsic Tenase In Vivo" 🗣️ Hosted by Silvio Antoniak, PhD

🗣️New publication alert! www.med.unc.edu/bloodresearc...

Three BRC Labs Collaborate to Study Sickle Cell Trait | UNC Blood Research Center

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 ki...

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We are pleased to host Dr. Ted Wun from UC Davis this week! 📆 April 11 2025 @ 11 AM EST 📍 UNC Chapel Hill, Mary Ellen Jones 3108 🎤 "Does Real-World Data Yield Real Answers?" 🗣️ Hosted by Sam Wilson, MD

Exciting news for our investigator Dr. Yohei Hisada! Dr. Hisada is an Associate Editor for Thrombosis Research! www.med.unc.edu/bloodresearc...

Yohei Hisada, PhD, appointed as an Associate Editor for Thrombosis Research | UNC Blood Research Center

Yohei Hisada, PhD, appointed as an Associate Editor for Thrombosis Research Thrombosis Research is an international journal with a goal of rapid dissemination of new information on thrombosis, hemosta...

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👏Well done, Dr. Obadina! Dr. Obadina received a research grant to study the role of hypoxia on pregnancy complications 🤰 in sickle cell disease from the Foundation for Women and Girls with Blood Disorders. www.med.unc.edu/bloodresearc...

Mofi Obadina, MD, awarded W&G grant | UNC Blood Research Center

Mofi Obadina was awarded a grant through the Foundation for Women & Girls with Blood Disorders (FWGBD) to support her project on Hypoxia and Angiogenesis in Pregnant Women with Sickle Cell Disease. Th...

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🏆Congratulations to Dr. Kadri Kangro, a postdoctoral fellow with @aswolberg.bsky.social, on the Aniara Diagnostica Coagulation Research Grant! www.med.unc.edu/bloodresearc...

Dr. Kadri Kangro was awarded the 2024 Aniara Diagnostica Coagulation Research Grant | UNC Blood Research Center

Dr. Kadri Kangro, working in the lab of Dr. Alisa Wolberg, was awarded the 2024 Aniara Diagnostica Coagulation Research Grant for $10,000.

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We are hosting Dr. Miguel Cruz from Baylor College of Medicine in our Friday Seminar Series! 🩸 📅 March 21, 2025 @ 11 EST 🗺️ Mary Ellen Jones @ UNC 👨‍🏫 "Extracellular Vimentin and Thrombosis" Host: Matt Flick, PhD @fib390-396a.bsky.social #vimentin #thrombosis

First seminar of the year! We are pleased to welcome Dr. Sruti Shiva from University of Pittsburgh next week! 📆 March 7 2025 @ 11 AM EST 📍 UNC Chapel Hill, Mary Ellen Jones 3108 🎤 Platelet Mitochondria: A Hub of Vascular Signaling

Great to see work from our faculty in @rpth.bsky.social!

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💊 Thrombocytopenia + antiplatelet therapy = a tricky balance. New study from Wolfgang Bergmeier team shows clopidogrel increases bleeding risk, while aspirin may be safer. What does this mean for patients? Find out: www.rpthjournal.org/article/S247...

Congratulations to Alexei Martyanov of the Bergmeier Lab on the AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship!

Alexei Martyanov was awarded an AHA postdoc fellowship | UNC Blood Research Center

Award Program Type: Postdoctoral Fellowship Title of Project: Regulation and significance of the extended-closed conformation of the platelet AIIbB3 integrins The Award begins 01/01/2025, and has been...

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Final Seminar of Fall 2024! 📅 December 13 @ 11 EST 👩‍🔬Bhama Ramkhelawon, PhD 🩸Platelets in Focus: Unraveling their Roles in Vascular Health and Inflammation

www.sciencedirect.com/journal/rese... #ISTH2024 @profmakris.bsky.social Abstracts NOW online #hemesky

📰 Congratulations to Robert Lee, for Best Oral Presentation Award 🏆 at the 19th International Symposium on Blood Substitutes. www.med.unc.edu/bloodresearc...

Robert Lee won Best Oral Presentation Award | UNC Blood Research Center

Robert Lee won Best Oral Presentation award at the 19th International Symposium on Blood Substitutes for his talk entitled “Interpretation of platelet signaling defects in Thromboelastography”

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