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Welcome to HLA & Transplant Education and Community—your trusted resource for learning across the transplant journey. Explore foundational science, testing methodologies, expert perspectives, and patient stories designed to help you build knowledge, deepen your expertise, and stay connected to the latest advances in HLA and transplantation.
Choose a section below to begin your learning journey.
Learn HLA fundamentals
Start your learning journey with the fundamentals of HLA and transplantation. Whether you're new to the field or refreshing your knowledge, these introductory videos and webinars provide the essential concepts needed to understand HLA science and its clinical applications.
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Explore our HLA Fundamentals: Back to Basics series
This comprehensive recorded webinar series*, led by our technical training team, provides an in-depth understanding some of the crucial aspects of transplant immunology and genetics.
*Each episode is approximately 1 hour in length
Learn the science
Follow the transplant journey through educational resources organized into pre-transplant and post-transplant topics. Explore the science, testing methodologies, and clinical applications that supportinformed decision-making before and after transplantation.
Pre-transplant testing
Learn about donor-recipient compatibility, HLA typing, antibody assessment, and other testing strategies used to support successful transplant planning.
Post-transplant monitoring
Explore monitoring strategies, donor-specific antibodies (DSA), graft surveillance, and emerging biomarkers used to assess patient outcomes after transplantation.
Testing methodologies
Take a deeper dive into the laboratory techniques behind HLA testing. These recorded webinars explore the scientific principles, workflows, instrumentation, and assays used throughout the transplant journey, helping you strengthen both your technical knowledge and laboratory expertise.
- SSP and RT-PCR
- SSO
- Principles of NGS
- Complement-Dependent Cytotoxicity (CDC)
- Flow Cytometric Crossmatch (FCXM)
- Donor-derived Cell-free DNA (cfDNA)
- Chimerism
- Detection of Non-HLA and other Biomarkers
Learn about the impact
Connect the science to the people it serves. Explore expert insights and patient experiences that showcase the real-world impact of HLA testing, transplantation, and innovation across the transplant journey.
Faces of progress
Behind every donor match, laboratory result, and clinical decision are patients, families, laboratory professionals, clinicians, and researchers working toward the shared goal of improving transplant outcomes. Explore expert perspectives, patient experiences, and educational resources that bring HLA science to life and demonstrate its impact on people and communities around the world.
Counting on you
For recipients of the lifesaving, life-changing gift of organ donation, “counting” has many meanings. Every day is a chance to cover more miles on a bike, train another athlete or teach another student.
Additional educational resources
Join one of our in-person workshops that are led by our technical training team.
Learn our software and workflows demonstrated in short videos by our technical training team.
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