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Evening (TBC) | Bursary Celebration |
16:00 - 20:00 | Early Registration |
19:30 - 20:30 | Bursary / Margaret Kenwright Meet and Greet |
20:30 - 23:00 | Curry and Quiz Night - Matt Hazell and Martin Maley |
Time | |
8:00 - 9:15 | Conference Registration |
8:30 - 9:10 | Early Careers Group Meeting - Jamie Nash |
9:15 - 9:30 | Conference Opening from BBTS President Julie Staves |
Simultaneous Sessions | |
9:30 - 11:00 | Red Cell SIG Part 1 Chairs: Christian Jannete Stevens & Vanja Crew John Gibson, Across species: A comparative perspective on red cell homeostasis and its influence on our understanding of human physiology and disease Fatima Oyawoye, Generation of sustainable supply of sickle cell disease models using Crispr-Cas-9 technology Sabine Taylor, RESTORE – Generating red blood cells from stem cells Athina Meli, Investigation of the quality of red cell components with Familial Pseudohyperkalaemia |
Blood Bank Technology SIG Chair: Ben Holmes Mark Dwight Katy Veale, Artificial Intelligence in Blood Transfusion: Discussion Panel Rob Baker | |
Cellular Therapies SIG Chair: Kenny Douglas Dr James Griffin, APPG and UKSCSF: Is there a bottleneck in UK apheresis capacity limiting VUD Registry PBSC collections in the UK, and if so, what can we do? Dr Chloe Anthias, Anthony Nolan Trust response to the above discussion Jenny Eastbrook, Introducing VUD Registry PBSC collections to NHS Scotland - challenges but solid progress with the SNBTS / DKMS collaboration Prof. Mark Vickers, Expanding access to plerixafor to improve PBSC mobilisation outcomes for our myeloma patients - a pilot project in NE Scotland | |
Transfusion Practitioner SIG Chair: Danny Gaskin Eithar Babikir, Anti-D - Setting the scene Sue Pope Bronagh O’Neill | |
11:00 -11:30 | Break |
Simultaneous Sessions | |
11:30 - 13:00 | Red Cell SIG Part 2 Chairs: Christian Jannete Stevens & Vanja Crew Patrick Cao, Questioning the biconcavity of the red blood cell Ash Toye, Red Blood Cell Surface Functionalization for Drug Delivery Applications Pawel Swietach, Assessing the kinetics of oxygen-unloading from red cells using FlowScore, a flow-cytometric proxy of the functional quality of blood |
Paediatric SIG Chair: Dr Nick Fordham Dr Carla Thomas, Paediatric ECMO Dr Anne Kelly, New guideline for paediatric transfusion Dr Caroline Hartley, Could big data and AI be used to predict outcomes for transfusion in preterm infants? | |
Microbiology SIG Chair: Su Brailsford Katy Davison & Claire Reynolds, Safe supplies: 30 years of collaboration, surveillance and evidence Kate Tettmar, Implementation of HAV/B19 Screening Flash Talk: Dr Osmany Larralde, Molecular epidemiology of occult hepatitis B in anti-HBc positive Scottish blood donors using a novel ultra-sensitive HBV DNA detection strategy. Flash Talk: Angela Mateos, Detection of trypanosoma cruzi in a UK blood donor: A case report and implications for transfusion safety | |
13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break, Exhibition & Poster Viewing |
Simultaneous Sessions | |
14:00 - 15:30 | Red Cell SIG Part 3 Chairs: Christian Jannete Stevens & Vanja Crew Anna Kleyman, Erythrocytes, Cholesterol and Sepsis Carmen Jacobs, Erythrocyte deformability correlates with systemic inflammation Fatima Oyawoye, Generation of sustainable supply of sickle cell disease models using Crispr-Cas-9 technology |
Patient Blood Management SIG Chair: Tracey Tomlinson Tracy Johnston, What is the role of the patient in promoting PBM Damien Carson, Barriers to implementing PBM in practice Dr Ursula Bahlmann, What opportunities and drivers can we utilise to implement change? | |
Components SIG Chair: Mike Wiltshire Melanie Robbins, The Road to Universal Plasma and Platelets: What will it take to deliver the dream Hanna Dreja, Towards Universal Plasma and Platelets: Effective ABO Antibody Reduction from High Titre Components Edward Leech-Sayers, Microfluidic Analysis of Platelet Transfusion Components Under Physiological Flow Athina Meli, Evalution of red cell storage in a non-DEHP system after the automated separation of whole blood Flash Talk: Michael Cahillane, Innovation Beyond Transfusion: Reflections on Quality and Public-Led Human Platelet Lysate Production within the UK Blood Supply Chain | |
15:30 - 16:00 | Break |
16:00 - 17:30 | Plenary I Staff Sergeant Elaine Bell, Tactical Blood Delivery and Transfusion in Support of Forward Medical Teams Captain Francis Opoku, The last Mile Problem in Defence Blood Transfusion: Translating Strategy into Tactical Effect Major Michael Brewer, The Lifeline Behind the Front Line: Strategic Blood Supply in Defence for Today and Warfighting Tomorrow |
17:30 - 20:00 | Welcome Reception & Exhibition Opening |
Time | |||
07.00 - 08:30 | 5K Run | ||
08:00 - 08:45 | Conference Registration | ||
Simultaneous Sessions | |||
09:00 - 10:30 | 1: SHOT | ||
2. Margaret Kenwright Awards Chairs: Jamie Nash & Graham Scott Christopher Guttridge, Improving Cell Therapy Clinical Trial Onboarding at NHS Blood and Transplant: A Service Review and Quality Improvement Initiative Dr Saikat Mandal, Does Parenteral Iron Increase Infection Risk in Gastrointestinal Cancer? Evidence from a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Muskaan Pal, The Beginning Stays With You: How Pre-Donation Negative Emotions Shapes Donor Memory Holly Wissett, Collaboration between Hospital Transfusion Team and NHSBT to bring crossmatching for a complex patient in-house and reduce reliance on the Frozen Blood Bank | |||
3: Education Chairs: Rachel Moss & Amanda Davies Matthew Hazell & Martin Maley, BBTS Specialist Certificates - Launching the long awaited and updated "Clinical Transfusion Practice" Amanda Davies, BBTS Specialist Certificate in Transfusion Science Practice Lubinda Mbundi, BBTS Specialist Certificate in Stem Cell Transplantation Science Michael Cahillane A lived experience of undertaking a BBTS Specialist Certificate | |||
4. Serological Case Studies Chair: Laura Eastwood Julie Taylor, Against the Odds: Rare Antibodies in Pregnancy Emma Copperwaite, A Serological Mystery with a Genetic Twist Shane Grimsley, Serological Soup – Fishing Out the Specificities Flash Talk: Helen Thom, Putting the project into practice: can we be of RCI Assist-ance? Flash Talk: Claire Wroe, Sharing is not always caring: Five years of wrong blood in tube events reported to SHOT | |||
10:30 - 11:00 | Break | ||
11:00 - 12:30 | Plenary 2: BBTS Award Lectures | ||
Race & Sanger Award Lecture Dr Jamie Nash Extracellular Vesicles in Transfusion: Small Particles, Big Impact | Kenneth Goldsmith Award Lecture Dr Colin Brown HLA and Transfusion - It’s a Sensitisation Issue | James Blundell Award Lecture Professor Jill Storry Towards an understanding of blood group antigen expression - an intercontinental journey | |
12:30 - 13:00 | BBTS Annual General Meeting (AGM), Members Only | ||
13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | ||
Simultaneous Sessions | |||
14:00 - 15:30 | 5. Hospital Lab UK TLC Standards Debate Chair: Julie Staves Case For: Kerry Dowling Case Against: David Matthews | ||
6. Clinical Case Studies Chair: Katie Hands Stefan Tucker Lorna Cain Rebecca Ling | |||
7. Donors/Donation Chairs: Champa Manchanayake & Chiara Vendramin Prof. Eva-Maria Merz, Beyond the Needle: Innovations and Challenges in Donor Education, Recruitment, and Retention Lian Wea Chia, Iron supplementation to reduce deferral, iron deficiency and/or anaemia in blood donors. Ines Ushiro-Lumb, Is Tropical Virus Risk the next major challenge for blood services? Flash Talk: Dearbhla Butler, Ferritin status in Irish Blood Donors Flash Talk: Richard Mills, The infected blood inquiry: Impact on public perceptions of blood supply risk, safety, and donation attitudes Flash Talk: Jayne Hughes, The UK Donor Haemovigilance Hub: Collaborating to Improve Donor Safety and Care | |||
8. Transfusion Transformation Chairs: Josephine McCullagh & Jennifer Rock Martin Maley, University-NHSBT collaboration: working together to support the development of the biomedical science workforce Stephanie Tempest, From Co-Design to Practice: Next Steps for the Transfusion Practice Professional Development Framework Heather Clarke, Benefits Uncovered: E-requesting and Reporting of NHSBT Referrals from Hospital Transfusion Laboratories Flash Talk: Nathan Ivey, Laying the Foundations - A Wales-led Model for Foundation Doctor Transfusion Education for the UK | |||
15:30 - 16:00 | Break | ||
16:00 - 16:45 | Networking & Poster Viewing | ||
16:45 - 17:15 | Poster Prize Giving | ||
19:00 - Midnight | Conference Dinner | ||
Time | |
08:00 - 09:30 | Conference Registration |
Simultaneous Sessions | |
09:30 - 11:00 | 9: Innovative Solutions for Modern Transfusion Challenges Chair: Shane Grimsley Peter Ligthart, Devising unique tools to deal with training challenges in transfusion science - the Dutch experience Shane Grimsley, Optimising reagent red cell design for diverse patient groups Ulrike Paulus, Finding bespoke and novel solutions to support complex transfusion requirements |
10: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Chairs: Ian Sullivan & Osaro Nelson Eamonn Ferguson Zoe Andrews, Neurodiversity in the Laboratory: Strengths, Challenges and Inclusive Practice Carolyn Jones Flash Talk: Matthew Downey, Irish LGBTQ+ community’s understanding of and attitude towards blood donation | |
11: Early Careers Chair: Jamie Nash Amanda Davies, From behind the scenes to centre stage Dr Thomas Scorer, Shaping a career: Clinical, Academic, and Everything Between Lightning Talk: Bridie McPike and Umair Navid, Essentials of Blood Medicine: Embedding Transfusion Education, Public Health Engagement, and Donor Advocacy into Undergraduate Medical Training Lightning Talk: Niamh Reynaud, Enhancing Anticoagulation Reversal Safety: A 10-Year Review of PCC Errors Reported to SHOT Lightning Talk: Tom Baily-Schmidt, Frozen Baa-rythrocytes: Divergent hydropathic behaviour of haemoglobin orthologues contributes to cryoinjury resistance between human and ovine erthrocyte models Lightning Talk: Gloriane Kabeya, Getting the colume right: paediatric transfusion error reports to SHOT 2018-2024 | |
12: Environmental Sustainability Chair: Steve Thomas Gillian Grafton, Environmental sustainability is not optional - our moral and legal obligations Sheri Scott, Green by Design: Embedding Sustainability into Transfusion Science, Training, and Quality Systems Bruno Delorme, Corporate Social Responsibility and Ambition Flash Talk: Manall Marakkar, Five-year retrospective study on the sustainability practices in the Irish Blood Transfusion Service | |
11:00 0 11:30 | Break |
11:30 - 13:00 | Plenary III - Blood Supply Chair: Danny Gaskin Rebecca Cardigan Rebecca Lanaway Peter Richardson Dominic Sutherland |
13:00 - 13:15 | Closing Remarks - Julie Staves |
13:15 - 13:45 | Lunch |
13:45 | Close of Conference and Departure |
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