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Abstract submission for Platelet meeting open
Abstract submission for the 2019 Platelet Society meeting in Cambridge is now open. Please use the link below to submit your abstract. Abstract submission will close on the 14th June. https://goo.gl/forms/vY8F5yVajrkrctR03 Further information about the meeting can be found on the platelet society webpage.
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Platelet society member appointed lecturer
Congratulations to Dr Amanda Unsworth on her new position as Lecturer in Haematology at Manchester Metropolitan University (School of Healthcare Science). Amanda is well know to many platelet researchers having completed her PhD between the Oxford and Birmingham platelet labs, before doing her post-doc at Reading. Amanda was also the chair of the recent GRS meeting on […]
UK Platelet Researchers attend GRC for Cell Biology of Megakaryocytes and Platelets in Galveston, Texas.
Report by Dr Amanda Unsworth, Manchester Metropolitan University The 2019, Gordon Research Conference and its associated Gordon Research Seminar for Early Career Researchers for the Cell Biology of Megakaryocytes and Platelets was held in Galveston, Texas, US (23rd February – 1st March). The GRS was held 2 days prior to the main meeting and consisted […]
Congratulations to Manchester PhD Researcher on passing viva
Many congratulations to Sarah Daniels, a PhD student at Manchester Metropolitan University with Dr Sarah Jones and Prof Yvonne Alexander, who successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled ‘Risk Stratification for Thrombosis in Type 2 Diabetic Patients’ on 17th January. The thesis was examined by Prof Khalid Naseem (University of Leeds) and Dr Garry McDowell (MMU). […]
UK platelet researchers attend Gordon Research meeting in USA
UK based platelet researchers, including members of The Platelet Society, attended the recent Gordon Research Conference on the Cell Biology of Megakaryocytes and Platelets in Galvaston, Texas. In addition, Dr Amanda Unsworth of Manchester metropolitan Unversity, was the chair of the Gordon Research Symposium, a 2 day focused meeting for ECRs that ran before the […]
12th – 13th September 2019 – Platelet Society Meeting
Initial details of the 2019 Platelet Society Meeting have been posted to the events page. Further details will be sent our soon, but in the meantime, put the date in your diary. Don’t forget that members of the Platelet Society will receive a discount on registration! Platelet Society Meeting
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. […]
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 […]