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The latest news, publications and events from Canadian Blood Services’ Medical Affairs and Innovation research and education network.
Collected from November 2020

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We welcome your feedback and encourage you to let us know what you would like to see in upcoming editions. Please share your comments and questions with us at centreforinnovation@blood.ca

Upcoming events

Asian Transplantation Week 2020
Dec. 3, 2020 | Virtual Conference

AST presents: COVID-19: Organ Donation and Transplantation Town Hall
Dec. 3, 2020 | Virtual Conference

CSTM 2020 Buchanan Award Presentation
Dec. 10, 2020 | Webinar

U of T Rounds: Convalescent Plasma in Treatment and Prevention of COVID-19
Dec. 10, 2020 | Webinar

The 36th International Congress of the ISBT
Dec. 12, 2020 | Virtual Conference

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Funding opportunities from
Canadian Blood Services 


For Canadian Blood Services trainees: The 2020-2021 Lay Science Writing Competition is open for applications. This year's theme is "Challenges 2020". The competition is open to members of the Canadian Blood Services extended research trainee network. Application deadline: Dec. 15, 2020 

Funding recipients 

Correction to October 2020 issue, which included the incorrect spelling of the name of one of our funding recipients.

Postgraduate Fellowship Program:

  • Kayluz Frias Boligan (Branch lab, Toronto, Ont.)

New resources

Research Unit

Kudos

Congratulations to Dr. Peter Nickerson, medical advisor with Canadian Blood Services, on receiving the Canadian Society of Transplantation's lifetime achievement award. Throughout his career Dr. Nickerson has demonstrated unparalleled leadership and commitment to the advancement of transplantation in Canada. Read more >

In the news

R.E.D. Blog posts

World Brain Death Project: Implications for Canadian practice
Treat the bleed: Practical guidance for physicians developed by leaders in transfusion medicine 

New publications

Each month we feature recent publications from the Canadian Blood Services’ research and education network. At the heart of this network are our staff scientists and medical experts, whose expertise range from microbiology to immunology, coagulation to cryopreservation, hematopathology to anesthesiology and much more. Learn more about Our Research Team.


Research initiatives of blood services worldwide in response to the covid-19 pandemic. 
O'Brien SF, Lieshout-Krikke RW, Lewin A, Erikstrup C, Steele WR, Uzicanin S, Custer B; Surveillance, Risk Assessment, Policy Sub-group of the ISBT Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party. Vox Sang. 2020 Nov 9. doi: 10.1111/vox.12995. PMID: 33165917

Buffy coat platelets coming to America: Are we ready?
Gammon RR, Devine D, Katz LM, Quinley E, Wu Y, Rowe K, Razatos A, Min K, Reichenberg S, Smith R. Transfusion. 2020 Nov 10. doi: 10.1111/trf.16184. .PMID: 33174258

Barriers and enablers to source plasma donation by gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men under revised eligibility criteria: protocol for a multiple stakeholder feasibility study.
Vesnaver E, Goldman M, O'Brien S, MacPherson P, Butler-Foster T, Lapierre D, Otis J, Devine DV, Germain M, Rosser A, MacDonagh R, Randall T, Osbourne-Sorrell W, Clement-Thorne B, Al-Bakri TB, Rubini KA, Hill NE, Presseau J. Health Res Policy Syst. 2020 Nov 2;18(1):131. doi: 10.1186/s12961-020-00643-4.PMID: 33138828

Extension of platelet shelf life with an improved bacterial testing algorithm.
Ramirez-Arcos S, Evans S, McIntyre T, Pang C, Yi QL, DiFranco C, Goldman M. Transfusion. 2020 Nov 2. doi: 10.1111/trf.16112. PMID: 33140420

Multimerin 1 supports platelet function in vivo and binds to specific GPAGPOGPX motifs in fibrillar collagens that enhance platelet adhesion.
Leatherdale A, Parker D, Tasneem S, Wang Y, Bihan D, Bonna A, Hamaia SW, Gross PL, Ni H, Doble BW, Lillicrap D, Farndale RW, Hayward CPM. J Thromb Haemost. 2020 Nov 11. doi: 10.1111/jth.15171. PMID: 33179420

Cluster-randomized trials in transfusion medicine.
Sirotich E, Barty R, Li N, Arnold DM. Transfusion. 2020 Nov;60(11):2470-2473. doi: 10.1111/trf.16090. .PMID: 32969498

BSH guidelines for the use of irradiated blood components: guidance that is needed.
Shehata N. Br J Haematol. 2020 Nov 5. doi: 10.1111/bjh.17150. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33152100

Summary of International Recommendations for Donation and Transplantation Programs During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic.
Weiss MJ, Lalani J, Patriquin-Stoner C, Dieudé M, Hartell D, Hornby L, Shemie SD, Wilson L, Mah A.Transplantation. 2020 Oct 30. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003520. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33141806

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