Joint Platelet Society / EuPLAN meeting

Platelet Society / EuPLAN meeting - 4th - 6th September 2023

Please join us in Bristol for the 6th EUPLAN International Conference on September 4-6th 2023.

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 Bristol where you can meet old friends and make new ones and help to further strengthen our fantastic European platelet community.

The full programme is now available (see below) and registration will close on the 31st July – Register now to make sure you dont miss out!

We look forward to meeting you in Bristol!

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

University of Bristol, UK

Meeting Organisers

Alastair Poole

Ingeborg Hers

Stuart Mundell

Andrew Mumford

Elizabeth Aitken

Nathalie Tarassova

Megan Allen

Luis Moran Lara

Semra Zuhal Birol

Programme & Confirmed Speakers

Details of the programme and invited speakers will appear here.

On the 4th September, the programme will be dedicated to ECRs. For further details, please click here

Monday 4th September

4th September – Main meeting

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

Tuesday 5th September

5th September – Main meeting day 1

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

Wednesday 6th September

6th September – Main meeting day 2

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