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April puts her knowledge to good use in the Product Development and Storage research team. Her research examines how frequent donation effects platelet donor health, explores the removal of HLA antigens from platelets, and investigates the interaction of platelets with cancer cells.
She completed her PhD at the University of Sydney through the Westmead Institute for Medical Research in the areas of infectious disease, proteomics and molecular biology by examining the cellular transport of herpes simplex virus type 1.
Awards
- ANZSBT Presidential Symposium Award (2021)
Key publications
* The Basic Domain of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 pUS9 Recruits Kinesin-1 To Facilitate Egress from Neurons
2016
J Virol.
90:2102-2111.
Refrigeration and cryopreservation of platelets differentially affect platelet metabolism and function: a comparison with conventional platelet storage conditions
2016
Transfusion
56:1807-1818.
The role of neuraminidase 1 and 2 in Glycoprotein Ib alpha mediated alphaIIbbeta3 integrin activation
2020
Haematologica
105: 1081-1094.
X-irradiation and gamma-irradiation inactivate lymphocytes in blood components
2021
Transfusion
61(11):3081-3086.
Platelets retain function and can be stored following disruption of human leucocyte antigens
2024
Vox Sanguinis
119(7):675-685
* This research was completed prior to starting with Lifeblood