Assistant Professor
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Ejaife O. AGBANI (BPharm, MSc, PhD), Assistant Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Dr Agbani earned his Bachelor of Pharmacy degree (with Distinction) from Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria and qualified as a pharmacist. Later, he earned a Master’s in clinical pharmacy degree (with Distinction) from University College London, England. He then studied peroxynitrite chemistry and its cellular actions in pulmonary hypertension at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland, where he obtained his PhD in 2010. After post-doctoral research investigating the role of nuclear invaginations and endo-lysosomal channels in calcium signalling at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Dr Agbani (in 2012) joined the lab of Prof. Alastair Poole at the University of Bristol, England. Here, Agbani carved out an area of research combining 4D advanced imaging science with novel approaches targeting procoagulant membrane dynamics to control platelet procoagulation without blocking platelet secretions. Since then, Dr Agbani’s work has centred on platelet biology, thrombosis, and haemostasis cell biology. Dr Agbani’s research seeks to understand platelets’ role in post-operative thrombo-haemorrhagic complications, drug and cancer-associated thrombosis, and prothrombo-inflammatory disease states. His research goal is to provide critical insights into thrombosis mechanisms and the haemostatic response through platelet biology, and to leverage this knowledge for precision medicine.
Monday, June 26, 2023
18:30 – 19:30 ET