Blood and Transplant Research Unit in Organ Donation and Transplantation

3rd National UK Organ Perfusion Symposium
2017-06-29 - 2017-06-30
An opportunity to hear the latest developments in cardiothoracic and abdominal donor organ perfusion and share experience across organs. For more details and to book, visit www.btrusymposium.com

Museums at Night at the RCS: Transplant and Life
2017-05-20 18:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Hunterian Museum, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, London WC2A 3PE, United Kingdom
The London home of the Royal College of Surgeons is in the early stages of a major redevelopment, including its Hunterian Museum. On the last night until it reopens in 2020, the museum is hosting a public ‘Museums at Night‘ event celebrating the life-changing procedure of transplantation. Attendees will be able to enjoy a ‘silent-view’ of the exhibition Transplant and Life, take part in events themed around surgery and transplantation, and discover some of the new developments in transplant technology through two lectures. BTRU researcher Dr Sarah Hosgood is delighted to be giving one of the lectures, entitled ‘Kidney transplantation – new advances in preservation’, focusing on her research under Theme 4 of the unit.

BTRU Progress and Management Meeting
2017-03-23 10:00 - 16:00 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge, CB2 1TJ
The first of the two progress update and management meetings of the BTRU in ODT in 2017. All BTRU colleagues are invited to attend. Details and agenda will be sent out via email in advance.

BTRU Trainees' Research Meeting
2017-03-22 12:30 - 18:30 | Clinical School, School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, CB2 0SP, United Kingdom
An event for all BTRU trainees from both Cambridge and Newcastle. An afternoon of presentations, workshops, posters and a keynote speaker, hosted at the Clinical School on the Addenbrooke’s site, followed by a dinner in the evening at The University Centre, Granta Place, Mill Lane, in the city centre. BTRU Research Day Flyer

Better Organs, Better Outcomes: A talk at the Cambridge Science Festival
2017-03-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, Cambridge, CB2 1RW
BETTER ORGANS, BETTER OUTCOMES: WHAT ARE THE GOALS FOR CURRENT RESEARCH IN ORGAN DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION?
Currently in the UK over 6,500 people are on the waiting list for an organ transplant. In 2015/16 more organ transplants were carried out than ever before, but there is still a gap between the number of patients waiting for a transplant and the number of organs available. Professor Mike Nicholson and his colleagues talk about how their research may help to close this gap and lead to an increase in both the quality and quantity of organs available for transplantation.
