Welcome to season 3 of Probably Platelets, the first-everpodcast hosted by the UK Platelet Society. Your hosts, Alex, research from the University of Birmingham and Xenia, post doctoral researcher from University of Birmingham, have a chat with platelets researchers to find more about theircareer journey, laugh about some of their mistakes, and never know, we'll probably talk about platelets.

In this episode we're thrilled to have Alex Liversidge. Alexis a senior lecturer in Biomedical Sciences at Leeds Beckett University. In addition, Alex has 20 years post graduate experience as a Biomedical Scientist within the public sector and NHS and Blood Bank. Her expertise lies in Haematology and Blood Transfusion. In this episode we discuss the process of Blood and platelet transfusions, difficulties and advancements in the field, and the process of becoming an accredited Biomedical Scientist.

This episode was recorded in February 2026. We want to givea massive thanks to Alex for providing us her time during this episode.

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