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MLDS grant Sabine Daemen

MLDS grant Sabine Daemen

15 November 2024

Dr Sabine Daemen (Dept of Internal Medicine) received a Career Development Grant (160k) from the Dutch Digestive Foundation (MLDS).

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Our new Division Leaders

Our new Division Leaders

3 October 2024

As of 1 October 2024, Casper Schalkwijk and Joost Lumens have been appointed as Division Leaders Vessels and Heart. Judith Sluimer will success Hugo ten Cate as Division Leader Blood in March 2025.

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Rory Koenen

Professor

Dr Rory  Koenen studied biochemistry in Sittard (BSc) and at the Radboud University in Nijmegen (MSc), the Netherlands from 1993-1999. He completed his PhD in cardiovascular sciences at CARIM Maastricht University in 2005. He then worked in Germany at IMCAR, RWTH Aachen University until 2010 and then moved to IPEK at the LMU in Munich chaired by Christian Weber. In 2012, he returned to CARIM as the recipient of a Vidi grant.

Dr Koenen is currently investigating the functions of platelets beyond hemostasis, platelet microvesicles and the role of particular inflammatory molecules in vascular disease e.g. thrombosis and atherosclerosis. For example, he aims to characterise the molecular aspects of chemokine RANTES and platelet factor 4 secretion from platelets and its importance in the development of cardiovascular diseases. In addition, Dr Koenen is interested in the role of cell adhesion molecules in platelet function and in how platelets maintain interactions with other cell types (leukocytes, endothelial and smooth muscle cells). Finally, Dr Koenen investigates how platelets and their microvesicles can influence the behavior and phenotype of these cells.

As of 1 March 2023, Prof. Koenen holds a professorship of Vascular Inflammation and Thrombosis.

Rory-koenen

Department of Biochemistry
Universiteitsingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht
PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht
Room number: 4.366a
T: +31(0)43 388 33 90

  • 2024
    • Rigby, A., Albisetti, M., Favaloro, E. J., Koenen, R. R., Langer, F., Lip, G. Y. H., Ruehl, H., & Weber, C. (2024). Reflections on World Thrombosis Day 2024. Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1791650
    • Koenen, R. R. (2024). Carbamylation-A Pathologic Posttranslational Modification Affecting Platelet and Von Willebrand Factor Function during Uremic Kidney Disease. Thrombosis and Haemostasis. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1791550
    • Ganizada, B. H., J. A. Veltrop, R., Akbulut, A. C., Koenen, R. R., Accord, R., Lorusso, R., Maessen, J. G., Reesink, K., Bidar, E., & Schurgers, L. J. (2024). Unveiling cellular and molecular aspects of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections. Basic Research in Cardiology, 119(3), 371-395. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00395-024-01053-1
  • 2023
    • Schönichen, C., Montague, S. J., Brouns, S. L. N., Burston, J. J., Cosemans, J. M. E. M., Jurk, K., Kehrel, B. E., Koenen, R. R., Ní Áinle, F., O'Donnell, V. B., Soehnlein, O., Watson, S. P., Kuijpers, M. J. E., Heemskerk, J. W. M., & Nagy, M. (2023). Antagonistic Roles of Human Platelet Integrin αiIbβ3 and Chemokines in Regulating Neutrophil Activation and Fate on Arterial Thrombi under Flow. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, 43(9), 1700-1712. https://doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.122.318767
    • Thomassen, M. C. L. G. D., Bouwens, B. R. C., Wichapong, K., Suylen, D. P., Bouwman, F. G., Hackeng, T. M., & Koenen, R. R. (2023). Protein arginine deiminase 4 inactivates tissue factor pathway inhibitor-alpha by enzymatic modification of functional arginine residues. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 21(5), 1214-1226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtha.2023.01.017
    • de Winther, M. P. J., Bäck, M., Evans, P., Gomez, D., Goncalves, I., Jørgensen, H. F., Koenen, R. R., Lutgens, E., Norata, G. D., Osto, E., Dib, L., Simons, M., Stellos, K., Ylä-Herttuala, S., Winkels, H., Bochaton-Piallat, M.-L., & Monaco, C. (2023). Translational opportunities of single-cell biology in atherosclerosis. European Heart Journal, 44(14), 1216-1230. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac686
    • Koenen, R. R. (2023). Platelets: from simple fragments to inflammation regulators. European Heart Journal, 44(8), 633-635. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac705
  • 2022
    • Brandhofer, M., Hoffmann, A., Blanchet, X., Siminkovitch, E., Rohlfing, A. K., El Bounkari, O., Nestele, J. A., Bild, A., Kontos, C., Hille, K., Rohde, V., Froehlich, A., Golemi, J., Gokce, O., Krammer, C., Scheiermann, P., Tsilimparis, N., Sachs, N., Kempf, W. E., ... Bernhagen, J. (2022). Heterocomplexes between the atypical chemokine MIF and the CXC-motif chemokine CXCL4L1 regulate inflammation and thrombus formation. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 79(10), Article 512. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-022-04539-0
    • Sanjurjo, L., Broekhuizen, E. C., Koenen, R. R., & Thijssen, V. L. J. L. (2022). Galectokines: The Promiscuous Relationship between Galectins and Cytokines. Biomolecules, 12(9), Article 1286. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom12091286
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