Last Chance! Call for Nominations Reminder - DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 18, 2026

In 2026, three Officer positions will be vacated and 5 of the 14 Councilors-at-large representing the Regions will be changing. The elections will take place in early 2026 and those elected will assume their new roles starting at the 2026 TTS Congress in Sydney.

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Just Released - Transplantation Journal - March 2026

Organ Donation and Transplantation World-wide: The Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation Annual Report
The Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation (GODT), an initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Organización Nacional de Trasplantes (ONT, Spain), collects data and reports on the donation and transplantation activity of WHO member states. GODT is the only registry providing world-wide transplant data.

This unique global report on organ donation, transplantation and waitlisting presented by authors from ONT, WHO, Council of Europe, Berlin and Boston includes activities from 92 countries in 2024 detailing global, regional, and country-specific perspectives.

Global Strategies for Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Transplantation: Insights from the Inaugural International Congress
This manuscript provides a summary and recommendations of an International Congress on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. This meeting brought together transplant professionals and patients addressing key challenges around gender & racial disparities, wellness & balance, self-advocacy & mentorship and equity to transplantation for both pediatric and adults’ recipients. Those proceedings provide a call to action to critically examine existing structures and implement solutions.

Age-Stratified Data Highlights Worldwide Variability in Organ Donation Rates and the Potential Increase in Organ Donation
High-quality data from 17 countries across three continents are presented in this work, comparing age-stratified organ donation metrics. Key findings include i), large differences in age-stratified donation rates, ii), a country-specific potential for growth, and iii), country-specific donor rates by age.

These results hold the potential to change where the US and peer countries invest resources in promoting organ donation.

Improved DCD Heart Transplant Function through Ferroptosis Blockade in a Model of Experimental Normothermic Ex Vivo Perfusion
Normothermic ex-vivo organ perfusion has been key in facilitating the successful utilization of organs from donors after circulatory death. This experimental study demonstrates that normothermic ex vivo heart perfusion combined with Liproxstatin-1, a selective ferroptosis inhibitor may represent a novel preservation strategy, alleviating cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury via inhibiting myocardial ferroptosis.

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TTS 2026 - Abstract Submission - 30 days to the Deadline!

Abstract Submission is now open!

Submission deadline: March 19, 2026 @ 23:59 EST

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TTS 2026 is planning on accommodating up to 1,000 Oral Presentations!

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2026 International Basic and Translational Science Mentee-Mentor Awards

TTS-ISOT La Renon International Basic and Clinical Sciences Mentee-Mentor Awards

Transplantation - Behind the Paper with Friederike Martin, Beatriz Domínguez-Gil, and Stefan Tullius

TTS Pulse Podcasts · Episode 20: Behind the Paper with Friederike Martin, Beatriz Domínguez-Gil, and Stefan Tullius

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INTRODUCTION

In 2024, a record 173,727 solid organ transplants were performed worldwide — the highest number ever reported to the Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation (GODT). This represents a 2% increase from 2023, largely driven by growth in deceased donation, including continued expansion of donation after circulatory determination of death (DCD), which accounted for 28% of all deceased donations.

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World Transplant Congress 2025 Highlights: Immunosuppression

Kidney transplantation outcomes have advanced significantly with modern immunosuppression, yet indefinite graft survival and general-population–comparable patient outcomes remain elusive. At the World Transplant Congress 2025 in San Francisco, immunosuppression emerged as a central theme spanning from bench to bedside, including regulatory processes, innovative trial design, and patient-centered approaches.

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Longitudinal Peripheral Blood Transcriptomics Reveal Novel Signatures During Cardiac Allograft Rejection

Acute cellular rejection (ACR) remains a major cause of morbidity after heart transplantation despite advances in immunosuppression. Whole genome transcriptomic profiling offers a systems-based, unbiased approach to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying ACR. However, noninvasive, longitudinal biomarker assessments capable of capturing the temporal dynamics of rejection biology remain scarce.

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Research Grants Program - Notices of Intent

TTS provides funding to individual investigators to support their research in transplantation. The spectrum of studies includes basic, clinical/epidemiological and translational. This individual should have spent five years or less performing research in transplantation (and/or immunology relating to transplant) since obtaining their last doctoral degree (PhD, MD, PharmD, or equivalent). One of these research grants will be preferentially designated to TTS members from a low- or middle-income country. Please send application materials and any questions to jennifer.groverman@tts.org.

Notice of Intent Deadline: March 30, 2026
Full Application Deadline: May 1, 2026

Only applicants who submit a successful Notice of Intent will be eligible to submit a full application.

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To further promote equity and global research capacity, the top-ranked applicant from a low- or middle-income country (LMIC) who is not selected for a main Research Grant will be awarded a TTS LMIC Bridge Grant. This program is designed to strengthen proposals for future funding success for researchers in these regions.

As part of this initiative, recipients will also benefit from personalized mentorship through the TTS Research Mentor Program. Each Bridge Grant awardee will be paired with an experienced Senior TTS mentor from an established research program.

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2026 Women in Transplantation Awards Nominations

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Women in Transplantation is delighted to announce that nominations for the Women in Transplantation (WIT) Awards are now open! These awards are presented at the 31st Congress of The Transplantation Society (TTS) on Sept 20-23 in Sydney, Australia.

Nomination packages, including all supporting documents, must be received by May 1st 2026.

International Symposium on Organ Donation and Transplantation in Kyrgyzstan (TDTD 2026)

We are pleased to announce the International Symposium on Organ Donation and Transplantation in Kyrgyzstan (TDTD 2026), which will take place on May 22–23, 2026 in Bishkek. We kindly invite you to submit your scientific abstracts for presentation at the symposium. The abstract submission deadline is March 15, 2026, and submissions should be made via the online system. Further details regarding abstract submission and the symposium are available at www.tdtd2026.com