Saturday, 8 June
10.15 - 11.15

 

hematology-in-focus sessions


Leonardo


SECONDARY LEUKEMIAS
Chair: S. Tura (Ospedale S. Orsola, Bologna, Italy)
IDENTIFICATION AND STUDY OF GENETIC LESIONS IN RETROVIRALLY INDUCED MYELOID LEUKEMIAS IN MOUSE, USING IN VIVO FUNCTIONAL SCREENS
R. Delwel (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL ISSUES
D. Ben-Yehuda (Hadassah Medical Centre, Jerusalem, Israel)



Caravaggio



SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES
Chair: I. Touw (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
MAPPIT, A CYTOKINE RECEPTOR-BASED INTERACTION TRAP FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL SIGNALING MECHANISMS IN HEMATOPOIETIC DISEASE
J. Tavernier (Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium)
THE ROLE OF FLT3 MUTATIONS IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA
H. Serve (University Clinic, Münster, Germany)



Botticelli



MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS I
Chair: D. Hoelzer (Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany)
ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA
F. Lo Coco (Cellular Biotechnology and Hematology, Rome, Italy)
ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
E. Macintyre (Hospital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France)



Raffaello



IN UTERO STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION
Chair: G. De Rossi (Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy)
A FILIATION OF HEMATOPOIETIC CELLS FROM VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM
B. Péault (Hospital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France)
PRELIMINARY CLINICAL INDICATIONS
A. Ugazio (Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy)



Tiziano



DO WE NEED A PET ANALYSIS IN EVERY LYMPHOMA PATIENT?
Chair: E. Montserrat (Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain)
DO WE NEED A PET ANALYSIS IN EVERY LYMPHOMA PATIENT?
G. Jérusalem (CHU Liège, Liège, Belgium)



Tintoretto



MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA
Chair: A. Hagenbeek (University Hospital Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands)
ARE ALL T(11,14) LEUKEMIA/LYMPHOMAS VARIANTS OF MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA?
D.G. Oscier (Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, United Kingdom)
PATHOLOGY OF MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA
H.K. Müller-Hermelink (University of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany)



Giotto



PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF BLOOD DOPING
Chair: M. Cazzola (IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy)
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY AGAINST BLOOD DOPING
M. Ashenden (Science and Industry Against Blood-doping (SIAB) project, Gumeracha, Australia)
THE SAFE PARADIGM: DETERRENCE AND DETECTION OF BLOOD DOPING METHODS
J. Stray-Gundersen (Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education, Oslo, Norway)


Sunday, 9 June
10.15 - 11.15


hematology-in-focus sessions


Caravaggio


LATENCY MECHANISMS OF HERPES VIRUSES
Chair: G. Torelli (University of Modena, Modena, Italy)
EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS
M. Rowe (University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom)
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
V.C. Emery (Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom)



Botticelli



TUMOR SPECIFIC CELL THERAPY
Chair: S. Slavin (Hadassah University, Jerusalem, Israel)
IN VITRO IDENTIFICATION OF TUMOR SPECIFIC T CELLS FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY
J.H.F. Falkenburg (Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands)
PRELIMINARY RESULTS IN CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA
J. Goldman (Imperial College School of Medicine at Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom)



Raffaello



BIOLOGY OF STEM CELL MOBILISATION AND MIGRATION
Chair: C. Carlo-Stella (Istituto Tumori, Milan, Italy)
MECHANISM OF HUMAN STEM CELL MIGRATION AND REPOPULATION OF NOD/SCID MICE
T. Lapidot (The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel)
CHARACTERIZATION OF MOBILIZED STEM CELLS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WITH BONE MARROW REVEALS A PREDOMINANCE OF SHORT TERM REPOPULATING CELLS
H. Glimm (Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany)



Tiziano



MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS II
Chair: B.D. Young (ICRF Medical Oncology Unit, London, United Kingdom)
LYMPHOMA
B. Schlegelberger (Medical School of Hannover, Hannover, Germany)
CHROMOSOMAL DEFECTS IN MYELOMA
H. Avet-Loiseau (Institute of Biology, Nantes, France)



Tintoretto



THALIDOMIDE IN HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES
Chair: A. Ganser (Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany)
THALIDOMIDE IN HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES
J.L. Harousseau (University Hospital Nantes, Nantes, France)



Giotto



HEMOVIGILANCE IN EUROPE
Chair: P. Rebulla (IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Milan, Italy)
THE FRENCH SYSTEM
D. Rebibo (Etablissement Français du Sang, Paris, France)
THE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
E. Love (Manchester Blood Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom)
ONE EUROPE, ONE SYSTEM?
M. Marconi (IRCCS Hospital Maggiore, Milan, Italy)


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