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Platelet Lab Link-Up Challenge Launched
The Platelet Society is launching a challenge to all members and their friends and family.Can we walk, run and cycle the distance between all the labs of Platelet Society members in the UK!Just the short distance of 2625 Km!Want to take up the challenge? Find out more on our Platelet Lab Link-Up page and get […]
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Platelet Summer School and ECR meeting – Covid-19 update
In light of the recent developments across Europe regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, the Platelet Society has been monitoring the situation carefully and reviewing our forthcoming events. It is currently uncertain how quickly our lives will be able to return to some form of normality and when it will be feasible to hold meetings again. We […]
Platelet Society members attend NVBF meeting
Platelet Society members had the opportunity to attend the Northern Vascular Biology Forum (NVBF) meeting hosted by Sheffield Hallam University in December.The NVBF is made up of 12 Universities in the North of England, and northern vascular scientists attend every year to showcase their research.This year, Dr Sarah Jones chaired the first session and Professor […]
Support the Platelet Society at Velo
The Platelet Society has secured a number of places at the highly sought after Velo – Birmingham & Midlands cycle event. Being held on Sunday 21st June 2020, Velo is a 100 mile cycle road around the West Midlands on closed roads. It is a great day out and hopefully we should be able to […]
Platelet Society Welcomes New Chair of Trustees
The Platelet Society is delighted to announce Professor Jeremy Pearson FMedSci MBE as the newly appointed Chair of Trustees.Jeremy brings a wealth of experience to our Trustee board and we are very much looking forward to working with him. Jeremy’s role as Chair, will be to raise the profile of the Society in the community, […]
ECR meeting – registration and abstract submission now open
Registration for the 2nd Platelet Society Early Career Researchers meeting is now open. The meeting will be held at the Blizard Institute in London on the 23rd April 2020 and promises to be a vibrant and exciting meeting focused on ECRs and careers. You can register for the meeting and submit an abstract by visiting […]
ECTH congress – short report
The 2019 European Congress on Thrombosis and Haemostasis was held in Glasgow, UK (2nd – 4th Oct 2019) and included two special Platelet Society sessions for PhD students and early career researchers. The Platelet Society sessions included talks from invited speakers and gave a great opportunity for early career researchers to present their work to […]
Report on Cambridge Platelet Society Meeting
With the college motto translating as “May your journey be successful”, there was perhaps no more apt place to hold the first full meeting of The Platelet Society than Jesus College, University of Cambridge. Upon arrival at the venue success seemed assured, as the conference hall was already bustling with a sea of familiar, friendly […]
Cambridge meeting programme now available
With just under 2 weeks to go until the start of the Platelet Society meeting in Cambridge, we are pleased to announce that the final programme is now available. To see the list of speakers, please download a copy of the programme which can be found by clicking the link below. Programme Cambridge Platelet Society […]
Nominations for committee members now open
The inaugural AGM of the Platelet Society will be held on Thursday 12th September in Cambridge during the Plalelet Society Meeting. As part of the AGM we will be presenting our annual report to highlight our activities over the last two years, presenting the society accounts and electing new members of the society committee. This […]
OBE for Professor Beverley Hunt
Congratulations to Beverley Hunt, Professor of thrombosis and haemostasis at King’s College London, who has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s birthday honours, recognising her services to patients and medical research.