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Success for Birmingham PhD students
Congratulations go to Abdullah Khan, PhD student at the University of Birmingham with Neil Morgan and Steve Thomas, who passed his PhD viva on the 21st November. His thesis on “Applying CRISPR-Cas Gene Editing and PALM Super-Resolution Microscopy To Investigate Molecular Causes of Inherited Thrombocytopenias” was examined by Dr Markus Bender (University of Wuerzburg) and Prof. […]
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Platelet Society members attend bioinformatics workshop.
Genomics Workshop Cambridge, UK 17th – 19th September 2018 As scientists we are spoilt with the amount of data that we have available to understand biology and how this goes wrong in disease. The scale of the data is, however, enormous, and therefore understanding how to use it effectively is a challenge. A pertinent […]
ISFP meeting report – Edinburgh
The 2nd Joint Meeting of the International Society of Fibrinolysis and Proteolysis and the Plasminogen Activation Workshop. Edinburgh 2018 Report by Alex Slater, University of Birmingham The 2018 proteolysis and fibrinolysis meeting was held in Edinburgh and consisted of three and half days of talks and poster sessions. This meeting was focused largely on the […]
New Platelets journal cover image announced
The Platelets journal recently ran their annual cover image competition which will feature on the cover of the journal for the whole of 2019. Several Platelet Society members entered stunning images, but the final winners were Nathan Eaton and Hervé Falet from the Blood Research Institute (Wisconsin) for their stunning image “Platelet Fireworks”, showing Dnm2-null 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 […]
Congratulations to Hull PhD Researcher on passing viva
Many congratulations to Jawad S. Khalil, PhD student at the University of Hull with Francisco Rivero and Khalid Naseem, who passed his PhD viva on the 3rd October. His these entitled “A novel interaction of the myosin light chain phosphatase with the regulatory subunits of protein kinase A in platelets” was examined by Dr. Steve Thomas (U. […]
Abstract deadline approaches for Gordon Research Seminar on Cell Biology of Megakaryocytes and Platelets
The Gordon Research Seminar on the Cell Biology of Megakaryocytes & Platelets, will be held from 23rd – 24th February 2019, just prior to the associated Gordon Research Conference (GRC) (February 24th to March 1st, 2019) at Hotel Galvez, 2024 Seawall Boulevard, Galveston, Texas, United States. The Cell Biology of Megakaryocytes and Platelets GRS is […]
Outreach events run by platelet researchers
Platelet researchers have run two recent outreach events to highlight our work to members of the public. Skirting Science, University of Bristol Ingeborg Hers, Samantha Moore & Gail Born at the University of Bristol took part in Skirting Science at Churchill Academy, on 28th June 2018. Skirting Science is an award-winning event organised by Soroptimist […]
Good news for platelet researchers at the University of Bristol
Congratulations to Professor Ingeborg Hers and Andreas Wersäll at the University of Bristol. Ingeborg was recently promoted to a Chair position; her full title is now Professor of Pharmacology and Cell Signalling. Andreas Wersäll, PhD student of Professor Alastair Poole at the University of Bristol, passed his PhD viva in May and graduated in July. Andreas also […]
Report on the Platelet Society’s 1st ECR meeting
A full report on the recent Early Careers Researchers meeting held in Manchester in July is now available. Remember to look out for details of future meetings and that members of the society will receive discounted rates for these meetings. Photos from the day can be found on our Flickr page.
The Platelet Society 1st Early Career Research Meeting – Report
The Platelet Society held its first ECR meeting on the 13th July 2018 at Manchester Metropolitan University. This event brought together early career researchers working in platelet research from across the UK and Europe. The meeting began with opening remarks from Dr Sarah Jones & Prof Khalid Naseem as representatives of The Platelet Society, explaining why […]