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Dianne left LIfeblood in February 2024. This profile remains here for reporting purposes for the 23-24 financial year.
Dianne studies factors that influence the quality of platelet components, including donor attributes, and over-the-counter drugs.
She also has interests in platelet glycans, microparticles and clearance mechanisms. She previously showed carbohydrates are important for platelet clearance in bleeding disorder ITP, potentially leading to novel diagnosis or treatment approaches.
She enjoys mentoring of students and is active in science communication on Twitter. During her PhD, she demonstrated novel platelet apoptosis pathways after cold storage.
Awards
- THANZ Science & Education Research Grant (2022)
- ANZSBT Research Grant (2022)
- THANZ Congress Grant Blood (2021)
- EHA-ISTH training fellowship (2018)
- The Thrombosis and Haemostasis society of Australia and New Zealand travel award HAA (2017)
- Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion research funds (2017)
- Control of Anticoagulation Travel Award and Young Investigator Award: XXIVth Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (2013)
- Young Investigator Award: XXIVth Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (2013)
- Abstract Achievement Award: 54th Annual Meeting of American Society of Hematology (2012)
- (Post-doctoral) Fellowship from Canadian Blood Service, Canada (2011)
Leadership
- Principal editor Platelets
- Associate editor and social media editor for Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
- Co-chair of International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) SSC Platelet Physiology
- Reviewer for Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Blood, ATVB, Haematologica, Platelets, EHA Hemashere, ISBT Science Series, Vox Sanguinis
- Reviewer ISBT Congress Abstracts
- Twitter ambassador ISTH Congresses (2022, 2021 and 2020)
- Chairperson ISTH Congress: London (2022) and Melbourne (2019) and ISBT Congress, Nusa Dua (2015)
- Member of ANZSBT Education Standing Committee
Key publications
Changes in glycans on platelet microparticles released during storage of apheresis platelets are associated with phosphatidylserine externalization and phagocytosis.
2022
Transfusion
62(6):1289-1301
Donor citrate reactions influence the phenotype of apheresis platelets following storage
2022
Transfusion
62(2):273-278
Not all (N)SAID and done: Effects of nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs and paracetamol intake on platelets
2020
Res Pract Thromb Haemost
4: 36– 45
The role of neuraminidase 1 and 2 in Glycoprotein Ib alpha mediated alphaIIbbeta3 integrin activation
2020
Haematologica
105: 1081-1094. ]
* Platelet apoptosis by cold-induced glycoprotein Ibα clustering
2010
J Thromb Haemost
8:2554-62.
* This research was completed prior to starting with Lifeblood
Dr Dianne van der Wal articles
