2024 Platelet Society meeting – Aberdeen

Platelet Society meeting - 24th - 26th April 2024 - Register now!

Our next Platelet Society meeting will be held in Aberdeen from the 24th – 26th April 2024

As you would expect this meeting will bring together senior and junior scientists in an informal atmosphere to discuss the latest research covering a broad range of topics in platelet and megakaryocyte biology, from basic science to recent advances in clinical studies. We will have invited speakers providing state of the art lectures, a selection of oral presentations and a lively poster session.

So we hope to see you in Aberdeen where you can meet old friends and make new ones and help to further strengthen our fantastic platelet community.

More details of the meeting will appear on this page as we announce our invited speakers, confirm the programme and open abstract submission and registration.

We look forward to welcoming you in Aberdeen in 2024!

Registration is now closed

We are pleased to announce that the Platelet Society Summer School will be hosted by the University of Reading from the 6th – 8th July 2022.

The Summer School will introduce you to all aspects of platelet biology – introducing both the state-of-the art in platelet research, and how we study platelets and the processes in which they are involved. We will be gathering together experts in platelet biology from across Europe who will give seminar-style presentations and open discussion sessions. In addition to learning about techniques to study platelet biology – you will be able to try out some approaches in practical workshops.

So if you are new to platelet research, an established researcher or clinician who wants an update, or thinking about new ideas that involve platelets – you will be very welcome to join us. Please have a look and the programme here.

The Summer School will take place on the beautiful parkland campus at the University of Reading. Registration costs include all sessions, food, refreshments and 2 nights of on-site accommodation.

We look forward to seeing you in Reading in July!

Venue

P&J Live, UK

Meeting Organisers

Nikki Mutch

Steve Thomas

Sam Montague

Jo Mitchell

Claire Whyte

Programme & Confirmed Speakers

Details of the programme and invited speakers will appear here.

Wednesday 24th April

24th April – ECR meeting

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Time (BST)	Activity	Title	Speaker
10:00 – 10:30	Registration open
10:30 – 10:35	Welcome
10:35 – 10:45	Platelet Society ECR update
10:45 – 11:55	Oral presentations of posters from ECRs
		Comparative Analysis of in vitro Platelet Productivity from Human Megakaryocytes Derived from Different Cell Sources Using Microfluidic Chips	Tagreed Almazyad
		Piezo1 as a platelet primer	Mohammad Ali
		Characterising the organisation and dynamics of the IMS and cytoskeleton in human iPSC-derived megakaryocytes and platelet production	Natasha Pavey
		PAI-1-driven hypofibrinolysis is associated with venous thrombosis in patients with COVID‑19 disease	Megan Simpson
		An optimised methodology for chemically generated human platelet knockouts using PROTACS	Justin Trory
		Differential effects of HIV integrase inhibitors on platelets	Renos Keniyopoullos
		Effects of curcumin on ROS production during platelet activation	Serena Rustichelli
		Quercetin, isoquercetin, and zafirlukast synergize with the P2Y12 antagonist, cangrelor, in the inhibition of platelet function	Sabeeya Khan
12:00 – 12:30	Lunch
12:30 – 13:15	Posters
13:00 – 13:15	Registration for afternoon delegates
13:15 – 14:15		You are not a fraud: A scientist’s guide to the imposter phenomenon	Dr Marc Reid
14:20 – 16:40	Career talks/discussions		includes coffee break at 15:20
		A career in medical writing	Dr Karen Thompson
		A career in industry and spinning your own company out of a University	Dr Deborah O’Neil
		Navigating a journey between academia and other careers	Dr Brendan Gabriel
		A career in academia	Dr Nimesh Mody
		A career as a patent attorney	Richard Sulston
16:40 – 16:45	Prizegiving and close
17:00 – 18:00	Networking session
18:00	Dinner

Thursday 25th April

25th April – Main meeting day 1

Time (BST)	Activity	Title	Speaker
10:00 - 11:00	Registration open
11:00 - 12:45	Main Meeting Session 1	Chairs: Sam Montague & Ami Vadgama
11:00 - 11:15	Welcome
11:15 - 11:45	Plenary 1	Immune-responsive platelets - lessons from humans and mice	Leo Nicolai, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
11:45 - 12.45	Selected oral presentations
	11:45 - 12:00	Investigating the Role of Thromboinflammation in Post-Stroke Cognitive Decline	Rachel Jones
	12:00 - 12:15	Dual anti-platelet therapies are ineffective at preventing blockage of the coronary microcirculation following ischaemia reperfusion injury in mice.	Jo Mitchell
	12:15 - 12:30	Endothelial cell origin determines the fibrinolytic response to proinflammatory stimuli and downstream thrombus stability	Claire Whyte
	12:30 - 12:45	Platelet-derived Integrin and Remote ischaemic conditioning: a non-pharmacological approach to improve endothelial function and reduce platelet reactivity.	Sarah Jones
12:45 - 14:00	Lunch and Posters - Even numbered posters
14:00 - 15:30	Main Meeting Session 2	Chairs: Steve Thomas, Matt Hindle and Valentina Shpakova
14:00 - 14:30	Plenary 2	Platelets at the heart of everything	Alison Goodall
14:30 - 15:30	Selected oral presentations
	14:30 - 14:45	Phosphorylation of (Ser291) in the linker insert of Syk negatively regulates ITAM signaling in platelets	Satya Kunapuli
	14:45 - 15:00	Termination of thrombus growth through the dependence of platelet activation on distance to injury, an in-silico investigation	Ingo Bojak
	15:00 - 15:15	Generation of Novel PROTAC Tools For Targeting Protein Kinase Degradation in Human Platelets	Hetty Walker
	15:15 - 15:30	The tetravalent nanobody Nb17-2-Fc distinguishes low and high responders to FcγRIIA stimuli	Sam Montague
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee
16:00 - 17:00	Main Meeting Session 3	Chair: Amelia Drysdale
	Meet the Community - Industry	Flash talks by company sponsors
		Vincent Lachman	Pplus Products
		Natalia Dovlatova	Platelet Services
		Pip Timmins	Oxford Nanoimaging
	Meet the Community - Researchers	Platelet Society update
		Amanda Unsworth	Platelet Society
18:30	Evening Entertainment

Friday 26th April

26th April – Main meeting day 2

Time (BST)	Activity	Title	Speaker
09:30 - 11:00	Main Meeting Session 4	Chairs: Julia Sandrin Gauer and Natasha Pavey
09:30 - 10:00	Plenary 3	The Platelet Synapse	Alice Pollitt
10:00 - 11:00	Selected oral presentations
	10:00 - 10:15	Chronic exposure to platelet primers induces platelet-neutrophil aggregates (PNAs) in vitro	Connor Webb
	10:15 - 10:30	Mitochondrial dynamics in megakaryocyte maturation and proplatelet formation	Harriet Allan
	10:30 - 10:45	Megakaryocytes derived from human CD34+ cells express and release Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor	Imane Boukhatem
	10:45 - 11:00	Altered procoagulant dynamics in histone-stimulated platelets	Ella Ykema
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee
11:30 - 13:00	Main Meeting Session 5	Chairs: Kirk Taylor and Azziza Zaabalawi
11:30 - 12:00	Plenary 4	Beyond bleeding: insights from inherited platelet disorders	Sarah Westbury
12:00 - 13:00	Selected oral presentations
	12:00 - 12:15	Statins inhibit platelet-induced colorectal cancer metastatic responses.	Deanna Howley
	12:15 - 12:30	Gender specific influence of birth weight on platelet function in later life	Joanne Dunster
	12:30 - 12:45	Development and optimisation of a novel 9-parameter flow cytometry panel for human platelet phenotyping	Daisie Yates
	12:45 - 13:00	Platelets sequester extracellular DNA, capturing tumour-derived and free fetal DNA	Lauren Murphy
13:00 - 14:30	Lunch and Posters
14:30 - 16:00	Main Meeting Session 6	Chairs: Jo Mitchell and Emma Faulkner
14:30 - 15:00	Plenary 5	CD36 a thrombotic agent provocateur par excellence	Khalid Naseem
15:00 - 16:00	Selected oral presentations
	15:00 - 15:15	Visualising the dynamics of movement of GPVI and CLEC-2 upon ligand engagement	Joanne Clark
	15:15 - 15:30	Intravital analysis of thrombus Ca2+ signalling dynamics using a novel genetically-encoded Ca2+ indicator mouse (MKPLT_Salsa6f).	Kirk Taylor
	15:30 - 15:45	Functional impact of platelet cold storage	Veena Chawan
	15:45 - 16:00	Sensitivity of a novel plasmin generation assay to TAFIa	Kieran Pocknell
16:00	Close of meeting and prizes

We are delighted to announce the following invited speakers for the meeting

Professor Alison Goodall

Dr Leo Nicolai

Dr Alice Pollitt

Prof Khalid Naseem

Dr Sarah Westbury

Our Meeting Sponsors

Our sponsors are a really important and valued part of our meetings.

If you are interested in being a sponsor at the meeting, please contact us at info@plateletsociety.co.uk

2024 Platelet Society meeting – Aberdeen

Joining the Meeting

Registration for the meeting is now open – click the link below to visit the registration page.

Registration Form

Abstract Submission

Abstract submission for the meeting is now closed – We can accept abstracts for posters only until the 24th March. Please email info@plateletsociety.co.uk for more details on this.