Professor of Vascular Biologu
University of Leeds
Leeds, United Kingdom
Robert Ariëns is a Professor of Vascular Biology at the University of Leeds, UK. Ariëns obtained a BSc in Biology from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, in 1990, and a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Maastricht, the Netherlands, in 1997. He was President of the British Society for Haemostasis and Thrombosis from 2016 to 2018, President of the International Fibrinogen Research Society from 2014 to 2018, and Head of the Discovery and Translational Science Department at the University of Leeds from 2018 to 2021. He was elected to Council Class 2026 of the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), and was Vice-President of the ISTH 2022 London Congress. Research of the Ariëns laboratory has a strong focus on mechanisms in thrombosis and haemostasis, with a particular interest in clot structure and function. He has published extensively in influential journals including Lancet, PNAS, JCI, Blood, ATVB, Circulation and JTH. He has mentored many early career scientists in the field.
OC 59.6 - Mechanical forces and thrombus dynamics
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
09:30 – 10:45 ICT