News & Events
Outreach and Public Engagement Funding Opportunity
Are you interested in doing outreach or public engagement related to platelets and platelet research? With British Science Week running from 6-15th March we wanted to encourage our membership to take part in Outreach and Education activities to introduce the next generation of scientists to biomedical sciences and most importantly platelets, and platelet related research! […]
- Uncategorized
- Platelet Society Meetings
- Our PRD Community
- News
- Marathon 2021
- manchester
- Living with a PRD
- Fundraising
- External Meetings
- Conference messages
- Blog
- aberdeen
Reading 2026 – Abstracts and registration now open
The Platelet Society is delighted to announce that abstract submission and registration is now open for the annual Platelet Society Meetting to be held in Reading from the 9th – 11th September 2026 With a dedicated Early Career Researcher day and 2 full days of talks, posters and discussion, the meeting promises to be a […]
Clinical Audit Award to Platelet Researchers
The Platelet Society is delighted to announce that funding for a clinical audit titled “An audit of platelet transfusion practice within a large District General Hospital Intensive Care Unit” has been awarded to Dr Criag Hughes from the University of Reading. In Collaboration with Tyler Horn, a postgraduate student at Reading and Dr Liza Keating […]
BSHT annual meeting 2025
Our Colleagues at the BSHT are running their annual Scientific Meeting in Newcastle from the 22nd – 24th January 2025 in Newcastle. Early bird registration closes on the 13th December and it would be great to have Platelet Society members support the meeting. Details on speakers can be found in the flyer or click here […]
Alison Goodall Award 2024
The Platelet Society was delighted to be able to present Dr Sam Montague with her Alison Goodall Early Career Award at the AGM.During the AGM, which was held online on the 2nd October, Sam presented her lecture on “Assessing novel FcyRIIA reagents to distinguish high and low responders to HIT and VITT patient serum” talking […]
Education and Outreach Grants
The Education and Outreach funding call is now open.The Society is offering grants to support platelet related OUTREACH and EDUCATION projects. The aim of this scheme is to provide Platelet Society members with support to create and run innovative public/patient outreach and education sessions.For more information and to apply, please visit our Grants and Funding Opportunities […]
Summer students announced
We are delighted to announce the recipients of our summer studentship awards for 2024. Head over to the studentship webpage for more information.
Outreach and Education Grants – call now open
The first round of our Outreach and Education grants is now open. Support by the ISTH legacy funds, this is a chance to spread the love of platelets as wide as possible! Head over to the funding page for more details!Grants and Funding Page
Spotlight on cardiovascular disease and diagnostics
The University of Reading, in partnership with the Oxford Bioscience Network are hosting an event on cardiovascular disease and diagnostics.Speakers on the night will provide insight into current trends in the treatment and diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases and thrombosis, with a view on new methodologies employing artificial intelligence (AI) for blood diagnostics improving their accuracy […]
Black History Month
To mark Black History Month, we have produced a series of infographics to celebrate major contributions to cardiovascular science by Black scientists. The Platelet Society recognises the major contributions of each of these scientists to cardiovascular research and the prejudices they faced throughout their career. Without their efforts we would not be where we are […]
BHF report on haemostasis and thrombosis
The British Heart Foundation has today published a report on haemostasis and thrombosis research in the UK, over the last 60 years. This highlights the important role that the BHF and its funding has provided, but also highlights the key role that platelet research has had. One of the contributors to the report, Professor Steve […]