3^rd Joint Meeting of the International Society for Fibrinolysis and Proteolysis & Plasminogen Activation workshop 2022 

The upcoming 3^rd Joint Meeting of the International Society for Fibrinolysis and Proteolysis & Plasminogen Activation workshop 2022 (ISFP & PA 2022) which will be held in Caen (Normandie) on September 5th – 9th 2022. The meeting program covers the more recent advances in this field of research from basic to translational research and features an exciting compilation of two plenary and 10 SOA lectures.  Selected abstracts will be included in the main program as short talks (43 expected). The ISFP created “D. Collen Young Investigator Awards” from top five abstracts from young investigators.    

Full details see https://www.cyceron.fr/isfp/

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Platelet Society Summer School 2022

This will be hosted by the University of Reading from the 6th – 8th July 2022.
https://plateletsociety.co.uk/platelet-summer-school/

For the 5th year the BSHT is proud to offer BSHT summer studentship scheme in 2022.
 
The scheme is able to run again this year with 3 studentships being awarded for a duration of 8-10 weeks (up to an additional 2 students may be considered depending on the quality of the applications).
 
The students will receive £150 per week and the host lab £500 running expenses.
 
Please send a brief outline of the project (no more than 2 pages) including background, aims and experimental plan, which should be completed by the supervisor with a named student.  The CV of the named student should also be included.
 
Applications should be emailed to both:
[email protected]; [email protected]
 
The closing date for this year is 17:00 hrs on Thursday 31 March 2022  with notification of award by Friday 29 April 2022.

The ISTH congress this year is being hosted in London from 9-13 July 2022
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BSHT will be supporting BSHT members to attend the ISTH congress 2022 in London, with up to £25,000 worth of bursaries being made available to those presenting oral and/or poster presentations.

To be eligible to apply for a BSHT bursary award at ISTH 2022, applicants must;
 
Be the presenting author on an abstract accepted for an oral or poster presentation to the ISTH
and
Be either;
– a paid up member of the BSHT 
– a student of any sort (e.g. PhD/MD/MSc/BSc) being supervised by a paid up member of the BSHT
and
Have attended a BSHT meeting in the past 2 years (not necessary for student applicants)
and
Not have a substantive or tenured academic/clinical position

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Applicants should email the Treasurer, Prof Neil Morgan , with a completed application form,  a brief CV, as well as a copy of the abstract submitted.

Deadline for applications
17:00 hrs – Thursday 31 March 2022

Awardees of the Scientist in Training Award: 

1 Fibrin Film and its Interactions with Red Blood Cells and Platelets   
Ghadir Alkarithi (Leeds)

2  Neutrophils and NETs Produce Clots with Different Types of Fibrin Fibers 
Yu Shi  (Leeds)

3 HSP47 regulates collagen structure and synthesis by megakaryocytes  
Gemma Little (Reading)

4 Shear-induced platelet reactivity in native blood assessed at the point-of-care correlates with thrombin generation in patients with myocardial infarction 
Rahim Kanji (London)

5 Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 and its cofactor vitronectin induce a hypofibrinolytic state in COVID-19 disease which correlates with disease severity 
Megan Simpson  (Aberdeen)

Winner of the poster prize

Tranexamic acid has a direct impact on the structure of the fibrin network
Louis de Bernard (Oxford)

Poster runner up prize

Using CRISPR/Cas9 to investigate the structure/function relationship of PLC𝜸2 in platelets
Safe Gayes (Reading)

John Radcliffe Hospital / Oxford Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Churchill Hospital

This post is available immediately. 

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 07 March 2022.

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