Caroline P. Martens, MD

MD PhD candidate
Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium

I am Caroline Martens, a medical doctor who moved from the bedside to the bench in August 2020 to join the group of Prof. Dr. Kim Martinod and Prof. Dr. Peter Verhamme at the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. My main research interest is to study thromboinflammation in infectious diseases with a focus on the interplay between Peptidylarginine Deiminase 4, Neutrophil Extracellular Traps and the VWF:ADAMTS13 axis in Gram-positive sepsis and COVID-19. My work encompasses a combination of both translational as well as clinical research methods.

Presentation(s):

• OC 57.4 - Decreased DNase activity in severe COVID-19 correlates with increased circulating NET burden

  Tuesday, July 12, 2022
  11:30 AM – 11:45 AM

• PB1290 - The contribution of peptidylarginine deiminase 4 and NETs to a dysregulated VWF/ADAMTS13 axis in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in patients

  Tuesday, July 12, 2022
  6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

• OC 72.2 - Neutrophils protect against Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis but the impact of NET release is negated by coagulases

  Wednesday, July 13, 2022
  10:30 AM – 10:45 AM