Leona Raskova Kafkova^*, Zuzana Somikova^*, Jana Kucerova, MSc^*, Lenka Calabkova^*, Pavla Luzna^*, Jan Stetka^*, Dana Simkova^*, Dalibor Dolezal^* and Vladimir Divoky, PhD

Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Daniel Garcia dos Santos, PhD^1*, Matthias Schranzhofer, MSc, PhD^1*, Nam Lok Chun, PhD^2*, Amel Hamdi, PhD^1* and Prem Ponka, MD, PhD, FCMA¹

¹Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada
²Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

John D Phillips, PhD¹, Colin P Farrell, MPH^2*, Jessica Overbey, MS^3*, Hetanshi Naik, BS^4*, Gordon D. McLaren, M.D.⁵, Christine E McLaren, PhD⁶, Luming Zhou, PhD^7* and Charles J. Parker, MD¹

¹Medicine/Hematology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
²Medicine/Hematology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
³Population Health Science and Policy, Ichan School of Medicine, New York, NY
⁴Department of Genetics, Ichan School of Medicine, New York
⁵Hematology/Oncology Section, Department of Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA
⁶Department of Epidemiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA
⁷Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT

Nicola J Svenson, MSc, Undergraduate MSc Hons^1*, Russell Patmore, MRCP FRCPath², Heidi J Cox, MBBS, MSc, MSc, BSc Hons^3*, James R Bailey, MA MBBS MRCP^4* and Stephen Holding, BSc, PhD, FRCPath^5*

¹Department of Hematology, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, United Kingdom
²Queens Centre for Oncology and Hematology, Castle Hill Hospital, Hull, United Kingdom
³Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, United Kingdom
⁴Queens Centre for Haematology and Oncology, Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
⁵Department of Immunology, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, United Kingdom

Leah Ann Schmelkin, BS¹, Matthew T Howard, MD^2*, David P. Steensma, MD³, Mark D. Fleming, MD, DPhil⁴, Vilmarie Rodriguez, MD⁵, Shakila Khan, MD⁶, Naseema Gangat, MBBS⁷, Alexandra Wolanskyj, MD⁷ and Mrinal M Patnaik, MBBS⁷

¹Mayo Clinic, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN
²Division of Hematopathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
³Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
⁴Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
⁵Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
⁶Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
⁷Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Michael Auerbach, MD¹, Lilee Wong, MD^2*, Jessica McClintock, MD^2*, Steven Lenowitz, MD^2*, Nicola London, MD^2*, Sarah Auerbach, BBA^3* and Samuel Smith, MD^2*

¹Auerbach Hematology and Oncology, Baltimore, MD
²Obstetrics and Gynecology, MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
³West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV

Evangelia Vlachodimitropoulou Koumoutsea, MBBS^1*, John B Porter^2*, Nichola Cooper, MD^3,4, Bethan Psaila, MD⁵ and Martha Sola-Visner, MD⁶

¹UCL, London, United Kingdom
²University College London, London, United Kingdom
³Department of Hematology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
⁴Haematology, Hammersmith Hospital-Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
⁵Imperial, London, United Kingdom
⁶Harvard University, Boston

Regine Grosse, MD^1*, Suzan Acar^2*, Bjoern Schoennagel, MD^2*, Roland Fischer, PhD^3*, Jin Yamamura, MD^2*, Gritta Janka, MD, PhD⁴ and Peter Nielsen, MD^4*

¹University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf/Pediatric and Adult Hematology and Oncology, University, Hamburg, Germany
²University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf/Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University, Hamburg, Germany
³University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf/Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University, Hamburg, Germany
⁴University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf/Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University, Hamburg, Germany

Namita Kumari, PhD^*, Tatiana Ammosova, PhD^* and Sergei Nekhai, PhD

Center for Sickle Cell Disease, Howard University, Washington, DC

Hoda M Hassab, MD^1*, Wafaa A El-Neanaey, MD^2*, Ghada M F El-Deriny, MD^3* and Eman El-Mahy, MD^3*

¹Clinical Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
²Department of Clinical & Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University. Egypt, Alexandria, Egypt
³Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Gaelle Tachon^1*, Marie-Paule Roth, MD^2*, Fabienne Calcoen^1*, Celine Besson-Fournier, M.Sc^2*, Michael Bismuth, MD^3* and Patricia Aguilar-Martinez, MD, PhD¹

¹Laboratory of haematology, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
²Physiopathology center, Inserm U1043, Toulouse, France
³Digestive department, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

Mariko Noguchi-Sasaki, Ph.D.^*, Yusuke Sasaki, Ph.D.^*, Yukari Matsuo-Tezuka^*, Mitsue Kurasawa^*, Keigo Yorozu, Ph.D.^* and Yasushi Shimonaka^*

Product Research Department, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kamakura, Japan

Florian Scotté^1*, Kamel Laribi^2*, Christian Gisselbrecht³, Dominique Spaeth^4*, Emna Kasdaghli, MD^5*, Hélène Albrand, MD^5*, Eric Leutenegger^6* and Isabelle Ray-Coquard^7*

¹Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France
²Centre Hospitalier, Le Mans, France
³Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
⁴Centre d'Oncologie de Gentilly, Nancy, France
⁵Hospira France, Meudon La Foret, France
⁶GECEM, Paris, France
⁷Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France

Michael Boxer, MD

Arizona Oncology Associates, Tucson, AZ

Michael Spino, PharmD^1,2, John Connelly, PhD^1*, Yu-Chung Tsang, PhD^1,2*, Caroline Fradette, PhD^1* and Fernando Tricta, MD¹

¹ApoPharma Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
²Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada