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Uyên Châu Nguyên wins UM Dissertation Prize 2025

Uyên Châu Nguyên wins UM Dissertation Prize 2025

29 January 2026

During the Dies Natalis of Maastricht University, Uyên Châu Nguyên received the UM Dissertation Prize 2025.

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Global research network launched to study menopause and heart health

Global research network launched to study menopause and heart health

20 January 2026

Ten international health research funders, including the Dutch Heart Foundation, are investing $10 million in a new global research network to improve early prevention of cardiovascular disease in women. The initiative focuses on understanding how menopause affects heart health and how early intervention can reduce risk.

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Judith Cosemans

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Prof.dr. Judith Cosemans holds a master’s degree in Biological Health Sciences with specialisation in molecular biology from Maastricht University. She became fascinated to unravel the role of platelets in arterial thrombosis during her PhD research, which focussed on the dynamic regulation of thrombus stability. After finishing her PhD in 2009, she executed an award-winning postdoc project to develop flow chamber technology as a compatible alternative for experimental animal models of arterial thrombosis.

Prof. Cosemans subsequently received personal grants from the Dutch Heart Foundation (DHF, 2011 and 2015) and a Vidi grant (2016), enabling her to establish an independent research line on the interface of platelets and vascular biology. In 2023, she was awarded the BHF-DZHK-DHF International Cardiovascular Research Partnership Award, supporting her current research into the role of platelets in microvascular dysfunction and novel therapeutic interventions.

Judith-cosemans

Department of Biochemistry
Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht
PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht

  • 2025
    • Feng, M., Thevenot, A., Kuntz, S., Liu, C., Schellenberg, C., Charle, L., Brouard, N., Schaeffer, C., Ortiz, S. J., Cosemans, J. M. E. M., Chakfe, N., & Mangin, P. H. (2025). Aortic atherosclerotic plaques are more thrombogenic than carotid and femoral plaques: the role of fibrillar collagen. Atherosclerosis, 411, Article 120552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2025.120552
    • D'Italia, G., Coenen, D. M., Lemmens, T. P., Brandts, L., Wielders, S. J. H., Nagy, M., Mourmans, S. G. J., Achten, A., Al-Abadi, A., Weerts, J., Aizpurua, A. B., van Empel, V., Schroen, B., & Cosemans, J. M. E. M. (2025). Immuno-haemostatic dysregulation in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Esc heart failure, 12(5), 3444-3460. https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.15361
    • D'Italia, G., Schroen, B., & Cosemans, J. M. E. M. (2025). Commonalities of platelet dysfunction in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and underlying comorbidities. Esc heart failure, 12(2), 1013-1028. Article 15090. https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.15090
  • 2024
    • Lemmens, T. P., Luo, Q., Wielders, S. J. H., Scheijen, J. L. J. M., Al-Nasiry, S., Koenen, R. R., Wenzel, P., & Cosemans, J. M. E. M. (2024). Platelet collagen receptors and their role in modulating platelet adhesion patterns and activation on alternatively processed collagen substrates. Thrombosis Research, 244, Article 109201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.2024.109201
    • Lemmens, T. P., Bröker, V., Rijpkema, M., Hughes, C. C. W., Schurgers, L. J., & Cosemans, J. M. E. M. (2024). Fundamental considerations for designing endothelialized in vitro models of thrombosis. Thrombosis Research, 236, 179-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.2024.03.004
  • 2023
    • Yakusheva, A., Slater, A., Payrastre, B., Garcia, C., D'Italia, G., Allan, H., Cosemans, J. M. E. M., Harper, M., Gawaz, M., Armstrong, P., Troitiño, S., Trivigno, S. M. G., Naik, U. P., & Senis, Y. A. (2023). Illustrated Abstracts of the 5th EUPLAN International Conference. Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis, 7(7), Article 102140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rpth.2023.102140
    • 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
    • Josefsson, E. C., Ramstrom, S., Thaler, J., Lordkipanidze, M., Cosemans, J., & COAGAPO Study Group (2023). Consensus report on markers to distinguish procoagulant platelets from apoptotic platelets: communication from the Scientific and Standardization Committee of the ISTH. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 21(8), 2291-2299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtha.2023.05.001
  • 2022
    • Karel, M. F. A., Roosen, M. G. C. H., Tullemans, B. M. E., Zhang, C. E., Staals, J., Cosemans, J. M. E. M., & Koenen, R. R. (2022). Characterization of cerebral small vessel disease by neutrophil and platelet activation markers using artificial intelligence. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 367, Article 577863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroim.2022.577863
    • Lemmens, T. P., Coenen, D. M., Swieringa, F., Niessen, I. C. L., Coort, S. L. M., Koenen, R. R., Kutmon, M., & Cosemans, J. M. E. M. (2022). Finding the "switch" in platelet activation: prediction of key mediators involved in reversal of platelet activation using a novel network biology approach. Journal of Proteomics, 261, Article 104577. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2022.104577
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