Prof. Jon Gibbins

University of Reading

Measuring platelet function: New strategies for precision medicine to prevent thrombosis

Studies show that blood clotting responses vary from person to person. So, despite the range of anti-thrombotic therapies currently available, these approaches are usually “one size fits all” and can be ineffective and/or cause unwanted side effects for many patients.

In this presentation, Professor Jon Gibbins, University of Reading, explores the role of platelets in haemostasis, their importance in thrombosis research and therapy development, and how precision medicine approaches are being developed with the aim to better preventing thrombosis in individual patients.

This video is an output from the Future Blood Testing Network. which is funded by EPSRC under Grant Number EP/W000652/1.



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Prof. Jon Gibbins

University of Reading

Jon Gibbins is professor of Cell Biology within the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Reading and is director of the Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research. He is a graduate of the University, obtaining a degree in Pathobiology with Chemistry in 1991 and a Ph.D. in Molecular Endocrinology in 1995. Following a period of postdoctoral research at the Oxford University, he returned to Reading in 1998 as a lecturer. Jon has established an internationally leading research group that studies blood clotting, with a particular focus on the development of more effective clinical strategies for the prevention and treatment of heart attacks and strokes, and thrombosis associated with infection.