Nicola Mutch

Dr. Nicola Mutch received a BSc Hons in Molecular Biology from the University of Aberdeen, UK. Her Ph.D. was carried out within the laboratory of Prof Nuala Booth at the University of Aberdeen studying cross-talk between the fibrinolytic and coagulation systems. After obtaining her Ph.D. she took up a post-doctoral position with Prof Jim Morrissey at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA. During this time the laboratory uncovered the role of platelet polyphosphate in regulation of coagulation and fibrinolysis. Nicola returned to the UK to take up a tenure track position as an Independent Fellowship in Cardiovascular Biology at the University of Leeds.

She was awarded a personal Intermediate Fellowship from the British Heart Foundation and moved back to Aberdeen to pursue her research. Her research takes a global approach to study the cross-talk between hemostatic systems, with the goal of understanding the normal biological processes that regulate these complex pathways and perturbations during disease.