Platelet Immunology From The Inside Out

19 Nov 2019

This talk Platelet Immunology From The Inside Out was presented by John Semple on November 19 2019, at the 30th Regional Congress of the ISBT in Bangkok, Thailand.

The session The Hidden World of Platelets and Megakaryocytesincluded the following presentations:

John Semple: Platelet Immunology From The Inside Out
Justin Hamilton: Platelets In Thrombo-Inflammation: How They Get There & How To Stop Them
Kellie Machlus: Novel Mechanisms By Which Megakaryocytes Respond To And Propagate Inflammation

The Speaker

John Semple

Basic Transfusion Biology WP Treasurer, Professor of Transfusion Medicine, Lund University, Sweden

Professor Semple joined St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto in 1990 and became Head of the Toronto Platelet Immunobiology Group and a Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Toronto. In 2016, he moved to Lund University where he is currently a Professor of Transfusion Medicine and Group Leader in Platelet Immunology. In addition to being the recipient of many awards, he is a member of several organizations and has delivered over 200 presentations at international meetings. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Haematologica, Transfusion, AOB and the Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. His primary research interests include understanding the immunopathogenesis of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP); his laboratory’s pioneering work originally described the helper T cell abnormalities and Th1 skewing in patients with ITP. His lab also focuses on the pathogenic mechanisms that lead to Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI) and was one of the first to describe Toll-like Receptor (TLR) expression on platelets. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications in the area of ITP, platelet immunology and TRALI.