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Are you a Researcher or Clinician working on platelets?UK platelet researchers attend 4th EUPLAN meeting in Bruges
4th EUPLAN Conference – Report by Dr Sarah Jones, Manchester Metropolitan University The European Platelet Network recently hosted the 4th EUPLAN meeting (19th-21st September 2018) in the beautiful city of Bruges, Belgium. The meeting focused on platelets in thrombosis and beyond, with keynote lectures on thrombopoeisis, the role of platelets in inflammation and infection, platelet […]
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 & 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
Our members are promoting excellence in research by giving talks at conferences; our Vice Chair, Prof @GibbinsJon is also talking here on Platelet Receptors and Signalling. The course will provide the latest information in basic & clinical aspects of bleeding & platelet disorders
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“Here's @drstev1et presenting his talk on "Testing platelet function under flow" at the @isth Workshop on Platelets in Valencia, Spain. He's go...
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Congratulations to Andreas Wersäll, PhD student of Professor Alastair Poole @BristolPlatelet who passed his PhD viva in May and graduated in July. Andreas also had his PhD paper published. See our website for more info #platelets #proud #research