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October 23, 2023 08:00 AM (Montreal Time)

TTS invites all members to a short virtual business meeting to share the results of the member vote on the eight proposed TTS by-law amendments.

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Spotlighted News

One month after experimental pig heart transplant, doctors say they see no signs of rejection or infection

Oct 20 - “We’ve had no evidence of infections and no evidence of rejection right now.” Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin, IXA President-Elect who will be presenting at the IPITA-IXA-CTRMS Joint Congress, said in an update shared on Friday, “we are withdrawing all the drugs that were initially supporting his heart. So now his heart is doing everything on its own.”

IPITA-IXA-CTRMS Joint Congress
Online registration is closed however you can still register onsite!

October 26-29, 2023
San Diego, USA

Joint Congress of the
International Pancreas and Islet Association,
International Xenotransplantation Association,
and the Cell Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Society

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Transplantation Journal Editorial Fellowship

Jeremy Chapman

Editor-in-Chief
Transplantation Journals

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The Editors of Transplantation and Transplantation Direct are seeking expressions of interest for the role of Editorial Fellow.

The Fellowship is designed for an early career professional in transplantation interested in being on the frontlines of Transplantation, the most cited journal in transplantation, and Transplantation Direct, our open access journal.

The Fellowship is for two years and designed to provide training and experience in scientific publishing. You will see the inner workings of an academic journal, from recruiting and selecting peer reviewers to participating in publication decisions. There will be 6 Editorial Fellows appointed to the following roles:

Journal Monthly Issue’s Fellowship - Assisting the Editor In Chief planning each issue and managing the flow of papers
Statistics Fellowship – providing Statistical review, working with the Executive Editor Biostatistics
Overviews Fellowship – Developing a pipeline of invited overviews, working with the Executive Director Clinical
Three Social Media Fellowships for Transplantation and Transplantation Direct – Working with the Executive Director Basic Science and Social Media Editor to develop Visual Abstracts and Social media messages
Special Features Fellowship – Working with the Executive Director Special Features to plan and implement the special features section of the journal

In addition all fellows will assist in the process of peer review and will be involved in executive meetings of the journal to learn how journal decision making operates.

To be considered for the Fellowship, applicants will have a demonstrated commitment to a career in transplantation and probably be a recent graduates of surgical or medical residencies or have completed post-doctoral studies or research fellowship. Applicants will have excellent writing ability and strong communication skills. You will respect deadlines since the journal will not wait for you, so the ability to carve out time in your busy clinical and academic schedules will be a skill that you will need to have or be prepared to develop.

We invite applications from interested candidates. Please submit your letter or video application with your CV to editorialoffice@journal.tts.org. The deadline for applications is 15th November 2023. When writing your application please identify which of the roles you would like to be involved in and we recommend that thought be given to the art of saying more with less.

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Transplantation Journal Highlights

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Contribution of Proteomics in Transplantation: Identification of Injury and Rejection Markers

Solid organ transplantation saves thousands of lives suffering from end-stage diseases. Although early transplants experienced acute organ injury, medical breakthroughs, such as tissue typing, and use of immunosuppressive agents have considerably improved graft survival. However, the overall incidence of allograft injury and chronic rejection remains high.

Regulatory B Cells in Solid Organ Transplantation: From Immune Monitoring to Immunotherapy

Regulatory B cells (Breg) modulate the immune response in diverse disease settings including transplantation. Despite the lack of a specific phenotypic marker or transcription factor, their significance in transplantation is underscored by their ability to prolong experimental allograft survival, the possibility for their clinical use as immune monitoring tools, and the exciting prospect for them to form the basis for cell therapy. Interleukin (IL)-10 expression remains the most widely used marker for Breg. Several Breg subsets with distinct phenotypes that express this “signature Breg cytokine” have been described in mice and humans.

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Detection of Bacterial Colonization in Lung Transplant Recipients Using an Electronic Nose

Bacterial colonization (BC) of the lower airways is common in lung transplant recipients (LTRs) and increases the risk of chronic lung allograft dysfunction. Diagnosis often requires bronchoscopy. Exhaled breath analysis using electronic nose (eNose) technology may noninvasively detect BC in LTRs. Therefore, we aimed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of an eNose to detect BC in LTRs.