Michael Boffa
@MBBoffa
Assoc Prof, UWO Biochemistry/Married up to @MarlysLPA/Collecting sports cars like barnacles
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https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/biochem/people/faculty/Boffa.html 05-11-2012 21:00:12
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A focused update to the 2019 NLA scientific statement on use of lipopr... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…. Updated guidance - Measured Lp(a) at least once in all adults! National Lipid Association Marlys Koschinsky Michael Boffa Dave Dixon, Professor & Chair @VCUPharmacy Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA Erin D. Michos, M.D. Dan Soffer
Congratulations to Cheryl Forchuk (Mental Health Nursing Research Alliance), Marlys Koschinsky, Ruth Lanius, Isaac Luginaah, Alan MacEachern and Antonio Calcagno for their election to the Royal Society of Canada this year, and to Tilottama Rajan on being awarded the 2023 Chauveau Medal! news.westernu.ca/2023/09/wester…
Opening sessions National Lipid Association with Christie Ballantyne presenting updated information in Lp(a) with Marlys Koschinsky. High risk regardless of ethnicity.
Wonderful to have Michael Boffa as our visiting speaker to kick off the TaARI_Canada Research Seminar Series!! 🙏🎉 Thanks for sharing your exciting research on “Beyond Fibrinolysis: Exploring novel mechanisms of cancer metastasis & atherothrombosis”.
Congratulations to Dr. Neha Sharma Neha Sharma for a successful PhD defence !! 🎉🎉🍾 So proud of your accomplishments! 👍 Special thanks to the exam committee for your time & expertise! Michael Boffa colin kretz Alison Fox-Robichaud, MD #WilliamSheffield . TaARI_Canada CCCTBG Canada CanVECTOR Network
Congratulations to Professor Marlys Koschinsky Marlys Koschinsky Western University Schulich WesternU on election to the Royal Society of Canada RSC // SRC in recognition of her original work on lipoprotein biology CIHR Heart & Stroke
• ♀️ #Lpa 🐁 have larger aortic sinus #ath lesions than controls expressing only human apoB-100
• ♂️ Lp(a) 🐁 show no differences in lesion size or morphology vs controls, highlighting a unique sexual dimorphism
Julia St John (Assini) Marlys Koschinsky Michael Boffa
atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S0021-…
Lipoprotein(a) is risk factor for *early* atherosclerosis.
Lipoprotein(a) and carotid intima-media thickness in children with familial hypercholesterolaemia in the Netherlands: a 20-year follow-up study #CardioTwitter
thelancet.com/journals/landi…
Findings by Julia St John (Assini) Marlys Koschinsky Michael Boffa & al. suggest a pro-inflammatory phenotype exhibited by female Tg 🐁 expressing Lp(a) that appears to contribute to the development of more severe lesions with greater vulnerable features
#Lpa European Atherosclerosis Society
atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S0021-…
After a June spent on grants and manuscripts and conferences, summer has officially begun! Marlys Koschinsky
Fibrinolysis assays described by outstanding co-authors #ISTH2023 Ze Zheng Michael Boffa Paul Kim Tetsu Urano
Super excited to share our latest work using a mouse model of Lp(a) to study atherosclerosis. Thank you to everyone involved in this project Michael Boffa Marlys Koschinsky The Lagor Lab 🥳😊
High levels of lipoprotein(a) in transgenic mice exacerbate atheroscle... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Markys is being very modest as it is I who is so honored to pose with the worlds top Lp(a) chemist & thought leader. National Lipid Association European Atherosclerosis Society Family Heart Foundation Michael Boffa #NLASessions Peter Attia
Feeling like a rock star! Photographed with the living lipid legend Dr. Tom Dayspring!!! I have learned so much (and continue to learn) about lipids and lipoproteins from him! Thomas Dayspring Michael Boffa #NLASessions
