Thank you to the International Society of Blood Transfusion @isbt.bsky.social for the honour of receiving the 2026 ISBT Award! Thanks also to ISBT & #wecreative for this lovely photo at #ISBTKualaLumpur with ISBT President Dr Pierre Tiberghien, and Dr Faraizah Abdul Karim, president Malaysian BTS.

NEW: Every 12 minutes, somewhere in the world, a woman dies from excessive bleeding after birth (postpartum haemorrhage or PPH). Yet according to a new study, led by researchers from Oxford, most of these deaths should never have happened. Read more ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4e7lffC

Tomorrow is #WorldBloodDonorDay. So, literally millions of thanks to blood donors around the world for their generous gifts - and to everyone advancing clinical practice and research in transfusion medicine so we can use these gifts to their greatest potential.

Congratulations @who.int on the 'Action Framework to advance universal access to safe, effective and quality-assured blood products, 2026–2030' This will support Member States & partners to provide access to life-saving blood products. iris.who.int/items/92e583dd-9328-493c-a406-6ce8318727e0

On #InternationalThalassaemiaDay, special thanks to supporters of the Australian Haemoglobinopathy Registry. How many people in Australia have thalassaemia? We don’t know, and we don’t know enough about their treatments & outcomes. Data inform research, policy and practice - and better outcomes.

Looking forward to welcoming everyone to the @optimal-cre.bsky.social and @bloodsynergy.bsky.social joint open meeting in August for a great day focussed on transfusion research! More info and registration link below. Please join us!

OPTIMAL CRE@optimal-cre.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢 Program snapshot for our 2026 Open Meeting co-hosted by the @bloodsynergy.bsky.social is now available. Everyone with an interest in blood transfusion and immunoglobulin use is invited to attend in-person or online. Full program coming soon! 👉 Register: events.humanitix.com/synergy-opti...

We welcome applications for this new research fellowship, a partnership between @optimal-cre.bsky.social and the Kawasaki Disease Foundation

OPTIMAL CRE@optimal-cre.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📢 A research fellowship jointly supported by OPTIMAL and the Kawasaki Disease Foundation is now open! The role will focus on understanding how access to and timing of immunoglobulin therapy influences clinical and economic outcomes in Kawasaki disease. 👉 Read more and apply here: bit.ly/3P0M3Ek

Welcome Jamie! We're glad to have you as part of the @optimal-cre.bsky.social 😁

OPTIMAL CRE@optimal-cre.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🎉 We’re pleased to welcome Jamie Jackson, as a new OPTIMAL-supported PhD candidate at the University of Queensland. 🔍 His research will focus on optimising immunoglobulin dosing in blood cancer care, using pharmaceutical principles and modeling. We’re delighted to have you on board Jamie! 👏

Today, on International Kawasaki Disease Awareness Day, we share the Top 10 KD Questions, raised by families and health professionals at last year’s Information Day, hosted with the KD Foundation and MCRI. 🔗 Read the Top 10 questions: www.optimalcre.org/news kdfoundation.org.au/top-10-kd-qu...

Congratulations to Dr Adam Irving, Monash University, on being awarded a Cancer Research Fellowship from Cancer Council Victoria. This will support the new EpiMAP Lymphoma research project, in partnership with @lardr.bsky.social

Physicians throughout Minnesota bear witness to the devastation that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is wreaking. They implore physicians everywhere to raise their voices. Read “We Do Care” by Bernard E. Trappey, MD, for Minnesota Physician Voices: nej.md/4akke1G

👥Community Summit A community-centered experience for individuals with TBDs, families, care partners, and bereaved community members, focused on connection, education, and time together. Register today! teamtelomere.org/community-su... We cannot wait to welcome our community to Missoula!

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Team Telomere invites you to the Team Telomere Community Summit 2026: A River Runs Through Advocacy and Research, taking place July 7 to 10, 2026, in Missoula, Montana. This community experience…

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We are thrilled to announce that registration is now OPEN for the Team Telomere Scientific & Community Summit 2026, taking place July 7 to 10, 2026, in Missoula, Montana!

Beautiful day at Albert Park Lake, as part of Run for Rui, raising money for research into fetomaternal/neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, #FNAIT. Funds will support the vital work of the Australian NAIT Registry. Please support us if you can! sleapys-foundation.grassrootz.com/run-for-rui

Abstract submission is closing on 30 Jan for the 2026 International Haemovigilance Symposium. Travel scholarships, kindly sponsored by @isbt.bsky.social, are available for participants from LMIC presenting an abstract. More info/registration/abstracts: ihn-org.com Hope to see many of you in Rome!

Please consider supporting Run for Rui, to fund vital research into NAIT: neonatal (fetomaternal) alloimmune thrombocytopenia. More info here: sleapys-foundation.grassrootz.com/run-for-rui Proceeds will support the Australian NAIT registry: www.monash.edu/medicine/sphpm/registries/nait Thank you!

Happy New Year from LaRDR: the Lymphoma and Related Diseases Registry! Over 10,000 people with lymphoma & CLL are now participating across Australia & New Zealand. Thank you to everyone supporting @lardr.bsky.social including all patients, investigators, sites and our community & funding partners!

Lymphoma and Related Diseases Registry@lardr.bsky.social · 7mo ago

⭐️⭐️⭐️ The 10000th participant ⭐️⭐️⭐️was recruited to the Lymphoma and Related Diseases Registry! Congratulations and thanks to all participants, participating sites and staff, principal investigators and supporters.

Today marks the 80th anniversary of Blood Journal. We're looking forward to commemorating this milestone throughout 2026 and hope you enjoy the new issue out now. ashpublications.org/blood/issue/... Happy new year! #Anniversary #BloodJournal

📣The ISTH recently drafted a guidance manuscript on the how to monitor and manage unfractionated heparin in practice, given the accumulating evidence from a comprehensive literature review. Submit your comments by Jan 5: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8609925/Public-Comment-Manage-UFH

Congratulations Dr Lucy Fox, presenting the results of IBMDx - genomics studies in inherited bone marrow failure syndromes - today in the late-breaking abstract session at #ASH25

Just published: CLIP-II trial of cryopreserved platelets for cardiac surgical bleeding doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.23355 Thanks to everyone who supported this important study!

A message we can all get behind! Thanks @ash.hematology.org for a great meeting at #ASH25

Great opportunity to get involved!

Blood Journals Portfolio@bloodjournals.hematology.org · 8mo ago

Seeking experience at a medical journal? Our Editorial Fellowship gives early-career clinicians hands-on exposure to the publishing process from peer review to publication. It’s 9 months, remote, and provides invaluable mentorship. Applications now open! ashpublications.org/editorialfellowship

Optimize treatment and better advocate for your patients with the Duffy-null phenotype, which lowers normal neutrophil threshold yet is often overlooked in clinical trials. 🎧 Listen now to the new HemeTalks: https://ow.ly/4F9f50XuQuz #Hematology #Hemesky #Medsky #DANC #DuffyNull

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Blood Podcast: Advancing Blood Disorder Treatments Through Precision Therapeutics. Have a listen:

Advancing Blood Disorder Treatments Through Precision Therapeutics

In this week's episode, Blood editor Dr. Laura Michaelis interviews...

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Save the date! 18-20 March 2026 in Rome. Looking forward to this! The International Haemovigilance Symposium is always an excellent and very interactive meeting. More info soon: ihn-org.com

Congratulations, Janne! You've been a wonderful supporter of @lardr.bsky.social and the @bloodsynergy.bsky.social research. We thank you SO MUCH for your contributions!

Lymphoma and Related Diseases Registry@lardr.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Congrats to our consumer representative, Ms Janne Williams👏 She was awarded the SPHPM Consumer Excellence Award🌟 in recognition of her impact on multiple academic projects, including LaRDR! @ericawood.bsky.social #LymphomaResearch #Registry

Thank you so much @isbt.bsky.social! We are so delighted to receive this award! www.systematicreviewinitiative.com/news/we-have... @ericawood.bsky.social @liseestcourt.bsky.social @thrinaline.bsky.social

Throughout #Telomere Biology Disorder #Awareness Month, we are dedicating Fridays to spreading education and awareness. Each “Fact Friday,” we’ll highlight important science and how ongoing #research connects to care and advocacy. Today we are talking about what #telomeres are - check out our video!

Hope to see many of you at these upcoming @optimal-cre.bsky.social educational events on improving the use of immunoglobulins! Everyone is welcome, and it's free to register. More info below.

OPTIMAL CRE@optimal-cre.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Join us this month for two online events that build capability across immunoglobulin research and care. 💡 Essentials of Health Economics in Immunoglobulin Use Workshop 🕐 10 Nov 1–3pm 🧠 Introduction to Myasthenia Gravis Webinar 🕒 24 Nov 3–4:30pm Learn more & register: www.optimalcre.org/events