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Update on the 8Th Congress of the Asian - Pacific Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis www.apsth.org January 2014 Volume 4 No. 1 Message from the Chairman Inside Dear Members of APSTH, Message from the Chairman 1 It is my privilege to address you in this newsletter From the Editor 2 once again. Presentations from the Symposium 3 on Thrombosis and Haemostasis in The council met in Amsterdam on 1st July 2013 the Asian-Pacific during the XXIV Congress of the ISTH in Amsterdam when we welcomed several new members to the council, namely Dr. Raymond Wong from Hong Research News 6 Kong, Dr. Soo-Mee Bang from Korea, Dr. Ming Lai Heng Lee ISTH Sponsored Education Programs Hou from China, Dr. Lugyanti Sukrisman from In- in Asia 9 donesia, Dr. Claire McLintock from New Zealand, Dr. Ponlapat Rojnuckarin, and Update on the 8th APSTH Congress Dr. Yingyong Chinthammitr from Thailand. We also welcomed Dr. Satoshi Fujii as in Vietnam 12 the new Secretary General of APSTH as Dr. Yukio Ozaki relinquished this posi- tion to assume the new position as Treasurer of APSTH. Notably, the Executive Upcoming Meetings 13 Committee for the council, comprising of Dr. Lee Lai Heng, Dr. Yukio Ozaki, Dr. Pantep Angchaisuksiri, Dr. Doyuen Oh, Dr. Christopher Ward, Dr. Ming Hou, and APSTH Officers Dr. Satoshi Fujii, was formed with unanimous support from the council. Honorary Chairmen The executive committee very quickly took on their first task as they work with Akikazu Takada Prof. Tri and his team on the scientific programme of the next APCTH to be held Yasuo Ikeda in Hanoi from 10th to 11th October 2014. We look forward to an informative and Hatem Salem interactive programme with ample opportunities for networking and future col- Chairman laborations within the Asia Pacific region. We congratulate Dr. Nguyen Anh Tri Lai Heng Lee and Dr. Nguyen Trieu Van on their successful application for an ISTH funded education course which is a full day educational programme planned on 9th Secretary General Satoshi Fujii October 2014. This precedes the APCTH and is opened to all attendees of the APCTH, thus offering them extra educational benefits in addition to the rich sci- Public Relations and Communications entific programme of the main conference. Do look out for the announcements Pantep Angchaisuksiri on registrations and abstract submission for this APCTH cum ISTH-sponsored Treasurer educational forum. Yukio Ozaki We also congratulate Dr. Maria Teresa Abola, our council member from the Phil- Contact Us ippines, on obtaining an educational grant from the ISTH for the first standalone ISTH Educational Forum on Thrombosis and Haemostasis in the Asia Pacific Secretary General Office Region. It was held from 8th to 9th November 2013, in the National Philippine Satoshi Fujii Heart in Manila. Dr. Abola and her colleagues, Dr. Patricio Palmes. Dr Enrico Department of Molecular and Cellular Tuy, Dr. Angelina Mirasol, and Dr. Maribeth Delos Santos, from the Philippine Pathobiology and Therapeutics Nagoya City University Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion and the Philippine Society of Vas- Tanabe-dori 3-1 cular Medicine, developed an excellent 2-day programme of didactic lectures Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8603 and interactive discussions. International invited speakers from the Asia Pacific Japan region were Professor Yukio Ozaki from Japan, Professor Lee Lai Heng from Email: [email protected] Tel: 81-52-836-3451 Singapore, Professor Chris Ward from Australia, and Dr Claire McLintock from Fax: 81-52-836-3454 New Zealand. We were both enriched and humbled by the knowledge, dedica- tion, enthusiasm and challenges of our colleagues in the Philippines. This edu- Editor Office cational forum proved to be an excellent platform to introduce our colleagues to Pantep Angchaisuksiri Division of Hematology the APSTH and we welcome our new members from the Philippines who joined Department of Medicine the APSTH after attending this forum. It was only as we head home that the enor- Ramathibodi Hospital mous scale of the destructive effect of super-typhoon Yolanda became evident Mahidol University and our heartfelt condolences and best wishes go to those who are affected. Bangkok 10400 Thailand E-mail: [email protected] In our last newsletter, we celebrated the learning experiences of our young in- Tel: 662-201-1796 1 Asian-Pacific Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasisvestigators from the APSTH who received travel January awards 2014 to attend olumeV the 4 APSTH- No. 1 Fax: 662-201-1796 JSTH joint symposium. We are delighted that Dr. Toshiyuki Miyata, President of the 36th JSTH annual meeting (May 29-31, 2014, Osaka), has kindly agreed to have the APSTH/ Members of APSTH JSTH joint symposium for the 9th consecutive year. We strongly urge our young investigators from Council the APSTH to compete for these travel grants and to showcase their work. Australia Ross Baker As 2013 draws to a close, I am humbled as I reflect on what APSTH has achieved, as well as Beng Chong encouraged by the friendship, support and camaraderie so evident in my fellow colleagues. As Chris Ward we work together, I am confident that the APSTH will be the platform to raise the levels of science Cambodia and clinical practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis in Asia-Pacific region. Best wishes for a very Robyn Devenish happy and blessed New Year. Chean Sophal China Ming Hou Changgeng Ruan From the Editor Yongqiang Zhao Dear Colleagues, Hong Kong (China) Happy New Year! Welcome to both a new year and a new issue of our Raymond Wong newsletter. In the articles, we are looking back on some highlights of India 2013 as well as looking forward to another busy year ahead. Our cover- Alok Srivastava age of recent events starts with articles from the Symposium on Throm- Indonesia bosis and Haemostasis in the Asian-Pacific during the XXIV Congress Djumhana Atmakusuma Aru Wisaksono Sudoyo of the ISTH in Amsterdam in July, 2013. Our first article is from Chang Lugyanti Sukrisman Gung University, Taiwan. Wei-Lien Tseng tells us about Reelin as a novel Karmel Tambunan regulator of haemostasis. In 2010, he demonstrated for the first time that Japan Reelin is present in the human platelets and megakaryocyte-like leuke- Satoshi Fujii mic cells. Since then, he continued his previous study by using Reelin- Yukio Ozaki deficient mice as a model system. Next, Shinji Kunishima of the Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Koji Suzuki Tetsumei Urano Japan explains how ACTN1 mutations cause congenital macrothrombocytopenia. The team has been working on congenital platelet disorders. They are very much interested in the development of Korea Soo-Mee Bang a diagnostic algorithm for congenital macrothrombocytopenia. Our next article is titled, “Identification Kwang-Hoe Chung of soluble epoxide hydrolase as a novel target of the stroke drug candidate SMTP-7, a thrombolytic Doyeun Oh with anti-inflammatory properties”. The author, Eriko Suzuki, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Seonyang Park Technology, writes that their laboratory has been searching for small-molecule natural products that Malaysia enhance the fibrinolysis system. They initially aimed at identifying a candidate small molecule that Faraizah Abdul Karim Jameela Sathar could contribute to the treatment of thrombotic and embolic complications. Mongolia Otgonbat Altangerel Turning to our Research News section, Japan’s Registry of Congenital Thombotic Microangiopathies Nergui Dagvadorj (TMA) is covered, courtesy of Prof. Yoshihiro Fujimura of Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan. He New Zealand and his team have been functioning as a TMA referral center in Japan since 1998, and were able Claire McLintock to establish a large TMA cohort. Next, we learn about the ISTH Sponsored Education Program last Mark Smith October in Suzhou, China. It focused on the basic and clinical research progress of thrombosis Philippines and hemostasis, especially new progress of diagnosis and treatment of hemorrhagic disease. This Maria Teresa B. Abola report came from Dr. Kesheng Dai of The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou. Singapore The newsletter continues with a summary of the ISTH Educational Forum on Thrombosis and Hae- Manjunatha Kini mostasis hosted by the Philippine Society of Vascular Medicine and Philippine Society of Hematol- Lai Heng Lee ogy and Blood Transfusion in Manila in November, 2013. Dr. Maria Teresa Abola of the Philippine Sim Leng Tien Heart Center, Manila, writes that as with most fields in medicine, there has been rapid progress and Sri Lanka H.M. Sduharma Vidyatilake development in the areas of thrombosis and haemostasis. In helping meet the ever-growing need to bridge the gap between current available knowledge and best local practice, the first ever Education- Taiwan Hui-Chi Hsu al Course on Thrombosis and Haemostasis in Southeast Asia was held in one of Asia’s first cardiac Ching-Tien Peng institutions, the Philippine Heart Center. This course was a highly educational and fruitful activity. Ming-Ching Shen Thailand Looking ahead to 2014 conferences, Prof. Nguyen Anh Tri, President of the 8th APSTH Congress Pantep Angchaisuksiri 2014 and Director of the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Vietnam, gives us Yingyong Chinthammitr an advance look at that congress. Another upcoming conference we preview is the ISTH’s Second Wichai Prayoonwiwat Ponlapat Rojnuckarin Advanced Training Course on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, March 13-16, 2014 in Cascais, Portugal. Vietnam Bach Quoc Khanh Pantep Angchaisuksiri, Editor Nguyen Anh Tri Officer of Public Relations and Communications APSTH 2 Asian-Pacific Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis January 2014 olumeV 4 No. 1 Presentations from Symposium on Thrombosis and Haemostasis in the Asian-Pacific during the XXIV Congress of the ISTH in Amsterdam on July 3, 2013 Reelin is a novel regulator of haemostasis Wei-Lien Tseng Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science Chang Gung University, Taiwan. It is a great honor to present our study about Reelin function gress of ISTH 2011.
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