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Lauren works in the Product Development team, where her research focuses on improving the quality of cryopreserved platelets using innovative freezing strategies. She’s also interested in how alterations to platelet RNA over product storage affect platelet quality and function.
Lauren was awarded her PhD at the University of Technology Sydney where she investigated novel approaches to improve the safety and quality of cryopreserved platelet components.
Awards
- Red Cross Distinguished Team Award (2022)
- ANZSBT Young Investigator Award (2021)
- ANZSBT Research Grant (2019)
Leadership
- Member of ANZSBT Engagement and Learning Committee
- Member of ISBT Working Party for Blood Components
- Peer reviewer for Platelets and Vox Sanguinis
Key publications
Downscaling platelet cryopreservation: Are platelets frozen in tubes comparable to standard cryopreserved platelets?
2024
Transfusion
64(3): 517–525.
Identification of platelet subpopulations in cryopreserved platelet components using multi-colour imaging flow cytometry
2023
Scientific Reports
13, 1221
Calcium chelation: A novel approach to reduce cryopreservation-induced damage to frozen platelets
2020
Transfusion
60(7):1552-1563.
Characterizing the ability of an ice recrystallization inhibitor to improve platelet cryopreservation
2020
Cryobiology
96:152-158.
Cryopreservation of UVC pathogen-inactivated platelets
2019
Transfusion
59(6): 2093-2102.