• Serology and Genetics
• Immunology and Immunohaematology
• Transfusion Medicine and Gene Therapy
• Societies and Interest Groups
• Educational Resources

• Grants and Funding
• Selected Journals
• On-line Resources, Searches and Jump Points
• Workshops and Conferences
• Collaborating Academic Departments
• Regulatory Organizations

A brief history of Karl Landsteiner http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1930/

Human blood group gene catalogue http://demeter.museum.state.il.us/isas/blood_g1.html

Database for blood group mutations   www.bioc.aecom.yu.edu/bgmut/index.htm

Molecular Genetics by Ulrich Melcher http://opbs.okstate.edu/~melcher/MG/MG01.html

Serum, cells and rare fluids exchange - http://scarf.uth.tmc.edu/public/groups/index.html

The official human gene nomenclature, plus other information about the genes http://www.gene.ucl.ac.uk./nomenclature/

Blood Group terminology: http://www.iccbba.com/page25.htm

Immunology and Immunohaematology                                                                              

A good flow cytometry site, with links to lots of other sites http://www.uwcm.ac.uk/uwcm/hg/hoy/index.html

A resource on immunoglobulins based on Janice Kuby's Immunology text book http://www.whfreeman.com/immunology/CH05/kuby05.htm

Kevin Shreders's Antibody Resource Page http://www.antibodyresource.com/

Links to probably every immunology site in the world ! http://www.medmark.org/imm/

Mike Clarke’s immunoglobulin structure/function http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/%7emrc7/mikeimages.html

Paul Metcalf’s site for platelet immunologists http://www.nibsc.ac.uk/divisions/Haem/web2.html

Transfusion Medicine and Gene Therapy                                                                          

Disorders of Red Cells http://www.emory.edu/INT_MED_REV/Atlanta/paper/paper.htm

Gene therapy at University of North Carolina – some useful links http://www.med.unc.edu/genether/

Great site for platelet buffs - http://www.akh-wien.ac.at/biomed-research/htx/platweb1.htm

Haemopoietic stem cell transplantation http://www.acor.org/diseases/hematology/Leukemia/bmtctrs.html

Useful gene therapy links http://www.genethon.fr/biblio/TG_en.html

Lots of stuff on haemostasis and thrombosis - http://pharminfo.com/disease/thrombo/thrombo-site.html

Organizations, Societies and Interest Groups                                                                   

American Association of Blood Banks http://www.aabb.org/

American Society for Hematology http://www.hematology.org/index.cfm

Biochemical Society http://www.biochemsoc.org.uk/

British Blood Transfusion Society  http://www.bbts.org.uk/

British Society for Haematology http://www.blacksci.co.uk/uk/society/bsh/default.htm

British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics http://www.bshi.org.uk/

British Society for Immunology http://immunology.org/

International Society for Blood Transfusion http://www.isbt-web.org

Society for Mucosal Immunology http://www.socmucimm.org/

International Society for Blood Transfusion http://www.isbt-web.org

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

National Blood Service http://www.blood.co.uk/welcome.htm

NIBSC http://www.nibsc.ac.uk/

The National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill  http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/

SAFE, network of excellence on fetal genotyping http://www.safenoe.org

US Food and Drug Administration - Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research http://www.fda.gov/cber/

World Health Organization http://www.who.int/

Grants and Funding

Association of Medical Research Charities - http://www.amrc.org.uk/

Wellcome Trust - http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/

MRC Home page - http://www.mrc.ac.uk/

Selected Journals                                                                                                             

The URLs of many on-line journals can be obtained from the University of Bristol

Biochemical Journal http://www.biochemj.org/bj.htm

Blood http://www.bloodjournal.org/current.shtml

British Journal of Haematology http://www.blacksci.co.uk/products/journals/bjh.htm

Cell Online http://www.cell.com

EMBO Journal http://www.intl.emboj.org/

European Journal of Haematology http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/Journals/issuelist.asp?journal=ejh

European Journal of Immunology http://www.interscience.wiley.com

Immunohematology http://www.redcross.org/pubs/immuno/

Immunology http://www.blackwell-science.com/products/journals/imm.htm

Journal of Biological Chemistry http://www.jbc.org/

Journal of Cell Biology http://www.jcb.org/

Journal of Clinical Investigation http://www.jci.org 

Journal of Experimental Medicine http://www.jem.org

Journal of Immunology http://www.jimmunol.org/

Nature http://www.nature.com/

New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/

Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences http://www.pnas.org

Science http://www.sciencemag.org

Scientific American http://www.sciam.com

Transfusion Medicine http://www.blacksci.co.uk/~cgilib/jnlpage.bin?Journal=TRANS&File=TRANS&Page=aims

Vox Sanguinis http://www.karger.ch/journals/vox/vox_jh.htm

On-line Resources, Searches and Jump Points                                                               

American Type Culture Collection http://www.atcc.org/

ECACC http://www.camr.org.uk

World-wide web resources for biology - http://mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks.html

Medline http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/

The Microbiology Information Portal - http://www.microbes.info/

National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

Online database of suppliers of materials for biomedical research http://www.biosupplynet.com/

Online hematology resource – BloodLine http://www.cjp.com/blood/

Online inheritance in man http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Omim/

Online sequence retrieval system (European Bioinformatics Institute) - http://srs.ebi.ac.uk/

Serotec antibody location service - http://www.serotec.co.uk/anti.html

The Kabat database of sequences of proteins of immunological interest http://immuno.bme.nwu.edu/

University of Bristol Library http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Library/library.htm

Workshops and Conferences

HLDA 8: http://www.hlda8.org

ISBT 2002: http://www.isbt2002.com

7th Workshop and Conference on Human Leucocyte Differentiation Antigens http://gryphon.jr2.ox.ac.uk/

Collaborating Academic Departments                                                                       

University of Bristol Department of Biochemistry http://www.bch.bris.ac.uk/

University of Bristol Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/ObsGyn/

University of Bristol Department of Pathology and Microbiology http://bris.ac.uk/pathandmicro/

University of the West of England http://www.uwe.ac.uk/

Regulatory Organizations                                                                                                

Association of Clinical Biochemists  http://www.acb.org.uk/Default.htm

The British Standards Institution  http://www.bsi.org.uk/

CEN European Commitee for Standardisation  http://www.cenorm.be/

Clinical Pathology Accreditation (CPA) http://www.cpa-uk.co.uk

European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association   http://www.edma-ivd.be/

Medicines Control Agency (MCA) http://www.mca.gov.uk/

Medical Devices Agency  http://www.medical-devices.gov.uk/

National Institute for Biological Standardisation and Control  http://www.nibsc.ac.uk/

National Institute for Standards and Technology  http://www.nist.gov/

Standard Reference Materials (National Institute for Standards and Technology) http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/230/232/intro/index.htm

United Kingdom External Quality Assessment Scheme  http://www.ukneqas.org.uk/

US Food and Drug Administration - Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research http://www.fda.gov/cber/

Sites of Educational Value in Transfusion and Transplantation Science                          

The World Wide Web contains thousands of sites related to the science of transfusion and transplantation. Finding sites with a significant educational component is a time consuming process. We have therefore compiled a list links to some of the best sites together with a brief summary of each. 

In addition the American Society of Hematology has an extensive educational resource on the web authored by leading experts, which can be downloaded as PDF files. http://www.hematology.org/education

We are compiling selected collections of slides relating to transfusion and transplantation sciences. These collections have been compiled primarily for the use of students attending the MSc course in Transfusion and Transplantation Sciences.

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