Meet the team: Dr Paul Cato
Senior Research Scientist, Paul Cato, started out his career in haematology and shares the career journey that led him back to working with platelets here at Platelet Services. Always interested in science, Paul went to the University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol to study biology. It was while he was studying towards […]
Andrew Johnson: Celebrating 40 years in science
Andrew Johnson is the Laboratory Manager at Platelet Services and this year, he celebrates 40 years working in science. In our latest blog, Andrew shares his career journey that led him to Platelet Services. From an early age, Andrew was always interested in science. At school he took CSEs but knew he needed to get […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
