Projektnummer

0056016

Zusammenfassung

The professorship will focus on one of the most important areas of medical research - cardiovascular disease, a major health issue in an ageing population. Moreover, there is emerging evidence that hemostasis has an important role in bacterial and viral host defense by linking immune-modulatory capacities with the primary cell involved in hemostasis, the platelet. The research addresses new emerging functions of platelets with emphasis placed on ?dynamic platelet reprogramming". This describes the process by which platelets change into a different phenotype or even into a differentiall...