Anne-Katrin Rohlfing

University Hospital Tuebingen

Dr. Anne-Katrin Rohlfing is a Postdoc at the Department of Cardiology and Angiology at the University Hospital Tuebingen (Germany). Dr. Rohlfing studied biology at the University of Greifswald and gained a PhD in Cell biology. She did her postdoctoral training at the Perelman School of Medicine, (University of Pennsylvania, USA) and became junior group leader at the University Potsdam. Her research is focused on finding new pathways to prohibit pathological platelet activation in the context of thrombosis, thromboinflammation and platelet ferroptosis, resulting in publications in high-impact journals (Nat Commun, ATVB, Cardiovasc Res etc.). In 2020 Dr. Rohlfing received the 39. Animal Welfare Research Award (Tierschutzforschungspreis) awarded by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Berlin, Germany).

Meinrad Gawaz

Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany

Professor Meinrad Gawaz is the Medical Director of the Department of Cardiology and Angiology at University Hospital Tuebingen. Professor Gawaz underwent clinical training at the University of Munich, Cambridge and Stanford. He did his postdoctoral training at the University of Munich, the University of Louisville (USA), and the Scripps Research Institute (USA). Professor Gawaz has received several prestigious awards/prizes, including the Alexander Schmidt Award of the Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis Research and the Paul-Morawitz-Award of the German Society of Cardiology. Professor Gawaz has an outstanding record of high-performance research, including publication in leading international journals (Nat Comm, Nat Med, J Clin Invest, Blood, Eur Heart J, Nat Rev Cardiol etc.). Professor Gawaz’s research is focused on the molecular pathways underlying platelet-dependent pathomechanisms in organ failure and regeneration in the context of major diseases. Prof. Gawaz led several research collaborations (Clinical Research Consortium KFO274, Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio 240, etc.), resulting in senior author high-impact publications.