Heyu Ni, MD, PhD

Professor
University of Toronto / Canadian Blood Services
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Ni received his M.D. (eqv.) and M.Sc. in Microbiology and Immunology from Anhui Medical University, China; PhD in Immunology from the University of Manitoba, Canada, and postdoctoral training in Department of Pathology from Harvard Medical School, USA. He is a full professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Department of Medicine, and Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, and a Senior Scientist of the Canadian Blood Services Centre for Innovation and St. Michael’s Hospital (Unity Health Toronto). Dr. Ni’s laboratory currently investigates the roles of adhesion molecules involved in thrombosis/hemostasis, and inflammation/immune response/thrombocytopenia and tumor metastasis. He is an expert of intravital microscopy thrombosis models and animal models of autoimmune thrombocytopenia (ITP) and fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT).

Presentation(s):

• PB0353 - Novel GPIb-independent platelet aggregation induced by botrocetin: Implications for diagnosis and antithrombotic therapy

  Sunday, June 23, 2024
  13:45 – 14:45 ICT

• PB0808 - The L33P polymorphism of integrin β3 PSI domain displays enhanced thiol isomerase activity and upregulates the coagulation cascade

  Monday, June 24, 2024
  13:45 – 14:45 ICT

• OC 51.2 - Anti-GPIbα antibodies in FNAIT are associated with recurrent miscarriages

  Tuesday, June 25, 2024
  09:45 – 10:00 ICT

• PB1097 - Salvianolic Acid B Inhibits Thrombosis and Directly Blocks the Thrombin Catalytic Site

  Tuesday, June 25, 2024
  13:45 – 14:45 ICT