title: Current topics in red cell biology: report on the Red Cell Special Interest Group meeting held at NHS Blood and Transplant Bristol on 30 October 2015.
abstract: The Red Cell Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting, hosted by the British Blood Transfusion Society, provides an annual forum for the presentation of UK- and European-based red cell research. The 2015 meeting was held on Friday 30 October at the National Health Service Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) facility in Filton, Bristol and provided an exciting and varied programme on the themes of erythropoiesis, malaria biology and pathophysiology and red cells properties in stress and disease. Ten speakers presented on these topics over the course of one day. The meeting was well attended by over 90 delegates. Posters were presented during the lunch break, and abstracts from the posters are published at the end of this issue.
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, Bristol, UK. tom.bullock@nhsbt.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bullock
authors.affiliation: Bristol Institute for Transfusion Sciences, NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Bruce
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ridgwell
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004912:Erythrocytes; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: erythropoiesis; malaria biology; pathophysiology