MCTransfusionR

Mission: advancing transfusion science through innovative methodology & collaborative research to improve patient health outcomes | McMaster

[MCTransfusionR @Mac_Transfusion]

MCTR team joined #CTTG2026 in Canmore, Alberta. Key focuses: optimizing RBC resources, overcoming study design difficulties, and CTTG advocacy. Insightful perspectives on collaboration in improving patient day to day care were given by the CBS & industry! #Hematology

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🎉The ISTH announces Donald M. Arnold as the 2026 recipient of the Harold R. Roberts Award! This award recognizes individuals whose dedication & service have advanced the mission of the ISTH SSC. Dr. Arnold will receive the award at #ISTH2026.

Learn more: https://t.co/MZAUqjuNp2

[MCTransfusionR @Mac_Transfusion]

Congratulations to Dr. Ishac Nazy and the team on their latest breakthrough published in @BloodJournal!

Development of 5 inhibitors that only block pathogenic HIT antibodies. A major step forward in more accurate and timely HIT diagnosis.

#Hematology #HIT #BloodJournal #MCTR

[MCTransfusionR @Mac_Transfusion]

New Guideline for Management of Critical Bleeding for ITP Patients:

https://t.co/8785ltxlaX.

#ITP #Hematology #MCTR #TransfusionMedicine

[MCTransfusionR @Mac_Transfusion]

Check out CSMT's next event "Cold Agglutinins and Warm Transfusions:"

https://t.co/SjPs5sXGOM

#cstm_scmt #DrAndrewShih

[MCTransfusionR @Mac_Transfusion]

Congratulations to Dr. Jeannie Callum on receiving the 2025 CBS' Lifetime Achievement Award, well-deserved recognition of her leadership and excellence in transfusion medicine.

Video from CBS:
https://t.co/Wk2W8oS2mM

[MCTransfusionR @Mac_Transfusion]

Season’s greetings from all of us at the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research at McMaster University. Sending our best wishes for a peaceful holiday season and a healthy, productive year ahead.

[MCTransfusionR @Mac_Transfusion]

Congrats to MCTR's Trainees! Ali Eshaghpour, Dimpy Modi, and Syed Mahamad all received the ASH 2025 Abstract Achievement Award! Syed also won the ASH Inclusion Pathway Award and Ali received the Canadian Hematology Society John H. Crookston Award!

Well-deserved honours!

[MCTransfusionR @Mac_Transfusion]

Drs. Michelle Zeller and Sebastian Vuong spoke at Dalewood Middle School’s Grade 8 assembly for the CELLibrating Blood & the Body initiative, sharing why blood matters, how it’s made, the role of blood donation and the Canadian military in advancing transfusion medicine.

[MCTransfusionR @Mac_Transfusion]

MCTR will be at American Society of Hematology (ASH) 2025 in Orlando Dec 6-9. Check out presentations from MCTR Director Dr. Donald Arnold, and MCTR trainees Dimpy Modi, Syed Mahamad and Dr. Ali Eshaghpour.

[MCTransfusionR @Mac_Transfusion]

MCTR Investigator Dr. Mickey Zeller presented two sessions at the Hemo 2025 Conference Brazil. Her presentations focused on the 2025 AABB and ICTMG practice guidelines and her insight on the INTERCEPT pathogen inactivation system for platelets in Canada.

https://t.co/oBWHtgjj8t

[MCTransfusionR @Mac_Transfusion]

Join MCTR for the 2025 Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) Summit “Insights from Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia” Nov 7 (8 a.m. ET).
#Hematologists #Immunologists #TranslationalScientists

Free Registration:
https://t.co/T0GINudk5L

[MCTransfusionR @Mac_Transfusion]

Check out MCTR's PhD student Saifur Chowdhury's presentation on the ITP Critical Bleeding Guidelines at the 2025 The Guidelines International Network #GIN conference in Geneva :

https://t.co/K8H3MhiwV7

[MCTransfusionR @Mac_Transfusion]

Congratulations to Dr. Ishac Nazy and the MCTR team on the their recent publication in JTH, "Persistence of anti-platelet factor 4 antibodies in vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis for 3 years.

https://t.co/NdsumdoI97

[MCTransfusionR @Mac_Transfusion]

We are hiring! The MCTR's McMaster Platelet Immunology Laboratory is seeking a Research Associate (II) to join our team and play a leading role in advancing translational research in platelet biology and blood disorders.

Apply Here:

https://t.co/Ofdaah4Q5p

[MCTransfusionR @Mac_Transfusion]

Join MCTR for the 2025 McMaster Immune Summit “Insights from Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia” Nov 7 (8 a.m. ET).

#Hematologists #Immunologists #TranslationalScientists

Free Registration: https://t.co/T0GINudRVj

[MCTransfusionR @Mac_Transfusion]

Congratulations to Dr. Michelle Zeller and her team on enrolling the first patient in the SexMATTERS (Effects of donor-recipient sex-matched versus sex-mismatched red blood cell transfusion on outcomes in critically ill adult patients) RCT.

https://t.co/BzwSO2flLy

[MCTransfusionR @Mac_Transfusion]

Researchers identify single antibody behind life-threatening reaction to common blood thinner #BrighterWorld #McMaster https://t.co/WhRcMeEKMy

[MCTransfusionR @Mac_Transfusion]

MCTR Co-Director @IshacNazyPhD spoke with CTV News about our recent breakthrough in Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT). Congratulations to the entire study team! @MacDeptMed @NEJM @MacPlateletLab @McMasterU @PresidentMcMaster #DeGroote #Heersinks

https://t.co/VWHcwyvEt6

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A big thank you to all those who came out to play and cheer at the yearly MCTR softball game! It was a fun afternoon to get out of the lab and office and enjoy some sunshine.