Frederik Denorme
@frederikdenorme
Father, partner & Assistant Professor Investigating stroke at the University of Antwerp
How do we know? We combined live imaging inside the brain, computational modeling, and drug tests in mice. The payoff: VWF is a promising target for add-on therapies that could protect the brain even after the clot is cleared. 🎯
🧠🩸We can reopen a blocked artery after a stroke. So why doesn't this always help? Our new paper: returning flow stretches VWF open in tiny vessels, where it grabs platelets and seeds fresh micro-clots. Inflammation makes it worse. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... @pnas.org @uantwerpen.be
This morning, or son was anxiously waiting for the arrival of his grandma & grandpa who came all the way from 🇧🇪 to celebrate his upcoming birthday! 🙂
Despite the orange man's antics. Scientific societies are standing their ground. We as a community need to keep supporting #DEI efforts! Just submitted our first Diversity Supplement for a talented graduate student in our Lab. Thanks to @ahascience.bsky.social for supporting diversity in science!
At #ISC25 pre-con in LA. Last time I was here was Feb 2020… 😷
To end this terrible January my grandmother passed away yesterday. She was an incredible independent woman who made me who I am today. As a side note: She was two when the Nazis invaded Belgium, same age as our son now…
Neutrophils (red) and Platelets (cyan) chasing each other in the murine ischemic stroke brain... (1/2 reduced speed)
Hi! I am Frederik, a Belgian 🇧🇪, living in the US 🇺🇸. Our lab does translational research focussed on the role of thrombosis and inflammation in the 🧠 after stroke.