Christopher C. Oakes, PhD1,2*, Marc Seifert3*, Yassen Assenov4*, Lei Gu5*, Martina Przekopowitz3*, Amy S. Ruppert, MAS6*, Qi Wang4*, Charles Imbusch4*, Andrius Serva4*, Sandra Koser4*, David Brocks4*, Daniel B Lipka7*, Olga Bogatyrova4*, Benedikt Brors4*, Dieter Weichenhan4*, Laura Z. Rassenti, PhD8, Thomas J. Kipps, MD, PhD9, Daniel Mertens, PhD10*, Marc Zapatka4*, Peter Lichter4*, Hartmut Döhner, MD11, Ralf Kueppers3*, Thorsten Zenz12*, Stephan Stilgenbauer, MD13, John C Byrd, MD14 and Christoph Plass, PhD2*
1The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2Division of Epigenomics and Cancer Risk Factors, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
3The University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
4The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
5Harvard University, Boston
6Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
7Division of Epigenomics and Cancer Risk Factors, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
8Moores UCSD Cancer Center, CLL Research Consortium, La Jolla, CA
9University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
10Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
11Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
12NCT/ German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
13Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital, Ulm, Germany
14Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH