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Jason P. Acker

Jason P. Acker

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
8509
World Ranking
18378
National Ranking
642

Overview

Jason P. Acker is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on physiology, biochemistry, hematology, surgery, and genetics.

The main research topics covered in their work include:

  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Blood transfusion and management
  • Blood groups and transfusion
  • Blood donation and transfusion practices
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • Blood properties and coagulation
  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility

Jason P. Acker has published in multiple peer-reviewed journals, with frequent venues including:

  • Transfusion
  • Cryobiology
  • Transfusion and Apheresis Science
  • Vox Sanguinis
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Liberal or Restrictive Transfusion Strategy in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage," 2024, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Assessment of stored red blood cells through lab-on-a-chip technologies for precision transfusion medicine," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Objective assessment of stored blood quality by deep learning," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Donor-dependent aging of young and old red blood cell subpopulations: Metabolic and functional heterogeneity," 2020, Transfusion
  • "Trehalose-Based Polyethers for Cryopreservation and Three-Dimensional Cell Scaffolds," 2020, Biomacromolecules

The researcher collaborates frequently with a range of coauthors, including Nishaka William, Carly Olafson, Olga Mykhailova, Tracey R. Turner, and Mackenzie Brandon-Coatham.

Best Publications

  • The promise of organ and tissue preservation to transform medicine

    Sebastian Giwa;Jedediah K Lewis;Luis Alvarez;Luis Alvarez;Luis Alvarez;Robert Langer

  • Biopreservation of Red Blood Cells: Past, Present, and Future

    Kirby L. Scott;Jelena Lecak;Jelena Lecak;Jason P. Acker;Jason P. Acker

  • Beneficial effect of intracellular trehalose on the membrane integrity of dried mammalian cells.

    Tani Chen;Jason P. Acker;Ali Eroglu;Stephen Cheley

  • Biopreservation of red blood cells--the struggle with hemoglobin oxidation.

    Tamir Kanias;Jason P. Acker;Jason P. Acker

  • Red blood cell hemolysis during blood bank storage: using national quality management data to answer basic scientific questions

    John R. Hess;Rosemary L. Sparrow;Pieter F. Van Der Meer;Jason P. Acker

  • Cryopreservation of stem cells using trehalose: evaluation of the method using a human hematopoietic cell line.

    Sandhya S. Buchanan;Sherilyn A. Gross;Jason P. Acker;Mehmet Toner

  • Intercellular ice propagation: experimental evidence for ice growth through membrane pores.

    Jason P. Acker;Janet A.W. Elliott;Locksley E. McGann

  • Storage of red blood cells affects membrane composition, microvesiculation, and in vitro quality.

    Ruqayyah Almizraq;Jayme D.R. Tchir;Jelena L. Holovati;Jelena L. Holovati;Jason P. Acker;Jason P. Acker

  • Intracellular ice formation is affected by cell interactions.

    J.P. Acker;A. Larese;H. Yang;A. Petrenko

  • Protective effect of intracellular ice during freezing

    Jason P Acker;Locksley E McGann

  • Testosterone-dependent sex differences in red blood cell hemolysis in storage, stress and disease

    Tamir Kanias;Derek Sinchar;David Osei-Hwedieh;Jeffrey J. Baust

  • The Water to Ice Transition: Implications for Living Cells

    Ken Muldrew;Jason P. Acker;Janet A.W. Elliott;Locksley E. McGann

  • The Grand Challenges of Organ Banking: Proceedings from the first global summit on complex tissue cryopreservation.

    Jedediah K. Lewis;John C. Bischof;Ido Braslavsky;Kelvin G.M. Brockbank

  • Small molecule ice recrystallization inhibitors enable freezing of human red blood cells with reduced glycerol concentrations.

    Chantelle J. Capicciotti;Jayme D. R. Kurach;Tracey R. Turner;Ross S. Mancini

  • Transfusion‐related immunomodulation: review of the literature and implications for pediatric critical illness

    Jennifer A. Muszynski;Philip C. Spinella;Jill M. Cholette;Jason P. Acker

  • Association of Blood Donor Age and Sex With Recipient Survival After Red Blood Cell Transfusion

    Michaël Chassé;Alan Tinmouth;Alan Tinmouth;Shane W. English;Shane W. English;Jason P. Acker

  • Cell nanosurgery using ultrashort (femtosecond) laser pulses: applications to membrane surgery and cell isolation.

    Vikram Kohli;Abdulhakem Y. Elezzabi;Jason P. Acker;Jason P. Acker

  • Fundamental cryobiology of selected African mammalian spermatozoa and its role in biodiversity preservation through the development of genome resource banking

    J.A. Gilmore;L.E. McGann;L.E. McGann;E. Ashworth;J.P. Acker

  • Assessing the influence of component processing and donor characteristics on quality of red cell concentrates using quality control data

    A. Jordan;A. Jordan;D. Chen;Q. L. Yi;T. Kanias

  • A quality monitoring program for red blood cell components: in vitro quality indicators before and after implementation of semiautomated processing

    Jason P. Acker;Jason P. Acker;Adele L. Hansen;Jayme D.R. Kurach;Tracey R. Turner

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip J. Norris
Philip J. Norris University of California, San Francisco
Mehmet Toner
Mehmet Toner Harvard University
Willem F. Wolkers
Willem F. Wolkers University of Hannover
Dean Fergusson
Dean Fergusson Ottawa Hospital
Dana V. Devine
Dana V. Devine University of British Columbia
Linda M. Pilarski
Linda M. Pilarski University of Alberta
Michael P. Busch
Michael P. Busch University of California, San Francisco
James C. Zimring
James C. Zimring University of Washington
Stephen Cheley
Stephen Cheley University of Alberta
Ravin Narain
Ravin Narain University of Alberta

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