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    Béatrice Hechler, PhD

    Inserm Researcher
    Université de Strasbourg, INSERM, EFS Grand Est, BPPS UMR-S1255, FMTS, F-67065 Strasbourg, France
    Strasbourg, Alsace, France

    Dr Beatrice Hechler is an Inserm Researcher at the Inserm unit UMR-S1255 "Biology of blood platelets" located at the Etablissement Français du Sang-Grand Est, Strasbourg, France. She gained her Ph.D. in Pharmacology in 1998 at the Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg. She spent a two year postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Professor Katya RAVID at Boston University School of Medicine, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston (USA). She became a Researcher at INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale) in 2000. The main focus of Beatrice Hechler’s work is platelet biology, pathophysiology and pharmacology and some aspects of vascular biology. Her main interest has long been the molecular mechanisms of ADP-induced platelet activation and its inhibition by the thienopyridine compounds. This led to the characterization and the identification of some of the platelet P2 receptors. She carried out extensive work on the platelet P2Y1, P2Y12 and P2X1 receptors. She also acquired expertise in various mouse models of arterial thrombosis in healthy murine vessels as well as in a context of atherosclerosis. Beatrice Hechler is currently interested in evaluating the role of platelets in non-haemostatic functions including septic shock, anaphylaxis and acute lung injury following transfusion of a blood product (TRALI).

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