Postdoctoral Fellow - Thrombosis Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
BS in Physics - University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
PhD in Biochemistry - University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
MS in Biophysics - University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Senior Scientist
Stasiak M, Boncela J, Perreau C, Karamanou K, Chatron-Colliet A, Proult I, Przygodzka P, Chakravarti S, Maquart F-X, Kowalska MA, Wegrowski Y and Brézillon S. Lumican inhibits SNAIL-induced melanoma cell migration specifically by blocking MMP-14 activity. PLOS One March 1 2016. PLoS One 11(3):e0150226. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150226, 2016.
Fuentes RE, Zaitsev S, Ahn HS, Hayes V, Kowalska M, Lambert MP, Wang Y, Siegel DL, Bougie DW, Aster RH, Myers DD, Stepanova V, Cines DB, Muzykantov VR, Poncz M. A chimeric platelet-targeted urokinase prodrug selectively blocks new thrombus formation.
J Clin Invest. 126(2):483-94, 2016.
Lambert MP, Meng R, Xiao L, Harper DC, Marks MS, Kowalska MA, Poncz M. Intramedullary megakaryocytes internalize released platelet factor 4 and store it in alpha granules. J Thromb Haemost. 13:1888-99. 2015.
Meng R, Wu J, Harper DC, Wang Y, Kowalska MA, Abrams CS, Brass LF, Poncz M, Stalker TJ, Marks MS. Defective release of alpha granule and lysosome contents from platelets in mouse Hermasky-Pudlak syndrome models. Blood 125:1623-32, 2015..
Skewis LR, Lebedeva T, Papkov V, Thayer EC, Massefski W, Cuker A, Nagaswami C, Litvinov RI, Kowalska MA, Rauova L, Poncz M, Weisel JW, Lowery TJ, Cines DB.,T2 Magnetic Resonance: A Diagnostic Platform for Studying Integrated Hemostasis in Whole Blood—Proof of Concept. Clinical Chemistry. 60: 1174-82, 2014 .
Shi G, Field DJ, Ko K, Ture S, Srivastava K, Levy S, Kowalska MA, Poncz M, Fowell DJ, and Morrell CN. Platelet factor 4 limits Th17 differentiation and cardiac allograft rejection. J Clin Invest. 124: 543-552, 2014.
Kowalska MA, Zhao G, Zhai L, David G, Krishnaswamy S, Poncz M. Modulation of protein C activation by histones, platelet factor 4 and heparinoids: New insights into activated protein C formation. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 34:120-126, 2014.
Fukami MH, Holmsen H, Kowalska MA, Niewiarowski S: Platelet Secretion. Chapter 32. In Haemostasis and Thrombosis: Basic principles and Clinical Practice. 4th edition. Edited by RW. Colman, J. Hirsh, VJ Marder, AW Clowes, JN George. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000.
Kowalska MA. Seminar at the University of Reims, Champagne Ardenne, Laboratoire de Biochimie Médicale et de Biologie Moléculaire; 2016 May; Reims, France.
2009-201, Grant-in-Aid from American Heart Association “Platelet Factor 4 in Thrombosis: Intersection of Physiology and Pathology”
2007-2009, Grant-in-Aid from American Heart Association “The role of platelet-specific chemokines in inflammation”
2002-2005, Grant-in-Aid from American Heart Association “Defining the biology of PF4”
Blood
Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Thrombosis and Haemostasis
American Society of Hematology
American Heart Association
International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis