The Birmingham Platelet Group adopts a multidisciplinary approach in the investigation of platelet and megakaryocyte biology.

Joined October 2014
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The first patient has been recruited to the LIBERATE trial studying the GPVI blocking Fab glenzocimab in acute coronary syndromes. The trial is led by Mark Thomas.
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Congratulations to Pushpa Patel on the award of her PhD on platelet activation by nanoparticles supervised by Paula Mendes (Chem Eng) and Steve Watson
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We are very pleased to be recognised for the manuscript 'Martin et al in the first issue of @JTHjournal 2024 on multivalent nanobodies as novel ligands for four platelet glycoprotein receptors
Congratulations to @bhamplateletgrp who have been recognised in the Pharmaceutical Technology Excellence Awards 2023 for their work on nanobodies. 👏The researchers have been announced as winners in the category of Innovation. @ICVS_UoB @unibirmingham birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/b…
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Many congrats to @sam_310 who won the poster prize at the annual @BritSocHaemThro meeting, to Rich Buka & Alex Slater who gave invited talks in the emerging fellows programme, Gill Lowe who gave a fantastic plenary and @GinaPerrella who opened the abstracts with a great talk.
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Well done to @TAPAS_ITN and @ICVS_UoB student, Dr Xueqing Wang (centre) who passed her PhD viva on 3rd March! The title of her thesis was "Characterisation of platelet membrane receptors in their native environment using SMALP nanodiscs".
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Xueqing is pictured here with her supervisors Dr @mgtomlinson1 (far left), and Professor @Steve_Watson89 (far right). Her examiners were Dr Alice Rothnie, Aston University and Dr Jesús R. Requena, University of Santiago de Compostela. Congratulations Xueqing! #research #PhD
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Bham Platelet Group retweeted
Too kind thanks @JulieRayes - a nice commentary highlighting our work in @CD_AACR out in print this month
In the spotlight ⁦⁦@AbAttacks⁩ 🤩 Bone Marrow Avatars: Mimicking Hematopoiesis in a Dish | Cancer Discovery | American Association for Cancer Research aacrjournals.org/cancerdisco…
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Prof @Steve_Watson89 of the @bhamplateletgrp, @RobertAriens & Rob Storey have led a review which highlights how @TheBHF support has been critical in establishing the thrombosis and haemostasis community in the UK over the last 60 years: bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/our-re…

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Our very own @JulieRayes talks about her career and how she's go to where she is today; a fascinating listen! @unibirmingham @ICVS_UoB
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Congratulations to @bhamplateletgrp, @UniversidadeUSC & @TAPAS_ITN student, @moranlaraluis, AKA Dr Plaqueta, for passing his PhD viva today with no corrections! Enjoy your celebrations tonight Luis! 🥳#platelets #proud #viva #phd
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Here is Luis looking very proud with his supervisors, Dr Angel Garcia (L)(@UniversidadeUSC) & Prof @Steve_Watson89 (R)(@unibirmingham / @ICVS_UoB) #Congratulations #celebration #PhDone
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Huge thanks to everyone who sponsored Prof @Steve_Watson89 on his #londontobrighton 54-mile bike ride! Steve has raised money for @TheBHF to help fund research into heart & circulatory diseases. Well done Steve! #proud #platelets #research #cycling #fundraising
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Bham Platelet Group retweeted
🚴 Thanks to @OxfordGeneTech,who are proudly sponsoring Graham on his #RideLondon bike race! Graham, a Field Application Specialist at OGT, is cycling & #fundraising for the @plateletsociety Good luck to @ghphotographer & our other 2 riders! Sponsor here bit.ly/3spmQFn
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Bham Platelet Group retweeted
Thank you to the amazing @HullYorkMed for organising our 2022 @plateletsociety meeting! We've had a fantastic 3 days of talks, posters, networking, career development and outreach sessions. 👩🏻‍🔬 Great to see you all in person!👩🏽‍🔬 👨‍🔬 Thank you to everyone who attended!👩🏿‍🔬
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You've heard the names, now here's the faces! @bhamplateletgrp's Assistant Prof & Chair of the @plateletsociety Exec Committee, @drstev1et & @bhamplateletgrp's Research Coordinator & @plateletsociety's Governance Officer, @Gayle_H_. Photo from @plateletsociety meeting, @UNIHull
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Bham Platelet Group retweeted
25 years of UK Platelet Group Meetings. My first one was 18y ago 😱 and I feel so privileged to be part of such a wonderful group of people. The number of us that have attended as PhD students, postdocs and now PI's is a testament to our supportive field
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Congratulations to our postdoc, @JoshuaHBourne, for being the joint winner of the oral presentation at the @plateletsociety conference! #Platelets #ECR #teamworkmakesthedreamwork
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Bham Platelet Group retweeted
Do you have any interesting cases in Cardiovascular Genetics? Please send to @FrontCVMedicine with this link frontiersin.org/research-top… ❤️ 🩸 🧬
Ready to submit a #CaseReport? Presenting "Case Reports in Cardiovascular Genetics and Systems Medicine: 2022" a collection of case reports led by Neil Morgan 🫀 🗓️ 18th December 2022 Submit your case report here 👉 fro.ntiers.in/iXeS
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Great to have a #F2F meeting & good to see so many talks from our group; here's Prof @Steve_Watson89 giving his plenary. Now we're excited about the next conference, the @plateletsociety meeting in April, where @neilvmorgan is an invited speaker #platelets #research #conference
And we are off… a #F2F meeting for the first time in 2 years. Kicking things off was a plenary by Prof Steve Watson.
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Bham Platelet Group retweeted
Join us at York for a @DiMeN_DTP iCASE PhD with @CR_UK @AstraZeneca Antibody Alliance Lab! If you are interested in cancer, haematology, immunology, then get in touch. You even get co-supervised by @scienceadvocacy! What more could you want! @YBRI_UoY findaphd.com/search/ProjectD…

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