ELRIG-inspired thoughts
“There’s more than one way to catch a rabbit” is a phrase brought to mind after 2 days at the ELRIG meeting in London last week. Platelet Services presented a poster featuring our progress in establishing a 96-well format platelet viability assay. Validation of the assay used a range of pro-apoptotic BCL inhibitors, confirming the […]
ELRIG Drug Discovery 2022
The Platelet Services team will be attending ELRIG Drug Discovery 2022 on the 4-5 October 2022 in London. The two-day event is Europe’s largest meeting for life sciences industry professionals and provides a platform for the drug discovery community to meet, network and collaborate. Natalia Dovlatova (CEO), Wendy Tomlinson (CSO), Bob Humphries (Non-Executive Director, Drug […]
5th EUPLAN International Conference
Platelet Services will be attending the 5th EUPLAN International Conference, taking place at the University of Milan on September 28-30 2022. From the Platelet Services team, Paul Cato (Senior Research Scientist) and Charlotte Jewell (Research Scientist) will be in attendance. The meeting will bring together senior scientists and young fellows to discuss a broad range […]
Platelet Function Testing in Target Safety Assessment
Adverse findings in non-clinical safety/toxicity testing continue to be a major reason for failure and/or complexity in drug projects. Since primary target-related toxicity plays a role in a significant proportion of these failures, an in-depth assessment of potential adverse consequences of target modulation can provide an important de-risking step in the discovery phase. Target Safety […]
Maximising Opportunities
Charlotte was Platelet Services’ first official employee and joined the company in 2020 following her studies in Manchester. Her appointment was supported by a grant from Nottingham Trent University and since joining, Charlotte has been developing her skills and expertise in platelets. In her blog, Charlotte explains how grasping the opportunity to join Platelet Services […]
Platelet Society Summer School: our post-event round up
Paul Cato had the pleasure of attending the Platelet Society Summer School last week on behalf of Platelet Services, which took place on the beautiful parkland campus at the University of Reading over the course of three days. In this post-event report, Paul shares some of his key takeaways from the event. About the […]
Returning to pharmacology
Wendy Tomlinson is Chief Scientific Officer at Platelet Services. In this blog she talks about her career and how it is possible to pursue a passion and path in science without taking the more traditional academic route. Wendy went to a secondary modern where O-Levels were not an option and girls did biology, boys did […]
Platelet Services doubles lab footprint at BioCity Nottingham
Platelet Services has signed a new lease to double its lab space at BioCity Nottingham, reflecting the year-on-year doubling of demand for core platelet function testing offering. We offer an array of standard and customised platelet testing assays to determine the effect of compounds on platelet function. Working with both small drug discovery companies and […]
Platelet Summer School
Paul Cato and Charlotte Jewell will be attending this year’s Platelet Summer School. The Summer School, which is organised by The Platelet Society, is being held on the 6-8 July 2022 at the University of Reading. The three-day event will cover all aspects of platelet biology, including state-of-the-art platelet research, how platelets are studied, and […]
BTS Discovery Toxicology 2022
Platelet Services will be attending the BTS Discovery Toxicology 2022 meeting at Alderley Park on 15 June. The one-day meeting will showcase the strategies enabling efficient and robust approaches to help maximise drug discovery and development success. With safety risks being a major cause of drug discovery and development attrition, the use of a carefully […]
