General news
Dr Jill Storry New Chair of the ISBT Working Party on Red Cell Immunogenetics and Blood Group Terminology
After many years as Chairperson of this Working Party Dr Geoff Daniels decided it was time to stand down. An election was held amongst the Working Party members and Dr Jill Storry was...
Public Consultation on the Working Party on IT Interface Task Force ‘white paper’ on the development of an ISBT Interface Standard
The ISBT Working Party on Information Technology Interface Task Force has released a ‘white paper’ on the development of an ISBT Interface Standard. This white paper describes the mechanism...
Neelam Marwaha new Board Member for the South East Asian region
Dr. Neelam Marwaha has been chosen as new co-opted Board member for the South East Asian Region. Dr. Marwaha is from Chandigarh, India and is Professor and Head of the Department of Transfusion...
Recommendations on Disaster Management
Cristina Martinez from Concepción Chile has written an article with recommendations on the role of the community and national networks in ensuring safe blood after natural disasters, like the recent...
Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur venues for 2013
At the Berlin meeting of the ISBT Board of Directors, Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia were chosen as venues for the regional congresses in 2013. The congress in...
Dr. Vivek Gupta proud to receive the ISBT and DGTI poster award
During the International Congress in Berlin Poster award prizes were introduced and those who won were thrilled underneath. For many of the winners it was their first international congress and...
ISBT Presidential Award
Dr Paul Engelfriet, received the ISBT Presidential Award at the Presidential Award Session at the XXX1st International congress of the ISBT in Berlin. Dr Engelfriet was recognised for his...
Poster Award Winners, Berlin
Professor Erhard Seifried, Professor Reinhold Eckstein and Dr Markus Müller, presented 12 poster presenters whose posters were judged by the poster award committee to be the best, with their poster...
Jean Julliard Prize, Berlin
The Jean Julliard Prize established in memory of the first Secretary General of the Society was awarded to Dr Mark Looney, University of California, San Francisco, USA. Dr Looney's paper was...
Dr. Harold Gunson Fellowships
During the XXXIst International Congress in Berlin the ISBT and the Local Organising Committee awarded 37 young people who live in low and medium development index countries included in the UN...
