Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (2011-2014)
Imperial College University London, UK

Master in Clinical Sciences (Translation and Therapeutic Medicine) (2014-2015)
University of Cambridge, UK

Master in Biomedical Research (2015-2016)
Imperial College University London, UK

Doctorate in Medicine (Cardiovascular Research) (2016-2020)
Imperial College University London, UK

• Graduate teaching assistant (GTA), Imperial College London School of Medicine (2016-2020) – Immunology, Molecular Medicine, Hematology
• Guiding 4th year medical students in the undergraduate research project (2017, 2018) -Hematology
• Organizing and developing a mini research project for master’s students (Oct 2018-Feb 2019) – Immunology and oncology
• Teaching tutorials (2016-2020) – Cellular and molecular biology
• Development of a new course – IMPACTS (Inclusive Module Professional and Critical Thinking Skills)

Activated αIIbβ3 on Platelets Mediates Flow-Dependent NETosis via SLC44A2
Adela Constantinescu-Bercu, Luigi Grassi, Mattia Frontini, Isabelle I. Salles-Crawley *, Kevin J Woollard * & James T.B. Crawley *
(Published in eLife, 2020 – selected for eLife Digest; two: 10.7554 / eLife.53353)

SLC44A2 – a novel therapeutic target for venous thrombosis?
Adela Constantinescu-Bercu, Isabelle I. Salles-Crawley & James T.B. Crawley
(Published in Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2020; DOI: 10.1111 / jth.14834)

The intracellular tail of GPIbα increases GPVI-mediated signaling in mice
Adela Constantinescu-Bercu, Yuxiao Alice Wang, Kevin J Woollard, Pierre Mangin, Karen Vanhoorelbeke, James TB Crawley and Isabelle I. Salles-Crawley
(Article under revision in Haematologica)

CD8 + effector T cell clones mediated immune thrombocytopenia (ITP)
Amna Malik, Anwar A. Sayed, Pan Pan Han, Eleanor Watt, Adela Constantinescu-Bercu, Alexander TH Cocker, Ahmad Khoder, Haiyu Zhang, Wayne A Mitchell, NesrinaImami, James TB Crawley, James B Bussel, James L Zehnder, Stuart Adams, Bing M Zhang & Nichola Cooper
(Article under review in the New England Journal of Medicine)

• Cardiovascular research (PhD) – research into a new interaction between platelets and platelets neutrophils and possible involvement in the pathology of deep vein thrombosis and accident cerebral vascular

• Evaluation of a new method for cryopreservation of human hematopoietic stem cells in transplant vision (master)

• The role of BAM endothelial protein BI in the hemostatic process (license)

• Early Career Award – International Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis Congress Melbourne, Australia (2019)
• Nominated for Student Academic Choice Awards – Imperial College London (2019)
• Scientist in Training Award – British Society for Haemostasis and Thrombosis Conference Coventry, UK (2018)
• Best PhD Presentation Award – PhD Away Day, Imperial College London (2018)
• Young Investigator Award – International Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis Congress Berlin, Germany (2017)
• Scientist in Training Award – British Society for Haemostasis and Thrombosis Conference Leeds, UK (2016)
• Special Excellence Award – League of Romanian Students Abroad (2016)
• Distinction – Imperial College London (2016)
• Distinction – University of Cambridge (2015)
• First Class Honors – Imperial College London (2014)