Research. Education. Discovery.

Our Research, Education, and Discovery Blog is a showcase for our work as well as the basic science behind what we do. Here we invite readers to explore the worlds of transfusion and transplantation science and learn more about how our research leads to improved everyday practices and ultimately – and most importantly – better outcomes for patients. 

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Challenges 2020 - Lay Science Writing Competition now open!
Monday, October 26, 2020
Dr. Geraldine Walsh
The Centre for Innovation is delighted to launch our third annual Lay Science Writing Competition. This year’s theme – Challenges 2020 – provides an outlet for trainees to tell their stories of research, science and communication during this unprecedented and challenging year.
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Improving transfusion practice through serology education
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Tricia Abe
With funding from Canadian Blood Services’ BloodTechNet Award Program, transfusion medicine specialists developed Learnserology.ca, an online curriculum that supports serology education.
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Tracking the prevalence of COVID-19 at top speed
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Catherine Lewis
How Canadian Blood Services quickly stood up a seroprevalence lab able to test thousands of donor blood samples for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies each day
Plasma Transfusion Blood
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Norman Bethune Symposium 2020
Thursday, October 08, 2020
Canadian Blood Services trainees
Postponed in April 2020, the Centre for Blood Research’s annual Norman Bethune Symposium moved to an online format and was held on Sept. 9, 2020. We heard from some Canadian Blood Services research trainees about the symposium and their experiences presenting their work in the “new normal” virtual format, which included a research showcase via Twitter.
Plasma Transfusion Blood
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Dr. Olga Mykhailova (Left) and Tracey Turner (Right) standing in the lab where they helped label more than 52,000 red blood cell images.
Machine learning opens new frontiers in red blood cell research
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Dr. Geraldine Walsh
With their recent study, Centre for Innovation senior scientist Dr. Jason Acker and his international colleagues bring studying red blood cell shape into the 21st century.
Transfusion Blood
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Dr. Heyu Ni inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Dr. Geraldine Walsh
The Centre for Innovation’s Dr. Heyu Ni has been honoured by induction into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Considered one of the highest honours for Canadian academics, Dr. Ni’s election as a Fellow is a recognition of the excellence of his work as a leader in Canadian health sciences.
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