Nicholas C.P. Cross, PhD¹, Amy V. Jones, BSc^1*, Richard T. Silver, MD², David Oscier, MD^3*, Georgia Metzgeroth, MD^4*, Y. Lynn Wang, MD, PhD⁵, Andrew Collins, PhD^6*, Andreas Reiter, MD^4*, Francis Grand, PhD^1* and Andrew Chase, PhD^1*

¹Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, University of Southampton, Salisbury, United Kingdom
²Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
³Department of Haematology, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
⁴III. Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim der Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
⁵Weill Medical College of Cornell, New York, NY
⁶Human Genetics Division, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Francis Grand, PhD¹, Claire Hidalgo-Curtis, BSc^1*, Thomas Ernst, MD^1*, Katerina Zoi, PhD^2*, Christine Zoi, MD^2*, Carolann McGuire, PhD^3*, Sebastian Kreil, MD^4*, Georgia Metzgeroth, MD^4*, David Oscier, MD^5*, Andrew Hall, PhD^6*, Christian Brandts, MD^7*, Hubert Serve^8*, Andreas Reiter, MD^4*, Andrew Chase, PhD^1* and Nicholas C.P. Cross, PhD¹

¹Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, University of Southampton, Salisbury, United Kingdom
²Haematology Research Laboratory, Foundation of Biomedical Research of Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
³Inflammation Infection and Repair Division, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
⁴III. Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim der Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
⁵Department of Haematology, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
⁶Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
⁷Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
⁸Dept. of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Sivahari P Gorantla, M.Sc.^1*, Tobias Dechow, M.D^2*, Rebekka Grundler, Ph.D^3*, Christian Peschel, MD¹ and Justus Duyster, prof.Dr^1*

¹Department of Hematology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
²Department of Hematology, Technical university of Munich, Munich, Germany
³dept.Hematology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Daniela Pietra^1*, Elisa Rumi, MD^1*, Angela Brisci^2*, Francesco Passamonti, MD^1*, Sabrina Boggi^1*, Laura Cremonesi^2*, Mario Lazzarino, MD^1* and Mario Cazzola³

¹Department of Hematology Oncology, University of Pavia & Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
²Genomic Unit for the Diagnosis of Human Pathologies, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
³Division of Hematology, University of Pavia Medical School, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy

Alexandra Dusa^1* and Stefan N. Constantinescu, MD, PhD²

¹Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, de Duve Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
²Brussels Branch of Cancer Genetics, Ludwig Inst. for Cancer Rsch., Brussels, Belgium

Roland Jäger^1*, Damla Olcaydu^1*, Tiina Berg^1*, Bettina Gisslinger^2*, Heinz Gisslinger² and Robert Kralovics¹

¹Center for Molecular Medicine, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
²Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Paola Guglielmelli, MD^1*, Lorenzo Tozzi, BiSci^1*, Costanza Bogani, PhD^1*, Niccolo' Bartalucci, BiSci^1*, Simona Salati, PhD^2*, Rossella Manfredini, MD^2*, Alberto Bosi, MD^1* and Alessandro M. Vannucchi, MD¹

¹Hematology, Università  degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
²Biomedical Sciences, Università di Modena eReggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Shu Xing^*, Wanming Zhao^*, Wanting Tina Ho^* and Zhizhuang Joe Zhao

Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK