On Monday, Aug. 29, the FDA reported working closely with the CDC and other federal and international agencies to monitor reports of monkeypox and populations at greatest risk of infection.

The 2022 AATB Annual Meeting brings numerous compelling educational tracks. Outside of council-generated content, the carefully curated tracks will bring maximum value to your organization. Follow one track for an in-depth view of a specific subject area or choose sessions from a variety of tracks.

South Texas Blood and Tissue will be hosting a Blood Drive on Sept. 20 & 21 at the AATB Annual Meeting. Every donation makes a difference. Sign up to donate and give back to the local community of San Antonio.

AATB’s Certified Tissue Bank Specialist certification is the only professional designation available specifically for the tissue banking community. The 2022 CTBS Exam will be given Oct. 1-31, 2022, and seats are limited. Register today to secure a seat at your preferred testing location.

Grifols recently joined AATB as a new Affiliate Member. Quality care improves life for everyone. Its mission to improve the health and well-being of people around the world is achieved by thinking beyond the box to advance transfusion medicine. Challenging the status quo with high-quality, automated, and sensitive testing solutions that drive laboratory productivity. Designing solutions and services that empower the highest standards of care, enabling our customers to spend time where it’s needed most—safely matching patients and donors. Learn more about AATB Affiliate Members and Affilate Membership today.

Join us Sept. 19-22 at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio, Texas, for the 2022 AATB Annual Meeting. After two years of virtual conferences, we can't wait to see you!

Several high-visibility sponsorships are still available. Don’t miss this opportunity to be noticed. Sign up today!

Time and booths are quickly running out! With only four (4) booths remaining, don't miss your chance to exhibit during the 2022 AATB Annual Meeting. Get your booth today!

MIT News
MIT researchers have developed a way to "de-crowd" molecules that are often tightly packed together, which makes the molecules easier to see through their fluorescent tags.

Nature Biomedical Engineering
In a method called "expansion revealing," researchers are able to permeate cells and tissue with an expanding hydrogel to allow for enhanced resolution using regular microscopes.

Phys.org
Researchers at UCLA have developed a way to use artificial intelligence to virtually re-stain images of tissue that have already been treated with the traditional hematoxylin and eosin stain.

MIT Technology Review
A volunteer in Boston, Massachusetts, has agreed to undergo a new treatment that could help their body grow a second liver.

There are more than 1.6 million people aged 13+ who identify as transgender in the U.S. Join Jami Otis with AlloSource and Vincent Nazaretian with New England Donor Services on Aug. 31 to discuss working with the LGBTQ+ communities, donors, and families. This program provides 1 CTBS/CRCS CEU.

Join AATB's Director of Regulatory and Governmental Affairs Kip Hanks on Sept. 7 while he discusses the most common FDA 483 observations cited during inspections of accredited and non-accredited human tissue banks over the past few years.

Waltham, Massachusetts: Looking for meaningful work, great benefits, and a place to belong? As a Tissue Donation Coordinator, the work you do will help guide donor families through the tissue donation process that can lead to impacting countless individuals.

Burlington, Massachusetts: Overview - Train tissue recovery partners on the recovery of cardiovascular allograft tissue and be the main point of contact for assigned recovery partners. Position is an integral part of maintaining and building recovery partner relationships.

Denver, Colorado: Donor Alliance is hiring a Tissue Recovery Coordinator in Denver! The Tissue Recovery Coordinator (TRC) is responsible for several aspects within the non-clinical and clinical recovery process within the guidelines of Donor Alliance.