Désolé! Cette page n’est disponible qu’en anglais.
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.
Subscribe to RSS - Grab this link and add it to your favourite feed reader.
It’s been an exciting year of stories on the Research, Education, and Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog. Here is a look back at the articles you were most interested in from 2024.
A new, interactive, educational resource supported by Canadian Blood Services’ BloodTechNet Award Program provides learners with a deeper understanding of the processes behind Canada’s Lifeline. Learn more about how the Tour came together in this blog.
Canadian Blood Services 2024 Lay Science Writing Competition offered in partnership with the Centre for Blood Research (CBR) provides research trainees an opportunity to exercise and enhance their science communication skills by sharing their research with lay audiences. Read Katerina Rosenflanz’s description of her research as a first-year Masters student in the lab of Dr. Hongshen Ma at the Centre for Blood Research; her write-up claimed first prize in this year’s competition!
Curious about the latest progress in research and education at Canadian Blood Services? Our Annual Impact Report 2023–2024 (now available on blood.ca) pulls together the latest case studies and spotlights on research and education initiatives from our innovation and portfolio management team. Learn more and access the report from this post!
Canadian Blood Services 2024 Lay Science Writing Competition offered in partnership with the Centre for Blood Research (CBR) provides research trainees an opportunity to exercise and enhance their science communication skills by sharing their research with lay audiences. This write-up by Drs. Chaahat Singh and Giorgia Caspani, postdoctoral fellows in the lab of Dr. Wilfred Jeffries at the Centre for Blood Research, claimed second prize in this year’s competition!
Thanks to CIHR-funding, national collaboration and a lot of perseverance, a team of researchers is embarking on a journey to provide evidence on an unanswered question about blood transfusion. Learn more about the work behind the new, SexMatters clinical trial on sex-matched versus mismatched red blood cell transfusions in this blog.
Subscribe to RSS - Grab this link and add it to your favourite feed reader.
