Register now for the BCA 2025 Supply Chain Networking Conference, taking place May 19–20 at the Renaissance Boston Seaport Hotel, and check out the newly released agenda! This dynamic event brings together professionals from blood centers, tissue banks, and organ procurement organizations nationwide to foster connections, share successes, discover cost-saving opportunities, and engage with leading industry suppliers. AATB members are invited to attend a dedicated Tissue Track with complimentary registration. Don’t miss out—registration closes April 21!

IEEE Xplore
Human soft biological tissues, with their nonlinearity and viscoelasticity, can serve as physical reservoirs for complex information processing.

Frontiers in Immunology
Tissue-resident immune cells, crucial for tumor infiltration and TLS formation, are emerging as key players in cervical cancer (CC).

The University of New Mexico
UNM researchers found that oxalic acid in foods can generate gadolinium nanoparticles in human tissues, potentially causing serious health issues.

Science Advances
Researchers created a single-cell atlas of 249,156 fibroblasts from 10 tissues, identifying 18 subtypes.

Smithsonian Magazine
The metastasis process, though inefficient, is crucial for cancer spread and offers potential targets for new treatments to block or slow metastasis.

Join us October 12-15 at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in Atlanta, GA, for the 2025 AATB Annual Meeting. Registration opens in June.

AATB invites members to shape the future of tissue banking by submitting educational session proposals for the 2025 AATB Annual Meeting. This is your chance to share innovative ideas, highlight emerging trends, and recommend expert speakers who will inspire and educate industry professionals. Don't miss this opportunity to shape the event program—the submission deadline is May 9!

Showcase your innovative research and contributions to tissue banking at the 2025 AATB Annual Meeting! Accepted abstracts, along with digital and physical posters, will be featured at the event, providing a platform to highlight your work among industry leaders. Plus, one winner and one runner-up from each category will be selected to present during the Scientific and Technical Affairs (STAC) track and receive complimentary conference registration. Don’t miss this chance to elevate your research and shape the future of tissue banking—submit your abstract by May 9!

Discover strategies to enhance donor family support in “Leveraging Resources to Support Donor Families” on April 16. Three industry leaders will share how their aftercare teams collaborate across departments and with external partners to increase donation awareness and provide meaningful resources. Learn how they assess family needs, measure impact, and improve donation outcomes in their communities. A valuable session for professionals in donor services, aftercare, and community relations.
Target Audience: This webinar is for entry-level, mid-level, and experienced tissue banking professionals in donor Services, aftercare, and community relations.

Strengthen your expertise in quality management with “Back to Basics: Quality” on April 23. Part of AATB’s Back-to-Basics mini-series, this webinar provides a high-level look at regulatory requirements, best practices, and the implementation of quality systems in tissue banking. Gain insights from real cases and workflows that highlight the critical role of quality management in recovery, processing, and distribution. Designed for tissue banking professionals with 3 to 5 years of experience.
Target Audience: This webinar is for tissue banking professionals with 3 to 5 years of experience in tissue recovery/acquisition, processing, and/or distribution.

Edison, New Jersey: The Senior Education Director Develops and delivers technical training/orientation courses and education materials for contract Recovery Partner personnel and MTF employees involved in donor screening, evaluation, aseptic tissue recovery, and professional and public education.

Tampa, Florida: Manages the Donation Coordinators, a critical department within the Tissue Bank, where all activities directly impact the management of referrals of potential tissue donors.

Nationwide: The National Trainer (NT) supports Phoenix Donor Services (A subsidiary of Surgenex) by coordinating the acquisition of donor birth tissue in compliance with Surgenex, FDA, and AATB policies, procedures, regulations, and standards.