Announcing the Winners of the WTC 2025 Student Ambassador Program!

We were thrilled to see such an incredible level of interest in the Student Ambassador Program. The selection process was not easy — every submission reflected passion, curiosity, and dedication. After careful review, the committee has made its decisions.

The WTC 2025 Student Ambassador Program was created to promote organ donation and transplantation as an exciting and rewarding specialty for 3rd and 4th-year medical students. This unique initiative will inspire the next generation of doctors by the selected students the chance to engage with leaders in the field at the WTC 2025 Congress.

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JUST RELEASED - Transplantation Direct - June 2025 Issue

The June issue of Transplantation Direct is ready for everyone to access.

Covered in this issue under the topic of liver transplantation is a report on the risk for kidney injury when using intraoperative vasopressors, on combining normothermic machine perfusion as support for liver transplants in patients also requiring cardiothoracic surgery, and on immunosuppression costs in the U.S. compared to other G7 countries and Australia. In kidney transplantation, studies examine the prediction of transplant outcomes when using a combined body mass and surface area assessment scheme, and evaluate data from a trial using pegloticase to treat gout in allograft recipients; two papers look at immunosuppression adherence, where one reports on feasible methods to monitor adherence and identify high risk patients, while the other tests whether tacrolimus intrapatient variability is associated with electronically and self-reported adherence in adolescent/young adult recipients. On the topic of lung transplantation, we publish a proteomic analysis of transbronchial tissue biopsies that identifies novel biomarkers of early CLAD, and offer a quality of life analysis of how transplantation actually affects the lives of patients. For those interested in pancreas and islet transplantation, methylprednisolone treatment is assessed for its ability to protect beta-cells from damage. Regarding organ donation, a cautionary experience using hepatitis C infected organs is shared. Finally, an interesting point of view is given about whether we are ready to use of AI in transplantation. Full access to these articles and more can be found on our open-access Transplantation Direct website – please visit us soon.

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2025 SPLIT Meeting Recordings are now available online for SPLIT and TTS members

We are excited to announce that all recordings from the 2025 SPLIT Meeting are now available online for SPLIT and TTS members!

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MESOT Abstract Deadline Extension

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Transplantation Journal Highlights

In View Podcast - Meeting Report - In Collaboration with TTS Education Committee

Helen Stark and Quan Yao Ho discuss highlights from the Sixth International Sam Strober Workshop on Clinical Immune Tolerance.

TTS Pulse Podcasts · Episode 2: Meeting Report: The Sixth International Sam Strober Workshop on Clinical Immune Tolerance

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Highlights include:

Chimerism trials
Regulatory T-cell transfer therapies
Next-generation regulatory T-cell therapies
Dendritic cell therapies
Immunosuppression weaning/biomarkers and monitoring
Autoimmunity
Conclusions and future directions

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Summary Report of the CTS-TIREX Expert Meeting 2024 “Innovative Approaches to Immunogenetics and Organ Transplantation”

Recent advancements in genetic modification of pig and human organs and immunosuppressive cell therapies started to evoke the hope that organ shortage and immunological rejection as the main challenges of organ transplantation could soon be overcome. Meanwhile, using big data and artificial intelligence (AI), we are learning at an unprecedented speed which factors influence transplant outcomes and how the human immune system attacks foreign organs.

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Methylprednisolone Protects Human Pancreatic Beta Cells From Inflammation-induced Damage

Methylprednisolone is a glucocorticoid often used for immunosuppressive induction therapy or treatment of rejection in the context of organ transplantation and preservation of long-term function. In pancreas and islet transplantation, there is more reluctance to use high-dose methylprednisolone when there is suspicion of rejection, partly due to its hyperglycemic effects and doubts about the rescue of islet function.

ITS 2025 Abstracts and Registration

Join us for the 2025 International Transplantation Science meeting (ITS 2025) and connect with the leading global transplantation community!

On behalf of AST, ESOT and TTS, we wish to extend to you a warm welcome to the 2025 International Transplant Science meeting in San Diego, California USA.

This is the fourth of the ITS tri-society meeting series in collaboration with ESOT and TTS. This meeting will provide a wonderful opportunity for transplant researchers to learn from outstanding international speakers while visiting this stunningly beautiful region of the world.

The ITS 2025 will provide a forum for presentations and discussions of cutting-edge basic and translational science in and beyond transplantation. This meeting will not only serve as an international platform for scientific discussions on the latest ground-breaking discoveries in the field but will also provide an excellent opportunity to present your own work to the scientific community. We hope this will allow for the exchange of new ideas and establishment of collaborative work between senior scientists, young professionals and early-stage researchers.

Abstract Submission Deadline: June 15, 2025

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CTRMS 2025 - Abstract Deadline Extended

Missed the deadline? You still have time!

We’re extending the call for abstracts until June 15 giving you one last chance to share your research, connect with global experts, and contribute to the future of cell transplant and regenerative medicine.

Abstract Submission Extended Deadline: June 15, 2025

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