EUPLAN International Conference: post event round-up
Platelet Services’ Charlotte Jewell and Paul Cato recently jetted off on an exciting trip to Milan, Italy to attend the EUPLAN International Conference. It took place at the beautiful University of Milan, which possesses important artistic and cultural heritage dating back to the 15th Century. Charlotte and Paul were delighted to join fellow scientists from […]
Platelet Services to sponsor Platelet Society “Platelets and Neurovascular Disease” Meeting
The Platelet Society is hosting a free online meeting titled “Platelets and Neurovascular Disease” from 1pm – 5pm on Wednesday 19th October. The meeting will bringing together platelet and neurovascular researchers to discuss the contributions platelets make to neurovascular disease and other related conditions including vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s. The meeting includes a great programme […]
World Thrombosis Day
Thursday 13th October marks World Thrombosis Day, a day that focuses on the condition of thrombosis by spreading awareness, hosting educational events and advocating for systems of care to properly prevent, diagnose and treat the condition. Platelet Services are supporting World Thrombosis Day (WTD) as a partner organisation to help spread awareness of the campaign. […]
ELRIG-inspired thoughts
“There’s more than one way to catch a rabbit” is a phrase brought to mind after 2 days at the ELRIG meeting in London last week. Platelet Services presented a poster featuring our progress in establishing a 96-well format platelet viability assay. Validation of the assay used a range of pro-apoptotic BCL inhibitors, confirming the […]
ELRIG Drug Discovery 2022
The Platelet Services team will be attending ELRIG Drug Discovery 2022 on the 4-5 October 2022 in London. The two-day event is Europe’s largest meeting for life sciences industry professionals and provides a platform for the drug discovery community to meet, network and collaborate. Natalia Dovlatova (CEO), Wendy Tomlinson (CSO), Bob Humphries (Non-Executive Director, Drug […]
5th EUPLAN International Conference
Platelet Services will be attending the 5th EUPLAN International Conference, taking place at the University of Milan on September 28-30 2022. From the Platelet Services team, Paul Cato (Senior Research Scientist) and Charlotte Jewell (Research Scientist) will be in attendance. The meeting will bring together senior scientists and young fellows to discuss a broad range […]
Platelet Function Testing in Target Safety Assessment
Adverse findings in non-clinical safety/toxicity testing continue to be a major reason for failure and/or complexity in drug projects. Since primary target-related toxicity plays a role in a significant proportion of these failures, an in-depth assessment of potential adverse consequences of target modulation can provide an important de-risking step in the discovery phase. Target Safety […]
Maximising Opportunities
Charlotte was Platelet Services’ first official employee and joined the company in 2020 following her studies in Manchester. Her appointment was supported by a grant from Nottingham Trent University and since joining, Charlotte has been developing her skills and expertise in platelets. In her blog, Charlotte explains how grasping the opportunity to join Platelet Services […]
Platelet Society Summer School: our post-event round up
Paul Cato had the pleasure of attending the Platelet Society Summer School last week on behalf of Platelet Services, which took place on the beautiful parkland campus at the University of Reading over the course of three days. In this post-event report, Paul shares some of his key takeaways from the event. About the […]
Returning to pharmacology
Wendy Tomlinson is Chief Scientific Officer at Platelet Services. In this blog she talks about her career and how it is possible to pursue a passion and path in science without taking the more traditional academic route. Wendy went to a secondary modern where O-Levels were not an option and girls did biology, boys did […]
