Tilman Hackeng

Professor

Prof. Tilman Hackeng studied biochemistry at the University of Utrecht and obtained his PhD at the same University in 1993 on protein C/protein S anticoagulant mechanisms. Shortly after, he left for The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA, were he worked on translational chemistry in the laboratories of Molecular and Experimental Medicine and Cell Biology.

In 1998, he returned to the Netherlands as a Research Fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) at the Department of Biochemistry of the University Maastricht. He is past president of the Netherlands Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (NVTH), and elected member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW). In addition, he is chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Netherlands Thrombosis Foundation, acts as reviewer for major journals in the Thrombosis & Haemostasis and Chemistry fields and serves on grant reviewing boards of national and international granting agencies. Currently he is chairman of the Department of Biochemistry of the University Maastricht and Scientific Director of CARIM. He is co-founder of ACS Biomarker BV and Coagulation Profile BV.

His research on chemistry and structure function relationships of blood coagulation proteins explores the involvement of blood coagulation proteins in developing cardiovascular disease. With an emphasis on anticoagulant regulatory pathways, a multidisciplinary approach is used in unraveling functional properties of proteins involved in the regulation of thrombin formation. Functional impairments of coagulation proteins can lead to development of venous and arterial thrombosis, and a fundamental understanding of inter-protein and protein-vessel wall interactions is a prerequisite for understanding how anticoagulant proteins work in preventing thrombosis. A broad technology platform is applied to this programme, from automated thrombin generation, total chemical synthesis of proteins, to NMR protein structural analysis and development of clinical assays. Additional research programmes performed in his laboratory for total chemical protein synthesis comprise several research lines and collaborations in the field of haemostasis and thrombosis, cancer, targeted molecular imaging and synthetic vaccines. Multimodal and multivalent constructs are applied as molecular imaging agents in vitro and in vivo for the targeting and MRI, SPECT, and PET imaging of thrombosis, atherosclerosis and angiogenesis and further developed within Maastricht Imaging Valley under the evolving discipline of translational cardiovascular chemistry.

Department of Biochemistry
Universiteitsingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht
PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht
Room number: 4.366
T: +31 (0)43 388 1674/1766

2024
- Vroemen, W. H. M., Denessen, E. J. S., van Doorn, W. P. T. M., Pelzer, K. E. J. M., Hackeng, T. M., Litjens, E. J. R., Henskens, Y. M. C., van der Sande, F. M., Wodzig, W. K. W. H., Kooman, J. P., Bekers, O., de Boer, D., & Mingels, A. M. A. (2024). Differences in Cardiac Troponin T Composition in Myocardial Infarction and End-Stage Renal Disease Patients: A Blood Tube Effect?Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, 9(5), 989-1000. https://doi.org/10.1093/jalm/jfae052
- Schreuder, M., Jourdi, G., Veizaj, D., Poole, D. A., Cheung, K. L., Poenou, G., Verhoef, D., Thomassen, S., Janssen, L. F. H., Stepanian, A., Hackeng, T. M., Gaussem, P., Reitsma, P. H., Geerke, D. P., Siguret, V., & Bos, M. H. A. (2024). Minimally Modified Human Blood Coagulation Factor X to Bypass Direct Factor Xa Inhibitors. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 22(8), 2211-2226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtha.2024.04.022
- Singh, A., Kraaijeveld, A. O., Curaj, A., Wichapong, K., Hammerich, L., de Jager, S. C. A., Bot, I., Atamas, S. P., van Berkel, T. J. C., Jukema, J. W., Comerford, I., Mccoll, S. R., Mees, B., Heemskerk, J. W. M., Nicolaes, G. A. F., Hackeng, T., Liehn, E. A., Tacke, F., & Biessen, E. A. L. (2024). CCL18 aggravates atherosclerosis by inducing CCR6-dependent T-cell influx and polarization. Frontiers in Immunology, 15, Article 1327051. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1327051
- Todaro, A. M., Radu, C. M., Ciccone, M., Toffanin, S., Serino, M. L., Campello, E., Bulato, C., Lunghi, B., Gemmati, D., Cuneo, A., Hackeng, T. M., Simioni, P., Bernardi, F., & Castoldi, E. (2024). In vitro and ex vivo rescue of a nonsense mutation responsible for severe coagulation factor V deficiency. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 22(2), 410-422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtha.2023.10.007
2023
- Van de Berg, T. W., Beckers, E. A. M., Heubel-Moenen, F. C. J. I., Henskens, Y. M. C., Thomassen, M. C. L. G. D., & Hackeng, T. M. (2023). Sensitive Measurement of Clinically Relevant Factor VIII Levels in Thrombin Generation Assays Requires Presence of Factor XIa. Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 123(11), 1034-1041. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2101-7961
- Chai, J., Wu, J., Li, J., Liao, H., Lu, W., Guo, R., Shao, Z., Jmel, M. A., Martins, L. A., Hackeng, T., Ippel, H., Dijkgraaf, I., Kotsyfakis, M., & Xu, X. (2023). Novel Amphibian Bowman-Birk-Like Inhibitor with Antioxidant and Anticoagulant Effects Ameliorates Pancreatitis Symptoms in Mice. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 66(17), 11869-11880. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00475
- Dai, L., Mafra, D., Shiels, P. G., Hackeng, T. M., Stenvinkel, P., & Schurgers, L. J. (2023). Vitamin K and Hallmarks of Ageing: Focus on Diet and Gut Microbiome. Nutrients, 15(12), Article 2727. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15122727
- Thomassen, M. C. L. G. D., Bouwens, B. R. C., Wichapong, K., Suylen, D. P., Bouwman, F. G., Hackeng, T. M., & Koenen, R. R. (2023). Protein arginine deiminase 4 inactivates tissue factor pathway inhibitor-alpha by enzymatic modification of functional arginine residues. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 21(5), 1214-1226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtha.2023.01.017
- Yao, T. Y., Chen, H. L., Wang, R., Rivero, R., Wang, F. Y., Kessels, L., Agten, S. M., Hackeng, T. M., Wolfs, T. G. A. M., Fan, D. D., Baker, M. B., & Moroni, L. (2023). Thiol-ene conjugation of a VEGF peptide to electrospun scaffolds for potential applications in angiogenesis. Bioactive Materials, 20(1), 306-317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioactmat.2022.05.029
- Dzhanaev, R., Hasberg, C., Gorgels, A., Schmitz, C., Winkler, C. F., Malyaran, H., Graeber, S., Gentier, A., Jaminon, A., Agten, S., Hackeng, T., Akbulut, A. C., Schurgers, L., Mottaghy, F. M., Goettsch, C., & Jahnen-Dechent, W. (2023). Application of the mineral-binding protein fetuin-A for the detection of calcified lesions. Theranostics, 13(2), 659-672. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.78773

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