Webinar Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 – 06:00 PM Anti-HLA antibodies are a frequent cause of refractoriness to platelet transfusions, and as a result, blood banks are often called on to provide HLA-matched or HLA-compatible platelets. We will discuss current…
Webinar Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 – 06:00 PM This presentation will cover blood types in cats and dogs, cross matching, screening for blood donors, and obtaining and storing blood. We will review the different blood components used in veterinary…
Webinar Date: Tuesday, May 4th, 2021 – 06:00 PM This lecture will present a broad overview of the blood bank care of pregnant patients including prenatal tests performed after confirmation of pregnancy, tests necessary when a clinically significant RBC antibody…
Webinar Date: Tuesday, April 6th, 2021 – 06:00 PM This lecture will focus on some of the changes in the 32nd Edition of the Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services. There will be some discussion on different ideas for…
Webinar Date: Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 – 06:00 PM Malaria, responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths annually, remains a pressing global health threat. Malaria merozoites invade erythrocytes by harnessing host factors, commonly erythrocyte antigens. Malaria-associated antigen variants (MAV), can…
Webinar Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 06:00 PM The use of cellular products has changed greatly over the last few years and are one of the hottest areas of biotechnology today. Learn how these novel cell therapy products are changing…
December – Cellular Therapy topic Webinar Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 06:00 PM Standardized culture conditions are key to maintaining primitive hematopoietic cells in culture, and achieving efficient genome editing. We will discuss key considerations when developing optimized workflows for…
November – Transfusion Medicine topic Webinar Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 6:00pm Human leukocyte antigens (HLA) form the basis of immunology and our ability to recognize self versus non-self. By differentiating our cells from altered cells and pathogens, our immune…
October – Cellular Therapy topic Webinar Date: Tuesday 10/20/20 at 6:00pm Laertis Ikonomou, PhDAssociate Professor, Department of Oral BiologyUniversity at Buffalo, SUNY There are hundreds of cell, tissue, and gene products at various stages of preclinical and clinical development worldwide.…
September – Transfusion Medicine topic Webinar Date: Tuesday 9/22/20 at 6:00pm Walter “Sunny” Dzik, MDCo-Director, Blood Transfusion ServiceMassachusetts General Hospital This presentation will summarize the growing conceptual framework for understanding the effect of severe COVID-19 infection on patients. COVID infection…
