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27 May 2009
Haemostasis Fellowship
Congratulations to Professor John Porter and Dr Maciej Garbowski of University College London, who have been awarded the joint BSH/UK Thalassaemia Society/Sickle Cell Society Haemaostasis Fellowship for their study Molecular factors affecting iron accumulation in cardiomyocytes in transfusional iron overloaded conditions.
29 April 2009
BSH 2009 prize winners
The standard of all the presentations at the Annual Scientific meeting was very high. The oral presidential and early stage investigator and the poster prize winners are:
Presidential Symposium Winners:
- Melanie Percy (Belfast): Erythropoietin synthesis is primarily regulated by the PHD2-HIF-2alpha-HL axis as documented by HIF-2alpha associated familial erythrocytois
Early Stage Investigator Oral Presentation Winner:
- Ashley May (Kings College London): Genomic breakpoint cloning and a function assay of DNA topoisomerase II cleavage reveals translocation mechanism underlying formation of t(15;17) in epirubicin-related acute promyelocytic leukaemia
• Lymphoid Malignancy - Cellular & Molecular Biology
– Poster 22: AJ Campbell (Oxford) “Expression of FOXP2 is up-regulated in lymphoid malignancies”
• Lymphoid Malignancy – Clinical:
– Poster 36: SG Mohamedbhai (UCH, London) “Rituximab in combination with CODEX-M/IVAC”
• Myeloid Malignancy - Cellular & Molecular Biology
– Poster 46: NR Hardwick (Kings College, London) “Identification of a novel cancer testis antigen as a target for the immunotherapy in AML”
• Red Cell Disorders
– Poster: 62: AE Gallienne (Oxford): “Application of MLPA and gap-PCR mapping to characterise a novel beta globin gene cluster deletion mutation in a family Afghan ancestry”
• Haemostasis &Thrombosis
– Poster 72: CA Burgess (Great Ormond Street) “Detection of factor VIII inhibitors, a comparison of an inhibitor screening test and Bethesda assay in children with haemophilia A”
• General Haematology
– Poster 143: S Khan-Williams (Kings, London) “Systems biology analysis of G0 / G1 commitment point of human primary T cells”
• Myeloid Malignancy – Clinical:
– Poster 158: EM Boyd (Cambridge) “A simple diagnostic test for MPL exon 10 mutations in myeloproliferative neoplasms”
• Nursing
– Poster 171: M Harkness (Cardiff) “Myeloid Malignancies – CNS nurse or breavement counsellor”
• Paediatrics
– Poster: 61: I Ahmed (Edinburgh): “Neutrophil oxidative burst in response to chemical and bacterial stimulation in preterm infants and expression of adhesion molecules”
• Transfusion medicine
– Poster 199: P Greavers (Barts) “Use of “massive transfusion packs” at a major trauma centre”
• Transplantation
– Poster 205: N Sood (Leeds) “Prognostic impact of serum ferritin concentration on survival following reduced intensity conditioned allogenic haemopoietic stem cell transplantation
27 February 2009
BSH / LRF Fellowship
The Joint BSH/LRF Clinical Research Training Fellowship for 2008 has been awarded to Dr George Vassiliou and Professor Allan Bradley at the Welcome Trust Sanger Insitute for a study on insertional mutagenesis and murine models of haematological malignancies. The Fellowship is currently being advertised.
