Blood bank storage of red blood cells increases RBC cytoplasmic membrane order and bending rigidity

• Sebastian Himbert ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: himberts@mcmaster.ca (SH); rheinstadter@mcmaster.ca (MCR)

  Affiliations Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, Origins Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8193-5654

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• Syed M. Qadri,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2193-932X

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• William P. Sheffield,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources

  Affiliations Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, Centre for Innovation, Canadian Blood Services, Hamilton, ON, Canada

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• Peter Schubert,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Centre for Innovation, Canadian Blood Services, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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• Angelo D’Alessandro,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation University of Colorado Denver-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States of America

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• Maikel C. Rheinstädter

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: himberts@mcmaster.ca (SH); rheinstadter@mcmaster.ca (MCR)

  Affiliations Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, Origins Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

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