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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Top 5 blog posts of 2022
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Sarah Hogg
As 2023 approaches, join us in taking a look at the five most popular Research, Education and Discovery blog posts from 2022.
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CBR Travel Awards: Attending the ISTH 2022 Congress
Thursday, December 15, 2022
Colton Strong
Colton Strong, a PhD Candidate supervised by Dr. Christian Kastrup and Canadian Blood Services chief scientist, Dr. Dana Devine, at the Centre for Blood Research, shares his experience presenting platelet research at the International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH) 2022 Congress in London, UK.
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BloodTechNet’s support of educational rotation helps lab adopt new technology
Tuesday, December 06, 2022
Abby Wolfe
With funding from BloodTechNet, the National Human Leukocyte Antigen Advisory Committee (NHLAAC) Rotation Program – Travel Bursary supports educational laboratory rotations for histocompatibility and immunogenetics laboratory (HLA lab) technologists and directors in-training. Read about the learnings Arpit Sharma gained during his laboratory rotation in July 2022.
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Canadian Blood Services Research Ethics Board seeks new Volunteer Researcher Member
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Abby Wolfe
The Canadian Blood Services Research Ethics Board evaluates research applications and acts as a resource to support Canadian Blood Services in maintaining ethical integrity in its research activities. The REB is currently seeking a new Volunteer Researcher Member to contribute to this multidisciplinary board.
Transplantation Organs and Tissues Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood
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Research and education highlights: Innovation and Portfolio Management in 2021–22
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Tricia Abe
Canadian Blood Services’ Innovation and Portfolio Management annual progress report for 2021–22 is now available. The report recaps the collaborations in research and education that take place every day to support our shared purpose: to help every patient, match every need and serve every Canadian.
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Emerging Artificial Intelligence Methods to Assess Transfusion Quality
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Erik Lamoureux
Erik Lamoureux, recipient of a Canadian Blood Services graduate fellowship award and PhD Student at CBR, summarizes research on red blood cell deformability using deep learning in this blog repost from the Centre for Blood Research (CBR).
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