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618.O3.6 618. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Biology, Cytogenetics and Molecular Markers in Diagnosis and Prognosis: New Insights into ALL Biology and Therapeutic Targeting

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Biology, Cytogenetics and Molecular Markers in Diagnosis and Prognosis Program: Oral and Poster Abstracts
Type: Oral
Monday, December 7, 2015: 6:15 PM-7:45 PM
W308, Level 3 (Orange County Convention Center)
Moderators:
Beat Bornhauser, PhD, University Children's Hospital Zurich and Vaskar Saha, PhD, FRCP, FRCPath, University of Manchester

Disclosures:
No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
6:15 PM

Ameera Alsadeq, PhD1*, Henning Fedders, PhD1*, Steffi Spielberg1*, Christian Vokuhl, MD2*, Gunnar Cario, MD1*, Martin Schrappe, MD, PhD1 and Denis Martin Schewe, MD1*

1Department of General Pediatrics, ALL-BFM Study Group, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
2Kiel Paediatric Tumor Registry, Department of Paediatric Pathology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

6:30 PM

Xiao Gang, PhD1*, Huimin Geng, PhD2*, Lai N Chan, PhD1*, Zhengshan Chen, MD PhD1*, Xiaoyan Jiang, MD PhD3 and Markus Muschen, MD PhD1

1Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
3Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada

6:45 PM

Salih Demir, MSc1,2*, Galina Selivanova, PhD3*, Eugen Tausch, MD4*, Lisa Wiesmüller, PhD5*, Stephan Stilgenbauer, MD PhD6, Geertruy Te Kronnie, PhD7*, Klaus-Michael Debatin, MD PhD1 and Lüder Hinrich Meyer, MD1*

1Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
2International Graduate School in Molecular Medicine, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
3Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
4Department of Internal Medicine III, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
5Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
6University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
7Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

7:00 PM

Liat Goldberg, PhD*, Rachel M Pierce*, Masahiro Onozawa, MD, PhD., Robert L Walker*, Yeulin J Zhu*, Paul S Meltzer, MD, PhD* and Peter D. Aplan, MD

NCI/CCR/Genetics branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

7:15 PM

Blanca Scheijen, PhD1*, Esther Tijchon1*, Dorette van Ingen Schenau1*, Rene Marke1*, Liesbeth van Emst1*, Laurens T Van Der Meer, PhD1*, Roland P Kuiper, PhD2, Judith M. Boer, PhD3, Rob Pieters, MD, PhD4, Peter M Hoogerbrugge, MD, PhD4, Monique L. Den Boer, PhD3 and Frank N van Leeuwen, PhD1

1Laboratory of Pediatric Oncology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2Department of Human Genetics, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
3Department of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands
4Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, Netherlands

7:30 PM

Jolanda Sarno1*, Kara L. Davis, DO2, Angela Maria Savino, PhD1*, Cristina Bugarin1*, Stefania Pinto1*, Chiara Buracchi, PhD1*, Astraea Jager, BS3*, Chiara Palmi, PhD1*, Ruth C Barber, PhD4*, Daniela Silvestri5*, Gianni Cazzaniga, PhD1, Martin J.S. Dyer, Prof.6, Andrea Biondi, Prof, MD1, Garry P. Nolan, Prof, PhD3* and Giuseppe Gaipa, PhD1

1Department of Pediatrics, Tettamanti Research Center, University of Milano-Bicocca, Fondazione MBBM/San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
2Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
3Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
4Leicester Drug Discovery & Diagnostics Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
5Biostatistics and Clinic Epidemiology Center, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
6Ernest and Helen Scott Haematological Research Institute, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

*signifies non-member of ASH