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The latest news, publications and events from Canadian Blood Services’ Medical Affairs and Innovation research and education network.
Collected news and publications from May 2018      
 

Upcoming events

35th International Congress of the ISBT
When: June 2-6, 2018 | Where: Toronto

CSTM Local Day at the 35th International Congress
When: June 2, 2018 | Where: Toronto

National Blood Donor Awareness Week
When: June 10-16, 2018 | Where: Across Canada 
 

Canadian Blood and Marrow Transplant Group
When: June 7-9, 2018 | Where: Ottawa

AABB 2018 Meeting
When: October 12-16, 2018 | Where: Boston |

Canadian Transplant Summit
When: October 16-20, 2018 | Where: Ottawa |

60th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition
When: December 1-4, 2018 | Where: San Diego

 
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See you at ISBT 2018 in Toronto
Join in on all the action at the International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) congress in Toronto 2018 from June 2-6. If you're attending, don't forget to visit the Canadian Blood Services booth #1624 to engage with your Canadian colleagues. If you can't be in Toronto, follow along at #ISBT2018 on Twitter. Read more 

New resources 

ResearchUnit: Patient blood group impacts susceptibility to IVIg-associated hemolysis

In Brief:  Patients with blood group AB are more susceptible to a serious adverse reaction to high-dose IVIg, and would benefit from close monitoring for signs of hemolysis following treatment. 
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Have you heard about Canadian Blood Services' Rare Blood Program?

Find out more about new resources for rare blood donors, recipients and clinicians. 
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Kudos


Sincere congratulations to Dr. Isra Levy, Vice-President, Medical Affairs and Innovation, Canadian Blood Services, recipient of the 2018 Canadian Public Health Association's Honorary Life Membership Award.

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Current funding opportunities

 

Blood Efficiency Accelerator Award Program

The objective of the Blood Efficiency Accelerator Award Program is to improve the efficient and appropriate utilization of blood products, while maintaining the safety of the blood system. The Program supports innovative research projects that seek new knowledge or accelerate the application of existing knowledge.

Current competition application deadline:  July 15, 2018
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Canadian Blood Services Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Through its Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, Canadian Blood Services offers salary support for young investigators. Postdoctoral fellows undertaking full-time research training in a Canadian research laboratory affiliated with Canadian Blood Services are invited to apply. The fellowship provides salary support plus benefits, and a one-time research allowance of $10,000. Fellows may be supported for a maximum of three years.

Current competition application deadline - July 15, 2018
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Recent RED blog posts

The latest posts on R.E.D., our research, education and discovery blog. 
Meet the Researcher: Dr. Ed Pryzdial
James Kreppner Award goes to University of Saskatchewan’s Alana Cattapan
Dr. Peter Nickerson awarded Kidney Foundation Medal for Research Excellence
Looking back to look forward: Bethune’s legacy of innovation celebrated at the 2018 Norman Bethune Symposium
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New Publications


The latest transfusion, donation and transplantation research publications from our Medical Affairs and Innovation network. 

Megakaryocyte apoptosis in immune thrombocytopenia. Vrbensky JR, Nazy I, Toltl LJ, Ross C, Ivetic N, Smith JW, Kelton JG, Arnold DM.
Platelets. 2018 May 22:1-4. doi: 10.1080/09537104.2018.1475637. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29787328
 
Criteria to Identify a Potential Deceased Organ Donor: A Systematic Review. Squires JE, Coughlin M, Dorrance K, Linklater S, Chassé M, Grimshaw JM, Shemie SD, Dhanani S, Knoll GA. Crit Care Med. 2018 May 18. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000003200. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 29782354
 
Low platelet count as risk factor for infections in patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia: a retrospective evaluation. Qu M, Liu Q, Zhao HG, Peng J, Ni H, Hou M, Jansen AJG. Ann Hematol. 2018 May 18. doi: 10.1007/s00277-018-3367-9. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29777278
 
Evaluation of the functional properties of cryopreserved buffy coat-derived monocytes for monocyte monolayer assay. Kipkeu BJ, Shyian ML, da Silveira Cavalcante L, Duong TT, Yeung RSM, Binnington B, Branch DR, Acker JP, Holovati JL. Transfusion. 2018 May 9. doi: 10.1111/trf.14650. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29744883
 
Barriers and opportunities related to extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Canada: A report from the first meeting of the Canadian ECPR Research Working Group. Brooks SC, Shemie SD, Torrance S, Hornby L, Gillrie C, Grunau B, Nagpal AD, Baker A, Christenson J, Gill J, Morrison L. CJEM. 2018 May 7:1-11. doi: 10.1017/cem.2017.429. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29733006
 
GM-CSF and IL-4 are not involved in IVIG-mediated amelioration of ITP in mice: a role for IL-11 cannot be ruled out. Lewis BJB, Leontyev D, Neschadim A, Blacquiere M, Branch DR. Clin Exp Immunol. 2018 Apr 28. doi: 10.1111/cei.13144. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:29704458
 
Closing in on DEHP-free red blood cell concentrate containers.
Almizraq RJ, Acker JP. Transfusion. 2018 May;58(5):1089-1092. doi: 10.1111/trf.14622. No abstract available. PMID:29683511
 
GPIbα is required for platelet-mediated hepatic thrombopoietin generation
 Xu M, Li J, Neves M, Zhu G, Carrim N, Yu R, Gupta S, Marshall J, Rotstein O, Peng J, Hou M, Kunishima S, Ware J, Branch DR, Lazarus A, Ruggeri ZA, Freedman J, Ni H. Blood 2018 :blood-2017-12-820779; doi: https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2017-12-820779
 
Role of von Willebrand Factor and ADAMTS13 in early brain injury after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage. Wan H, Wang Y, Ai J, Brathwaite S, Ni H, Macdonald RL, Hol EM, Meijers JCM, Vergouwen MDI. J Thromb Haemost. 2018 May 5. doi: 10.1111/jth.14136. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29729651

 

Note: Bolded names indicate Canadian Blood Services’ Medical Affairs and Innovation scientists or medical directors.

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