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Richard Pierce, PhD

Richard Pierce, PhD February 23, 2024 Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics Section of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Yale School of Medicine   Primary Research: Our passion is to understand blood vessel dysfunction in the setting of critical illness. Blood vessels, and the endothelial cells that line them, extend to within micron of all the cells…

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Laura Niklason

Laura Niklason Dr. Laura Niklason is a physician scientist, entrepreneur and mentor. She is co-founder, president and CEO of a company (Humacyte) that was sparked from her novel and translation research. Dr. Niklason’s work as a vascular engineer has led to her recognition as a member of the National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of…

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Minna Kaikkonen-Määttä

Prof. Dr. Minna Kaikkonen-Määttä Prof. Dr. Minna Kaikkonen-Määttä is a Professor in Cardiovascular Genomics at A.I.Virtanen Institute, University of Eastern Finland (UEF). She was born in 1980 in Kiuruvesi, Finland. She earned her Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine in Kuopio in 2008 and did her postdoctoral studies at the University of California San Diego. In 2015,…

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Jeanette Erdmann

Prof. Dr. Jeanette Erdmann Prof. Dr. Jeanette Erdmann, a respected cardiovascular geneticist and leader at the Institute of Cardiogenetics and the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), passed away on July 9, 2023 at 57. Born in Emsland, Germany, in 1965, she earned her degree in biology from the University of Cologne. Jeanette was a…

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Brigid L.M. Hogan

Brigid L.M. Hogan, PhD, FRS Dr. Hogan became the first female Department Chair in the Duke University School of Medicine. She is currently Chair Emeritus and Research Professor in the Department of Cell Biology at the Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Hogan is a pioneer and leader in the field of developmental biology. She…

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Margaret Perkins

Margaret Perkins Margaret Perkins was an Assistant Professor at Rockefeller University, working on the basic biochemistry and cell biology of malaria parasites, when I first met her. She was an examiner for my candidacy exam. Her work was cutting edge and fundamental to our understanding as to how these parasites invaded erythrocytes. She identified receptor…

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Josephine Adams

Josephine Adams, PhD Dr. Adams is a biochemist and cell biologist who built her career in both the UK and the US (Harvard and Cleveland Clinic). Her areas of research involve the extracellular matrix, its organization, and functional roles in regulating cell behavior, with emphasis on cancer cell adhesion, motility and metastasis, and tissue fibrosis.…

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Kathy Griendling

Kathy Griendling, PhD Dr. Griendling’s pioneering research is on the role of NADPH oxidases (Nox) in vascular biology and disease. Her work has elucidated how Nox-derived reactive oxygen species (ROS) regulate the signaling pathways leading to smooth muscle proliferation, migration and differentiation, and their functional relevance in hypertension and diabetes. Dr. Griendling had visited Johns…

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Joann Murphy-Ullrich

Joann Murphy-Ullrich Joann Murphy-Ullrich contributed to several significant discoveries, including the identification of a cellular de-adhesive role for matricellular extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins. This function controls cell adhesion, migration and cell survival, a process called intermediate cell adhesion. She and her team discovered the role of thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) as an activator of latent TGF-β, elucidating…

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Rosalind Kornfeld

Rosalind Kornfeld, Ph.D. Rosalind Kornfeld, Ph.D. (1935-2007) was a pioneer in the field of glycoprotein structure and function. She made seminal contributions to our understanding of the assembly of asparagine-linked oligosaccharides, lectin-glycan binding specificity, and mechanisms controlling sugar nucleotide biosynthesis. Rosalind was Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Washington…

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