William Sheffield

Research

Blood Banking Cell Deformability Cell Sorting Instrumentation Microfluidics Red Blood Cell Storage Lesion Transfusion

Latest funding

Deformability based Cell Sorting Enabling Quality Control of Stored Red Blood Cells
CIHR · 2018 · Principal investigator
$312,155

Deformability based Cell Sorting Enabling Quality Control of Stored Red Blood Cells

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Ma, Hongshen; Sheffield, William P; Scott, Mark D

Keywords: Blood Banking; Cell Deformability; Cell Sorting; Instrumentation; Microfluidics; Red Blood Cell; Storage Lesion; Transfusion

$312,155

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Blood Banking Dear Professor Sheffield, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on blood banking connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]