Platelet Society EuPLAN Meeting - Bristol 2023 - Information for attendees
Programmes
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Time (BST) Activity Title Speaker Room 09:30 ECR meeting registration & coffee Morning ECR Session 10:30 - 12:00 Welcome and 7 Flash Poster Presentations Session Chairs - Hetty Walker (Bristol) & Rachel Lamerton (Bham) Multivalent Nanobodies : Novel Agonists for Platelet Activation Eleyna Slater - University of Birmingham Time- and distance-resolved robotic imaging of fluid flow in vertical microfluidic strips: a new technique for quantitative, multiparameter global measure of haemostasis Ruya Sariyer - University of Reading Pim kinase: A novel regulator of Thromboxane A2 receptor signalling and platelet function Sophie Nock - Manchester Metropolitan University Effects of the venom of a spitting elapid snake, Hemachatus haemachatus on the modulation of platelet reactivity and blood clotting Pradeep Vijayakumar - University of Reading Chemical degradation of Focal Adhesion Kinase utilising PROTACs with different linker lengths; effect on human platelet function. Justin Trory - University of Bristol Thyroid hormones and analogues promote the acute release of platelets from megakaryocytes: from blood donor biology to the production of platelets in vitro Holly Foster - University of Cambridge Clinical, phenotypic and genetic overview of inherited platelet disorders diagnosed in a single Portuguese reference centre for Congenital Coagulopathies. Catarina Monteiro - University of Porto 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch and networking/poster session Afternoon ECR Session: Careers 13:00 - 16:00
13:00 - 14:00 Science and Career Talks from newly appointed PIs Session Chairs - Connor Webb (Bristol) & Harriet Allan (QMU) 13:00 - 13:30 Single-cell RNA sequencing identifies a critical role of G6b-B in regulating megakaryocyte maturation Zoltan Nagy 13:30 - 14:00 Real-time assessment of inter-platelet communication and regulation of thrombus
structure by connexin gap junctionsKirk Taylor 14:00 - 14:30 Flash talk prizes and coffee break 14:30 - 16:00 Career Breakout Rooms (20 min for discussion and 10 min for transition/coffee)
Room 1 - Academia, research and lectureships B.H05 Lecture Theatre Lecturer - University of Bristol Dr Chris Williams Senior Research Fellow - University of Reading Dr Kirk Taylor Room 2 - Industry G.H01 Cinema Room Technical sales specialist and former Field application scientist, Thermo Fisher Scientific Dr Sezin Gunaltay-Schenk Company Director, Science-Supplies Limited Dr Mohsin Amin Room 3 - Funding bodies G.H04 Seminar Room Programme Manager at Medical Research Council Dr Samantha Moore Room 4 - Consultancy G.H03 Cinema Room Senior Consultant, Putnam Dr Andreas Wersäll 16:20 Main EUPLAN meeting starts
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Time (BST) Activity Title Speaker 14:00 - 18:00 Meeting Registration 16:20 - 18:00 Main Meeting Session 1 Session chairs - Luis Moran (Bristol) and Alex Slater (Bham) 16:20 Welcome and Opening Remarks 16:30 - 17:00 Plenary 1 Fluorescence imaging of platelet biology Katrin Heinze, University of Würzburg, Germany 17:00 - 17:30 Plenary 2 Human disease insights from genome sequencing: platelet disorders and beyond Andrew Mumford, UHBW NHS Trust, UK 17:30 - 17:45 Welcome to Bristol Pro-Vice Chancellor of Research, University of Bristol 17:45 - 18:00 Walk to Senate House (400 meters) 18:00 - 20:00 Drinks Reception - Senate House
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Time (BST) Activity Title Speaker 08:45 - 10:30 Main Meeting Session 2 Session Chairs - Kirk Taylor (Reading) & Xenia Sawkulycz (Bham) 08:45 - 09:00 Tribute to Monica Arman Khalid Nassem 09:00 - 09:30 Plenary 3 - Dedicated to Monica Arman PF4 mediates thrombo inflammation by bridging innate and adaptive immunity Andreas Greinacher, University Medical Centre Greifswald, Germany 09:30 - 10:30 Selected oral presentations 09:30 - 09:45 Neutrophil extracellular trap components differentially induce S100A8/A9 expression on platelets associated with a procoagulant phenotype Gina Perrella 09:45 - 10:00 Platelet-released mitochondria promote neutrophil activation and the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps Harriet E. Allan 10:00 - 10:15 Supercharged platelets as a novel therapy for reducing blood loss post-cardiac surgery Alexi Crosby 10:15 - 10:30 Platelet-derived Integrin and Tetraspanin-enriched Tethers (PITTs) orchestrate neutrophil recruitment and drive pulmonary thrombo-inflammation Timo Vögtle 10:30 - 11:15 Coffee and Posters - Even numbered posters 11:15 - 12:45 Main Meeting Session 3 Session Chairs - Kate Burley (Bristol) & Jo Mitchell (Bham) 11:15 - 11:30 Selected oral presentations 11:15 - 11:30 Single platelet function in thrombocytopenia patients measured with droplet microfluidics Maaike Jongen 11:30 - 12:45 Patient experience session Brief presentations plus Q&A Kate Khair (Haemnet Ltd.), Catherine Rea (Hemab), Gillian Lowe (University of Birmingham), Dr Summaiya 12:45 - 13:45 Lunch and Posters - Even numbered posters 13:45 - 14:45 Coffee and Posters - Even numbered posters 14:45 - 16:00 Main Meeting Session 4 Session Chairs - Luis Moran (Bristol) & Timo Vögtle (Würzburg) 14:45 - 15:15 Plenary 4 Protein 'knock out' platelets using chemical degraders Ingeborg Hers, University of Bristol, UK 15:15 - 16:00 Selected oral presentations 15:15 - 15:30 Endothelial inflammation affects platelet activation via surface receptors and mediator secretion Claudia Schönichen 15:30 - 15:45 Dual anti-platelet therapies are ineffective at preventing blockage of the coronary microcirculation following ischaemia reperfusion injury in mice. Joanne L Mitchell 15:45 - 16:00 Novel Prostacyclin Analogue Produces Potent and Selective Platelet Inhibition Megan F Allen 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee and Posters - Even numbered posters 16:30 - 17:45 Main Meeting Session 5 Session Chairs - Sam Montague (Bham) & Waltraud Schrottmaier (Vienna) 16:30 - 17:00 Plenary 5 Targeting platelet-rich clots in ischemic stroke: towards thrombolysis beyond fibrinolysis Simon de Meyer, KU Leuven Kulak, Belgium 17:00 - 17:45 Selected oral presentations 17:00 - 17:15 Role of MicroRNA-223-3p in regulating platelet-supported thrombin generation Julia F Charlon 17:15 - 17:30 c-Mpl is a platelet receptor for platelet factor 4 Richard J Buka 17:30 - 17:45 Development of a fully in vitro approach to generation of megakaryocytes and platelets from mouse embryonic stem cells Jordan Vautrinot 17:45 - 18:30 Walk to Mount Without 18:30 -19:00 Drinks reception 19:00 - 20:30 Dinner 20:30 - 23:00 Band and bar
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Time (BST) Activity Title Speaker 09:00 - 10:30 Main Meeting Session 6 Session Chairs - Julia Sandrin Gauer (Leeds) & Maaike Sybil Jongen (Karolinska Institute) 09:00 - 09:30 Plenary 6 Platelet function testing by flow cytometry – applications and experiences from clinical settings Sofia Ramstrom, Örebro University, Sweden 09:30 - 10:30 Selected oral presentations 09:30 - 09:45 Antiplatelet drugs do not protect from platelet-leukocyte aggregation in Coronary Artery Disease Christian Schulte 09:45 - 10:00 Understanding the structure/function relationship of PLCγ2 downstream of platelet (hem)ITAM receptors Safa Gayes 10:00 - 10:15 Platelet p110β mediates platelet-leukocyte interaction and curtails bacterial dissemination in pneumococcal pneumonia Waltraud C. Schrottmaier 10:15 - 10:30 Super-resolution microscopy of α-granule secretion in spreading platelets Smita Patil 10:30 - 11:30 Coffee and Posters - Odd numbered posters 11:30 - 12:45 Main Meeting Session 7 Session Chairs - Desiree Forstner (Graz) & Lawrence Hutchinson (Bristol) 11:30 - 12:15 Plenary 7 Enzymatically oxidised phospholipids in platelets and innate immune cells: Impact on thrombosis Majd Protty, Cardiff University, UK 12:15 - 13:00 Selected oral presentations 12:15 - 12:30 New role of platelets on liver metabolism in early NASH Maxime Borret 12:30 - 12:45 GPIb-alpha – VWF interaction mediates platelet accumulation in a new vessel-on-a-chip model of deep vein thrombosis Alexander Brill 12:45 -13:00 Characterising architecture of platelet aggregations using expansion microscopy (ExM) Emma L Faulkner 13:00 - 14:15 Lunch and Posters - Odd numbered posters 14:15 - 15:30 Main Meeting Session 8 Session Chairs - Caroline Kardeby (Aston) & Chris Williams (Bristol) 14:15 - 14:45 Plenary 8 New approaches to generating platelets in vitro Catherine Strassel, University of Strasbourg, France 14:45 - 15:30 Selected oral presentations 14:45 -15:00 Role of platelet GARP in post-myocardial infarction inflammation and fibrosis Julie Bodart 15:00 - 15:15 The subtilisin-like protease furin regulates hemin-dependent ectodomain shedding of glycoprotein VI (GPVI) Anne-Katrin Rohlfing 15:15 -15:30 Protein kinase A regulates platelet phosphodiesterase 3A through an A-kinase anchoring protein dependent manner Jawad S. Khalil 15:30 - 16:00 Closing remarks and prize giving 16:00 Depart
Useful Documents & Links
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Description Link Meeting Location - School of Humanities, University of Bristol Google Maps Travel Information PDF Code of Conduct PDF List of Abstracts PDF Oral Communication Abstracts PDF Poster Abstracts PDF Platelet Society EDI pages Webpage Platelet Society ECR survey Webpage Tourist information for Bristol Webpage List of Attendees PDF
Contact
For general enquires about the meeting please email info@plateletsociety.co.uk
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Speaker Photo Links Katrin Heinze Webpage
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PubmedKate Khair Webpage Catherine Rea Webpage Ingeborg Hers Webpage
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