- Alessia Cucci, University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy
Functional and transcriptomic approaches on endothelial cell behavior in response to coagulation factors - Tirsa van Duijl, Sanquin Research, The Netherlands
Molecular footprints of haemostatic disorders - Dario Balestra, University of Ferrara, Italy
Prime Editor nuclease-mediated Translocation and Inversions (PETI) to correct the most common hemophilia A mutation - Yohei Hisada, University of North Carolina, United States
The role of the podoplanin-C-type lectin-like receptor 2 pathway in thrombocytopenia and bleeding in acute promyelocytic leukemia - Maria Francesca Testa, University of Ferrara, Italy
Tailored RNA-therapeutic molecules over recurrent nonsense mutations in hemophilia A

Professor Heimburger Award
Celebrating Science
Professor Dr. Norbert Heimburger, a CSL employee for over three decades, was a pioneer of modern coagulation therapy. Among his many achievements, Prof. Dr. Heimburger developed virus-safe plasma products based on pasteurization, including launching the first effectively virus-inactivated FVIII concentrate in 1981.
In his honor, CSL created the Heimburger Award to recognize the clinical and/or preclinical research of emerging coagulation specialists who are driven to improve the care of patients with bleeding disorders.
Prior Recent Winners
- Amanda Unsworth, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Investigating the contribution of novel regulators of the endothelium and coagulation to venous thrombosis - Pavan Bendapudi, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, US
Coagulation Factor XII Is Activated via Noncanonical Binding to Platelet Integrin αIIbβ3 - Olga Oleshko, Hannover Medical School, Germany
Immune complexes and bleeding in acquired hemophilia A - Sneha Singh, University Hospital Bonn, Germany
Unraveling proteome dynamics within the human fibrin clot - Dino Mehic, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Investigation of plasmin generation in patients with mild bleeding disorders and bleeding disorders of unknown cause
- Romein Dujardin, Amsterdam University Medical Centers – The Netherlands
The role of fibrinogen in disseminated intravascular coagulation - Ellie Karampini, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland – Ireland
Terminal sialylation as a novel regulator of VWF biosynthesis and intracellular trafficking in endothelial cells - Emma Leitinger, Monash Health – Australia
Comparability of anti-Xa assessments using alternate calibration curves in patients receiving rivaroxaban and apixaban therapy - Chiara Suffritti, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico – Italy
Phenotypic variability in hemophilia: role of miRNAs - Claudia Tersteeg, KU Leuven Campus Kulak Kortrijk – Belgium
Mitochondrial regulation of procoagulant platelet formation
- Dafna Groeneveld, Michigan State University – USA
Novel hemostatic supplementation to prevent post-operative liver failure after partial hepatectomy - Pieter Sloos, Amsterdam University Medical Centers – The Netherlands
The role of ADAMTS13 in trauma-induced hyperfibrinolysis - Steven Grover, University of North Carolina – USA
Evaluating the anticoagulant activity of C1 esterase inhibitor (C1INH) in venous thrombosis - Daniëlle Meijer, Radboud University Medical Center – The Netherlands
Phenotypical differences between carriers of von Willebrand disease type 3 and von Willebrand disease type 1 patients - Iris van Moort, Erasmus University Medical Center – The Netherlands
Orchestrating all hemostatic components in an in-vitro bleeding model to unravel the inter-individual treatment responses of patients with von Willebrand’s disease
- Eline van Bergen, University Medical Center – Utrecht, Netherlands
- Dorith Claushuis, Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, Maastricht University Medical Center – Netherlands
- Mariasanta Napolitano – PROMISE Department, University of Palermo – Italy
- Gerard Jansen – Erasmus University Medical Center – Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Linda de Heer – Leiden University Medical Center – Netherlands
- Samantha C. Gouw, Emma Children’s Hospital (Netherlands)
- Derek J. B. Kleinveld, Academic Medical Center (Netherlands)
- L.F.D. van Vulpen, University Medical Center (Netherlands)
- Sol Schulman, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (United States)
- Nicole A.M.Dekker, Amsterdam UMC (Netherlands)
- Alexandre Theron, M.D., Medical School at Montpellier University (France)
- Lindsey George, M.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (USA)
- Jessica Heijdra, M.D., Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
- Samantha Donkel, M.D., Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
- Ferdows Atiq, M.D., Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam (Netherlands)


