Platelets and Neurovascular Disease MeetingJOIN US TODAY at 1 pmThis free-to-attend online meeting will bring together platelet and neurovascular researchers and clinicians to identify and discuss the contributions platelets make to neurovascular disease, neuroinflammation, stroke, vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease. The meeting will also include presentations and discussions on neurovascular models, imaging techniques and clinical […]
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! […]
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 […]
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 […]
Clinical Session Time to grab yourself a coffee and get ready for the clinical session on Women’s health and inherited bleeding disorders, which kicks off with a Planary talk from Nicola Curry.
Welcome to Day 2 of the 2025 Platelet Society Meeting We hope you all enjoyed day 1 and had a good time at the dinner. Our first session kicks off this morning with a plenary talk from Anita Eckly entitled “The Platelet Factory: Unlocking the Secrets of Megakaryocytes in 3D”.
Gus Born Lecture We now have the pleaseure of presenting Prof Steve Watson with the Gus Born Award and hearing his lecture on “A career based on sticking together”. Find out more about Gus Born and the Platelet Society Awards at our awards page After the lecture we will hold a drink reception before heading […]
Lunch and posters We now have lunch and posters. Please grab a bite to eat and take a look at the posters. Please can presenters of even numbered posters please be available to present their work. Then at 14:30 we will start our next session of talks selected from abstracts.
Welcome all to the 2025 Platelet Society Meeting A warm welcome to everyone joining us for the next 2 days for all things platelet. We are looking forward to some great science and networking. Registration opens from 10.30 in the Dalton Building – Dont forget to drop in and register. The first sessions starts with […]
Social For those non-ECRs arriving on Wednesday evening, come and join us for a drink and catch-up at North Bar: Circle Square, 2 Symphony Square, Manchester M1 7FT from 18.30pm onwards.
ECR wellbeing and breakout sessions We hope you are refreshed after the coffee break? The next session is starting soon which will have tips and tools to help manage stress followed by interactive breakout discussion sessions on different aspects of careers and career development.