Webinar Objectives: 

• To understand the importance of Non-HLA in Transplant outcomes
• To discuss implications of transfusion induced HLA antibodies
• To understand Non HLA through real clinical cases

Speaker: Dr. Raja Rajalingam, Director of the Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory The University of California, San Francisco

Date and Time:
Thursday, February 19th, 2026
Time: 12:30 PM – 13:30 PM IST
Repeat Broadcast: 4PM and 7PM IST (GMT+5.30)

Webinar Objectives: 

• Consent in Blood Transfusion. Join to discuss the complex topic of consent for blood transfusions.

Date and Time:

Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM GMT

Webinar Objectives: 

• To discuss the need of phenotyping as a protocol to deliver safer blood.
• To understand what Phenotyping entails.
• To share different clinical cases.

Speaker: Dr Bhavna Arora, Sr. Consultant and Head Department of Transfusion Medicine Care Hospital, Banjara Hills

Date and Time:

Wednesday, January 21st, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM IST
Repeat Broadcast: 3PM and 7PM IST (GMT+5.30)

Webinar Objectives: 

• Introduce Software and its implications in transplant outcomes

Speaker: Gianni Giuffre, Global Commercial Marketing Director, Software Transfusion and Transplant

Date and Time:

Thursday, December 4th, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM IST
Repeat Broadcast: 3PM and 7PM IST (GMT+5.30)

Webinar Objectives: 

• To understand Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
• To understand the management of complex AIHA Cases

Speaker: Dr. (Prof.) Sudipta Sekhar Das

Date and Time:

Wednesday, November 5th, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM IST
Repeat Broadcast: 3PM and 7PM IST (GMT+5.30)

Webinar Objectives: 

• The Role of the Transfusion Practitioner: Then, Now, and Beyond. Discover how the Transfusion Practitioner role has evolved—and where it’s heading with the new national framework.

Date and Time:

Thursday, 4 December at 2:00 PM (UK Time)

Webinar Objectives: 

• To understand KIR-HLA Typing.
• To discuss the role and implications of KIR in transplantation and reproductive immunology.
• To share different clinical cases.

Speaker: Dr. Meenakshi Singh, Ex Assistant Professor, Officer-in charge, Scientific Officer E, Transplant Immunology & Immunogenetics laboratory, Advanced Centre for Treatment Research and Education in Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre

Webinar Objectives: 

• To understand platelet refractoriness and its implications
• To discuss platelet cross match and the benefits of using SPRCA
• To share the different case studies and experiences

Speaker: Dr. Sadhana Mangwana, Director - Transfusion Medicine & Immunohematology, Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute

Webinar Objectives: 

• A webinar in partnership with BBTS. Join us to explore real life strategies used for adult and pediatric emergencies in HEMS and ED—where preparation, teamwork, and rapid decisions matter most.

Webinar Objectives: 

• To understand platelet refractoriness and its implications.
• To discuss platelet cross match and the benefits of using SPRCA
• To share the different case studies and the experience of using Capture P.

Speaker:

• Dr. Sadhana Mangwana, Director - Transfusion Medicine & Immunohematology, Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute

15^th July 2025

Webinar Objectives: 

Explore how McLeod reminds us that there is more to Red cells than meets the eye.

Webinar Objectives: 

• To understand MICA (MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence A) antibodies, their role in the immune system and their clinical significance in transplant rejection.
• To briefly review the methods used for detecting MICA antibodies.
• To discuss a recent clinical study and a few patient case studies.

Speaker:

• Dr. Mohit Chowdhry, Senior Consultant and Head of the Department, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Transplant Immunology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi

Webinar Objectives: 

• Explore the history and future of blood supply management, from past challenges to demand forecasting and creating an optimised blood supply for the future.

Speaker:

• Andy Costall, National Demand Planning Manager, Chair NHSBT Demand Review Group, UK
• Dr Fatts Chowdhury, Consultant Haematologist in Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Lead for Business Continuity  NHSBT, Chair NBTC Emergency Planning Working Group / Haematology & Trauma Group / UK Red Alert Plan Group

   

Webinar Objectives: 

• Explore the role of Human platelet antigens
• Understand the diagnostic and management strategies for Fetal and Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia.
• Broaden the understanding by discussing the different clinical cases

Speaker: Dr. Donatella Londero,  Head of Immunohematology and Blood bank Laboratory, Director of the Regional Bone Marrow Donor Registry, University Hospital - Udine (Italy)

Webinar Objectives:

• Analisi pre-trapianto: Laboratorio HLA e Immunoematologia
• Titolazione degli anticorpi
• Rimozione degli anticorpi: TPE/Plasma-Aferesi
• Trasfusione di sangue: Componenti speciali del sangue
• Post trapianto: Monitoraggio degli anticorpi (globuli rossi/ HLA)
• Rifiuto: TPE/Aferesi plasmatica

Relatori: Dr. Ankit Mathur

Webinar Objectives: 

• Gain insight into the principles and advantages of Nanopore sequencing.
• Discuss the reliability, sensitivity, and challenges of Nanopore sequencing.
• Highlight the importance of Nanopore sequencing using different case studies and research

Speakers: Dr. Thidathip Wongsurawat (Tip), Head, Division of Medical Bioinformatics Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand

Webinar Objectives: 

• Gain insight into the principles and advantages of Nanopore sequencing.
• Discuss the reliability, sensitivity, and challenges of Nanopore sequencing.
• Highlight the importance of Nanopore sequencing using different case studies and research

Speakers: Dr. Thidathip Wongsurawat (Tip), Head, Division of Medical Bioinformatics Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand

Webinar Objectives: 

• To identify and debunk common myths and misconceptions about pediatric blood transfusions.
• To provide evidence-based information to correct misunderstandings and improve knowledge
• To discuss case studies and real-world scenarios highlighting common challenges and how they are addressed

Speakers: Dr. Satyam Arora, Regional Director South-East Asia, ISBT Additional Professor, Transfusion Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Child Health (PGICH), Noida, India  

Webinar Objectives: 

• ImmuLINK Panel ID

Speakers: Gianni Giuffre, Global Commercial Marketing Dierctor, Software, Werfen

Webinar Objectives: 

• Understand the Pre- & Post Transplant Antibody Identification in cases of Haplo Haematopoetic Stem Cell Transplant.
• Highlight the importance of monitoring.
• Discuss clinical case studies demonstrating the impact of antibody identification and monitoring on patient outcomes.

Speakers: Dr. Anil Handoo, Principal Director, Hospital Laboratory Services & Transfusion Medicine, & Principal Director Academics & Research - Max Healthcare Institute Limited & associated hospitals.

Webinar Objectives: 

• Join us to learn the best practices for writing abstracts and posters as well as how to do your study or project justice when presenting at a conference.
• Learn what is and isn't an abstract, and what should an abstract contain.
• Hear about the importance of posters in academic and professional settings.
• Learn tips for writing abstracts, creating effective posters, including structure, design and the pitfalls to avoid.

Speakers: Richard Haggas, Director, UK NEQAS Blood Transfusion Laboratory Practice and Alison Hines, Scientific and Clinical Training and Education Manager, NHSBT

Webinar Objectives: 

• Explore the basics of  HLA, HPA and tools available
• Platelet Crossmatching
• Approach to a case of Platelet Refractoriness

Speakers: Dr Mohit Chowdhry, Sr. consultant & HEAD - Department of transfusion medicine, molecular biology and transplant immunology ; Indraprastha Apollo hospital, New Delhi

Webinar Objectives: 

• MFIs between vendors are not comparable and therefore cutoffs based on the same MFI value cannot be applied to both
• Aim is to generate a model to determine how MFI values from different vendors behave
• Establish data-driven, comparable, vendor-specific cutoffs for analyzing big data sets

Speakers: Gonca Karahan, Post Doctoral Researcher, Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands

Webinar Objectives: 

• What is CAR-T, CAR-T current indications and future directions
• The patient journey through CAR T-cell therapy and complications associated with CAR-T

Speakers: Ceri Jones Haematology Consultant, University Hospital of Wales, Emily John Lead CAR-T Clinical Nurse Specialist, University Hospital of Wales

Webinar Objectives: 

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• Outlining some of the current Iron and PBM activities being used in the UK
• Highlighting differences in practice when managing paediatrics & adults

Speakers: Dr Paolo Polzella and Dr Anne Kelly

Webinar Objectives: 

•  Implementation of goal-directed bleeding management:
  • Coagulation changes during bleeding
  • What is goal directed bleeding management
  • Why bring in viscoelastic testing
  • How do you introduce it
  • Is it effective – impact on blood product usage

Speakers: Kate Maynard, Dr Sam Hird, Dr Amrit Dhadda and Prof Rachel Collis

Webinar Objectives: 

•  Shared case studies are a learning opportunity for all. Our subject matter experts will be reviewing HLA antibody analysis on the MATCH IT! Antibody software using informative case studies and software tools.

Speakers: Erik Chatroop, MS, MLS(ASCP)^CM, CHS(ACHI) and Lindsay Murdock, MS, CHT(ABHI), MLS(ASCP)^CM

Webinar Summary: 

Using informative case studies and software tools, our subject matter experts will be reviewing HLA typing. Learn more about what makes MIA FORA NGS software and assays unique.

Speakers: Amelia Chen

Webinar Summary: 

Our subject matter experts will be reviewing HLA antibody analysis on MATCH IT! Antibody software using informative case studies, software tools, and interactive polls.

Speakers: K. Kelly Cousins, BS, CHT (ABHI) and Jean L. Heneghan, MS, CHS(ABHI)

Webinar Objectives: 

• HLA antibody analysis on MATCH IT! Antibody v1.5.1 software using informative case studies and software tools

Speakers: Lindsay Murdock, MS, CHT(ABHI), MLS(ASCP) ^CM  and Erik Chatroop, MS, MLS(ASCP)^CM, CHS(ACHI)

Webinar Objectives: 

• Writing procedures and work instructions
• Quality managements
• Standards of laboratory practice
• Test performance appraisal and validation

Speaker: Dr. Marco Andreani Ph.D. ; Dr. Walter Herczyk CHS(ACHI) MT (ASCP)

Webinar Objectives:

• Organ transplantation
• Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
• Single donor platelet transfusion for alloimmunized patients
• HLA and disease associations

Speaker: Dr. Sunil Daga MBBS MRCP PhD

Webinar Objectives 

• Clinical Histocompatibility Testing for Xenotransplantation: What We Have and What We Need
• Post-transplant Rejection Diagnostics:  a Bermuda Triangle between HLA Specialists, Nephrologists and Pathologists
• The Next Steps in the Routine Diagnostic Implementation of Non-HLA Antibody Testing
• The Role of HLA and Non-HLA Antibody Burden in the Outcome of Pediatric Kidney Transplantation

Speakers: Sam Ho, Maarten Naesens, Carrie Butler, Patrizia Comoli

Webinar Objectives 

• Unlocking the Power of PIRCHE-II: Exploring the Role of HLA Mismatch in Risk Stratification
• The Use of PIRCHE in Stem Cell Transplantation
• The HLA Eplet Registry. New Design, New Tools and Future Directions
• Shaping the NEXT GENERATION of MATCH IT!^® Software

Speakers: Bethany Dale, Meenakshi Singh, Massimo Mangolia, Alisa Rantanen

Webinar Objectives

• Best Practices for Antibody Testing
• Canadian Genome Project
• Virtual Crossmatch: How and Why?, US Perspective
• Virtual Crossmatch: How and Why?, Eurotransplant
• Virtual Crossmatch:  How and Why, Down Under

Speakers: Annette Jackson, Karen Sherwood, Paul Keown, Luis Hidalgo, Cynthia Kramer, Rhonda Holdsworth

Webinar Objectives: 

• Sensitivity of antibody detection assays
• Epitope of structure of HLA gene products
• Relationships of HLA epitopes and sequence
•  Analysis of HLA antibodies in patients
• Dynamics of HLA antibody production

Speaker: Tiffany Bratton, PhD

Webinar Objectives: 

• Complement-dependent cytotoxicity assay,
  flow cytometry, & ELISA
• Complement and antiglobulin reagents Molecular genetics

Speaker: Michael D. Gautreaux, PhD, FACHI

Webinar Objectives: 

• HLA complex & nomenclature
• Genetics of the HLA complex
• Physical and antigenic structure & functioning of HLA gene products

Speaker: Gizem Turmer, MD

Webinar Objective:

• LEARNing is fun in a new way when you complete this virtual intensive, transfusion medicine investigation.

Webinar Objectives:

• LEARNing is fun in a new way when you complete this virtual intensive, transplant medicine investigation.

Webinar Objectives:

•  Learn more about PIRCHE
• How PIRCHE can help you see beyond limits of transplant diagnostics.

Speaker: Massimo Mangiola, Ph.D., A(ACHI)

Webinar Objecties:

• Understand the Clinical relevance of NK (natural killer) cells Immunogenetics

Speaker: Dr. Rajalingam Raja, UCSF, USA

Webinar Objectives:

• Worklist Management
• Results Management
• Report Management
• Panel ID | Module
• Archive Management

Speaker:  Gianni Giuffrè

Webinar Objectives:
• Define normal and abnormal coagulation lab findings.
• Correlate laboratory results with common clinical signs and symptoms in the patient.
• Discriminate normal and abnormal platelet laboratory results.
• Apply coagulation and hematology results in case study examples focusing on the provision of appropriate
transfusion of blood products or medical intervention.

Speaker: Jayanna Slayten, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB^CM

Webinar Objectives:
• Explain detection and identification of red cell alloantibodies.
• Explore problem solving techniques including evaluation of the patient’s clinical and transfusion history, autocontrol, DAT and red cell phenotype.
• Define appropriate testing methods for IgM compared to IgG reactive antibodies.
• Apply antibody identification practices in case studies

Speaker: Jayanna Slayten, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB^CM

Webinar Objectives:

• HLA-DQ Antibodies in Solid Organ Transplantation

Speakers: Anat Roitberg-Tambur, DMD, PhD

Webinar Objectives:

•  Advances in treatments for patients with Sickle Cell Disease
•  National Haemoglobinopathy Registry

Speakers: Noemi Roy, Farrukh Shah