Jack Killinger killing it in the #TIC session at #ISTH2024. Great job representing Pitt Trauma & Transfusion Medicine Research Center Susan Shea discussing microfluidics in TBI. Pitt Surgery

Excellent work Jack Killinger!!

More poster fun today at #ISTH2024 - strong work Katelin Rahn and Jack Killinger presenting on behalf of Ronit "Papai" Kar !

so grateful to present my work on the unique genetics of autism at my first ever #BGA2024 ! even better that I got to do so alongside some fantastic early career researchers in neurodevelopmental genetics :)

Honored to have had the opportunity to present @ISTH in #Bangkok this year and grateful for those (Matthew D. Neal, MD Susan Shea Pitt Trauma & Transfusion Medicine Research Center) who made it possible. Looking forward to many more ISTHs to come. (Post delayed due to post-conference vacation fun in #Phuket with Katelin Rahn)

Congratulations to IBG graduate student Luke Schaffer (he/him) for receiving the award for best oral presentation at the 2024 BGA Meeting in London! 🏆🥳🧬

New in print! We found reduced platelet content in #microfluidic clots in #trauma patient samples relative to healthy controls. Kim Thomas Philip Spinella, MD Matthew D. Neal, MD Ronit "Papai" Kar Katelin Rahn Pitt Trauma & Transfusion Medicine Research Center Pitt Surgery Check it out at PLOS One 👇🏻 journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

🚨 New preprint from IBG graduate student Luke Schaffer (he/him) that examines the genetic signal in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that is unique of ADHD. Findings reveal clinical correlates, genes, and biological pathways unique to ASD. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

ASD and ADHD share considerable genetic overlap. Here, we disentangle this shared genetic basis and investigate the unique genetic pathways for ASD persisting independently of ADHD. We find genetic links with psych d/o's, cognition, transcriptome, and more! More deets below! 🧬🧠

It’s orientation day for our incoming Pitt Bioengineering #PhDstudents! Jack Killinger and Katelin Rahn rocking the blue and gold kicking off a great start to their first semester as grad students 🤩 Pitt Trauma & Transfusion Medicine Research Center

So so so happy to share that my first, first-author paper from my time at National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is now available online at Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders! jneurodevdisorders.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… See below for a 🧵of key findings... 1/

VERY proud of my first year Pitt Bioengineering grad student Jack Killinger for giving a great talk about our recent findings regarding the circulating #lipidome in stored #platelets at #AABB24 ! Pitt Trauma & Transfusion Medicine Research Center Pitt Surgery

Dr. Khandaker from my lab gave an update on the CHIPSiv study comparing room temp vs cold stored #platelets - looking pretty good in vitro out to 21 days across multiple platforms! Pitt Trauma & Transfusion Medicine Research Center Pitt Surgery

A new article in The The New Yorker highlights the NHS Blood+Transplant-led RESTORE trial, the first in the world to transfuse lab-grown red blood cells into people. bit.ly/40NfUSI

❇️Best of Trauma❇️ Read the article "Predictive value of platelet function assays in traumatic brain injury patients on antiplatelet therapy" journals.lww.com/jtrauma/fullte…

Watch an overview of "Predictive value of platelet function assays in traumatic brain injury patients on antiplatelet therapy" presented by Dr. Neal!🎬 journals.lww.com/jtrauma/fullte…

In an RCT of TBI patients on antiplatelet therapy, higher absolute TEG-PM values predicted better clinical outcomes. VerifyNow ASA showed improvement after transfusion. Transfusion-induced assay changes were not associated with clinical outcomes. journals.lww.com/jtrauma/fullte…