BTS Annual Congress 2026
2026-03-03 09:00 - 2026-03-06 17:00 UTC
Save the date for the British Transplantation Society Annual Congress 2026!
Look out for Ben Adams, Jess Brookes and Victoria Wood from the VH Bio transplant team at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, North Wales from 3rd-6th March.
Find us at stand 17 for some fabulous merch and to chat about all things transplant-related, including:

One Lambda Devyser Accept cfDNA
Urinary CXCL10 monitoring
LABScreen

Let us know if you will be attending!
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OptiSlides Webinar: Colour, Clarity & Confidence for Microscopy
2026-03-18
High-quality, prepared microscope slides from Luxidea, now available in six channel colours!
Is your microscope showing you the full picture?
Join VH Bio and Professor Kamala Patel, CEO of Luxidea, for this exclusive webinar on OptiSlides: Prepared slides as sophisticated as the microscopes they serve.
Created by scientists, for scientists, OptiSlides are advanced fluorescent microscopy slides for cell, tissue, or plant researchers. Specifically designed to test, validate, and showcase high-performance microscopes, OptiSlides provide brilliant, reliable results in every experiment.
Meet OptiSlides creator and CEO of Luxidea, Professor Kamala Patel, who will discuss the development of OptiSlides plant, cell and thick tissue slides, and be among the first to see the latest innovation – the new 6 Channel Near Infrared OptiSlides – a new spectrum of possibility for microscopy.
Wednesday, 18th March
16:00 – 16:30 GMT including Q&A session
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Read more:
Luxidea’s OptiSlides: High-Performance Fluorescent Microscopy Slides for Laboratories

About your host

Kamala D. Patel, PhD
CEO, Luxidea, Inc
Professor, University of Calgary
Dr. Kamala Patel spent 35 years in academia, working to understand the human immune system and how it misbehaves in chronic diseases. She established the Live Cell Imaging Lab at the University of Calgary and served as its Executive Director for over 20 years.
One of her core principles is to democratise science by building research platforms that are accessible to all. This led to the founding of Luxidea.
Luxidea identifies simple solutions already at the prototype stage and develops them into products to serve the research community. Their lead product is OptiSlides, prepared microscope slides that test, showcase and troubleshoot advanced microscopes.
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Webinar: Case Studies from the Epitope-Analysis Toolbox
2026-04-09
Discover how One Lambda™ LABScreen Single Antigen ExPlex and One Lambda™ MagSort can be integrated into the analysis of complex (and surprising!) patient cases, and how epitope-based analysis tools in the HLA Fusion™ 4.7.x software can be used to facilitate antibody analysis.

Two case studies outline the use of these additions to the ‘HLA Toolbox’:
Read the case studies

Join us for a case presentation webinar where these cases will be presented by Victoria Wood, Transplant Technical Sales Specialist:

Webinar: Case Studies from the Epitope-Analysis Toolbox
Thursday, 9th April 2026
13:00 BST | 30 minutes including Q&A
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EFI/BSHI Conference 2026
2026-04-21 09:00 - 2026-04-24 17:00 | Edinburgh International Conference Centre, The Exchange, 150 Morrison St, Edinburgh, EH3 8EE
‘From Genes to Grafts: Where Innovation meets Medicine’
Meet the VH Bio Transplant Team at the 39th EFI/BSHI Conference 2026 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre from 21st – 24th April 2026.
Find us at stand 25 for an enlightening chat and some fabulous merch (have you heard about Protocol for Calm?!) or get in touch if you’d like to arrange a meeting during the conference.
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One Lambda Events at EFI/BSHI 2026
Join us at special events hosted by One Lambda | A ThermoFisher Scientific Brand, including their pre-EFI workshop and industry symposium:
One Lambda Pre-EFI Workshop
Catch One Lambda’s pre-conference workshop which will focus on today’s complex antibody and molecular testing challenges. Explore strategies to help resolve difficult antibody profiles, integrate molecular data for confident interpretation, and consider emerging approaches to post-transplant monitoring while enhancing laboratory efficiency and standardization.
Topics that will be discussed at the workshop include: One Lambda™ HybriType™, LABScreen™ Single Antigen ExPlex, CXCL10, HLA Fusion™ software, and the HLA PRO automated pipetting system.
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 | 13:30 – 16:30
Edinburgh International Conference Centre
Floor 0 – MOORFOOT Room
Register for the pre-EFI workshop
Key products to discover in the pre-EFI workshop include:
Antibody/Software
Beyond the Bead: Advancing Complex HLA Antibody Analysis with Innovative Tools
Richard Battle, BSc, MSc, PhD, FRcPath | Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service and James Jones, MSc, BSHIdip Sr. Technical Training Specialist, Antibody | Thermo Fisher Scientific
• Discover how to further define complex LABScreen Single Antigen HLA antibody profiles
• Learn how these products together with advanced HLA Fusion modules connect molecular typing with antibody data to support confident interpretation of challenging cases
CXCL10: A Potential Biomarker Assay for Post-Transplant Monitoring
CXCL10 Biomarkers and the Evolving Role of Histocompatibility Laboratories
Allison Gasiewski, Product Manager, Antibody Screening | Thermo Fisher Scientific
• Exploring CXCL10 biomarker associations
• Expanding laboratory roles beyond antibody detection
• Available assay formats and platform options
One Lambda™ HybriType™
Evaluation of the One Lambda HybriType HLA Assay in a National Reference Laboratory
Ali Hajeer, FRCPath, D(ABHI) | King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs
• Learn how HybriType may enable HSCT registry work to be brought in-house in the future
• Explore a hybrid capture enrichment workflow for high-volume HLA typing
One Lambda™ HLA PRO
HLA PRO: Transforming Laboratory Workflows
Peter Brescia, Sr. Technical Manager | Thermo Fisher Scientific
• Instrument overview, key features and capabilities
• Efficiency and time savings gains
• Practical implementation guide, from inquiry to go-live
• Development Roadmap

Industry Symposium
Transformative tools in immunogenetics: expanded DQ Single Antigen panel and Hybrid Capture NGS
Moderator:
Dr. Oliva Shaw, PhD, FRCPath | Guy’s Hospital and Synnovis
Presentations:
‘The potential contribution of an expanded ExPlex panel to the interpretation of anti-HLA antibodies’
Jean Luc Taupin, PharmD, PhD | Saint-Louis Hospital and Diderot University
‘Comparison of One Lambda HybriType HLA to EFI 8.1 and ISO 15189 Standards’
Alice Scarpa, Sr. Biologist | Ospedale di Piacenza:
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 | 12:00 – 13:00
Third Floor – Sidlaw Auditorium
Get in touch to meet up at EFI/BSHI 2026

National Pancreas Forum 2026
2026-07-15
The VH Bio Transplant team is looking forward to attending the National Pancreas Forum in Oxford on 15th July 2026!
This annual meeting brings together representatives from all eight UK pancreas transplant centres. The event convenes a multidisciplinary audience of healthcare professionals and key stakeholders, providing a valuable platform for collaboration, education, and the exchange of best practice.
View the meeting agenda
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RCPath Webinar - HSCT: the Specialist Role of the H&I Laboratory
2026-09-28 13:00 - 14:00
VH Bio is a proud sponsor of the The Royal College of Pathologists Webinar:
HSCT: the specialist role of the H&I laboratory
28th September 2026 | 1 pm
1 hour via Zoom
The webinar is aimed at college trainees or colleagues in Haematology or working in the stem cell transplantation environment, informing them of the role that the H&I labs play in this area. This meeting is worth 1 CPD point (self credited).
Session 1: HLA basics. Dr David Turner, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Edinburgh
Session 2: Donor selection. Dr Alison Logan, Principal Clinical Scientist, Manchester
Session 3: Chimaerism monitoring. Dr Helena Lee, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Manchester
Interested in attending the free webinar?
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Microbe 2026
2026-10-09 - 2026-10-11
VH Bio’s Microbiology team is delighted to have been invited to the exclusive Microbe 2026 Conference!
We’re looking forward to attending Sheffield Microbe 2026 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel from 9-11 October 2026.
Get in touch if you’ll be there and would like to arrange to meet!
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Graft Selection Strategy Workshop 2026
2026-11-23
Meet the VH Bio Transplant Team at the 2026 Graft Selection Workshop (GSSW)!
This year’s GSSW will be held at the Cavendish Conference Centre in London on Monday, 23rd November 2026.
Hosted by Anthony Nola, NHSB, WBMDR and DKMS, the event will bring together leading experts in the field, including Dr Annalisa Ruggeri, Professor Rob Wynn and Professor Kay Poulton, alongside a range of other expert speakers from the UK and internationally. With a programme combining expert presentations, interactive case discussions and debate, the workshop provides valuable opportunities to hear different perspectives and take away practical insights for clinical practice.
The 2026 GSSW will highlight the latest developments in donor selection, including new EBMT guidance, the impact of PTCy-based GVHD prophylaxis, increasing use of HLA-mismatched donors, non-HLA factors in donor choice, HPCT antibody assessment, and the evolving role of cord blood transplantation. We are looking forward to exploring how emerging evidence is shaping donor search strategies and clinical practice.
Event info & registration
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