Research. Education. Discovery.

Two new research studies from the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research (MCTR, formerly known as the McMaster Centre for Transfusion Research), part of Canadian Blood Services’ supported research network, examine the potential of predictive models to address complex issues facing health-care providers.

Announcing the winning entries from the Canadian Blood Services Research 180 Video Competition showcasing “Impact in motion”!

Summer students at the Centre for Blood Research describe their informative tour of Canadian Blood Services’ Blood4Research facility, where they learned about what this facility does and how blood is processed into components.

As 2023 approaches, join us in taking a look at the five most popular Research, Education and Discovery blog posts from 2022.

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.

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.