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Success for Birmingham PhD students
Congratulations go to Abdullah Khan, PhD student at the University of Birmingham with Neil Morgan and Steve Thomas, who passed his PhD viva on the 21st November. His thesis on “Applying CRISPR-Cas Gene Editing and PALM Super-Resolution Microscopy To Investigate Molecular Causes of Inherited Thrombocytopenias” was examined by Dr Markus Bender (University of Wuerzburg) and Prof. […]
Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia (GT) – A Personal Story
Tanya is aged 52 and has Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia (GT), an inherited platelet disorder. She is married and works part time as a nurse specialist. Patients with GT have normal numbers of platelets, but their platelets do not function properly as they lack a key substance which makes platelets stick together to stop bleeding. Tanya’s Story […]
Platelet Society members attended the bioinformatics workshop in Cambridge in September; it was a great opportunity to learn cutting-edge techniques for genomic analysis directly from researchers that are using and developing them. Red Alex Bye's report:
Great to see members of the @plateletsociety on the paper! Well done @bhamplateletgrp and @neilvmorgan, keep up the good work! @BloodJournal #thrombocytopenia #Platelets #genemutations
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Platelet Society members & UK platelet researchers attended the 4th EUPLAN meeting in Bruges. Read the report from Dr @Drsjones1982 which details the focus of the meeting & an overview of the talks. The meeting was a great success. #EuropeanPlateletNetwork
Many congratulations to Jawad S. Khalil, PhD student at the University of Hull with Francisco Rivero & Khalid Naseem, who recently passed his PhD viva. Well done Jawad and good luck in your future career!
Platelet Society member, Dr @AmandaUnsworth1 is chairing the forthcoming Gordon Research Seminar on the Cell Biology of Megakaryocytes & Platelets in Feb 2019, at Galveston, Texas (prior to the @GordonConf ); more info can be found here #platelets #GRS