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636. Myelodysplastic Syndromes – Basic and Translational Studies: Poster III

Myelodysplastic Syndromes – Basic and Translational Studies Program: Oral and Poster Abstracts
Type: Poster
Monday, December 7, 2015: 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Hall A, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)

Yuanbin Song, M.D.1*, Ashley Taylor, M.Sc.1*, Anthony Rongvaux, Ph.D2*, Tingting Jiang, Ph.D3*, Nikolai A. Podoltsev, MD, PhD4, Mina Xu, M.D.5*, Natalia Neparidze, MD6*, Richard Torres, MD7*, Lisa M Barbarotta, BSN, MSN, AOCNS, APRN-BC1*, Kunthavai Balasubramanian, M.Sc.1*, Karin E Finberg, MD, PhD8, Yuval Kluger, Ph.D9*, Richard Flavell, Ph.D10* and Stephanie Halene, MD1

1Section of Hematology/Department of Internal Medicine and Yale Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
2Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
3Computational Bio & Bioinformatics, Yale University, New Haven, CT
4Dept of Internal Medicine, Section of Hematology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
5Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
6Yale University/ VACT Cancer Center, West Haven, CT
7Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT
8Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
9Department of Pathology, Yale University, New Haven, CT
10Department of Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Stephen S. Chung, MD1, Priyanka Vijay2*, Diana L. Stern1*, Deirdre O'Sullivan2*, Virginia M. Klimek, MD1, Christopher Mason, PhD2* and Christopher Y. Park, M.D., Ph.D.3

1Leukemia Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
2Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
3Pathology and Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Akihiro Tomita, MD, PhD1, Yasuhiro Suzuki, MD1,2*, Fumika Nakamura1,3*, Chisako Iriyama, MD, PhD1*, Mizuho Shirahata-Adachi, MD1*, Kazuyuki Shimada, MD, PhD1,4*, Akimi Akashi1*, Yuichi Ishikawa, MD, PhD1, Norio Kaneda, PhD3* and Hitoshi Kiyoi, MD, PhD1

1Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
2Department of Hematology/Oncology Research, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan
3Department of Analytical Neurobiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
4Institute for Adavanced Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

Tomas Stopka, MD, PhD1, Karina Vargova, MSc, PhD2*, Vojtech Kulvait, MSc2*, Jarmila Vargova, MSc2*, Nina Dusilkova, MD2* and Anna Jonasova, MD, PhD3*

1Haematology and Pathophysiology, Charles University and General Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
2Pathophysiology, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
3Haematology, Charles University and General Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Brett M Stevens, PhD*, Daniel Pollyea, MD, MS, Nabilah Khan, PhD* and Craig T Jordan, PhD

Division of Hematology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO

Evan M. Braunstein, MD, PhD1, Ruijuan Li2*, Nara Sobreira, MD3*, Christopher Gocke, MD4*, Robert A. Brodsky, MD5, David Valle, MD4* and Linzhao Cheng, PhD6

1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2Institute of Molecular Hematology, The Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Hunan, China
3Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
4Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
5Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
6Division of Hematology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Manuel Buscarlet, PhD1*, Sylvie Provost, MSc2*, Vincent Bourgoin, MSc1*, Luigina Mollica, MD, FRCPC, PhD1,3,4 and Lambert Busque, MD, FRCPC, PhD1,3,4

1Research Center, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
2Beaulieu-Saucier Pharmacogenomics Center, Montreal Heart Institute Research Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
3Department of Hematology, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
4Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

Susan Hilgendorf, MSc1*, Hendrik Folkerts, MSc1*, Jan Jacob Schuringa, PhD2 and Edo Vellenga, MD, PhD1

1Department of Experimental Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
2Department of Experimental Hematology, Cancer Research Center Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

Hiroko Sakurai, MD1*, Yuka Harada, MD, PhD1,2, Hirotaka Matsui, MD, PhD3, Hideaki Nakajima, MD, PhD4, Toshio Kitamura, MD, PhD5, Norio Komatsu, MD, PhD1 and Hironori Harada, MD, PhD1

1Department of Hematology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
2Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Bunkyo Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan
3Department of Molecular Laboratory Medicine, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
4Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
5Division of Cellular Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Nathalie van Leeuwen-Kerkhoff, MD1*, Theresia M. Westers, PhD1*, Hetty J Bontkes, PhD2*, Shahram Kordasti, MD, PhD3,4*, Ghulam J. Mufti, MD, PhD5,6, Tanja D de Gruijl, PhD7* and Arjan A van de Loosdrecht, MD, PhD1

1Department of Hematology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
3Haematological Medicine, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
4Department of Haematological Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
5King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
6Haematological Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
7Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tran Ngoc-Tung1*, Hairui Su, BS2, Yuheng Lu3*, Christina S Leslie, PhD4* and Xinyang Zhao, PhD5

1Stem Cell Institute, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
2UAB Stem Cell Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
3computational biology program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
4Computational Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
5Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Niroshan Nadarajah, M.Sc.*, Manja Meggendorfer, PhD*, Wolfgang Kern, MD, Claudia Haferlach, MD and Torsten Haferlach

MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory, Munich, Germany

Albert Perez-Ladaga, PhD1*, Huafeng Xie, PhD2*, Stuart H. Orkin, M.D.3, David B. Sykes, MD, PhD4, Benjamin L. Ebert, MD, PhD5 and Rafael Bejar, MD, PhD1

1UCSD Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA
2The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center, Boston, MA
3Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
4Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
5Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Manuel Buscarlet, PhD1*, Alain Tessier2*, Sylvie Provost, MSc3* and Lambert Busque, MD, FRCPC1,4,5

1Research Center, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
2Centre for Biological Application of Mass Spectrometry, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
3Beaulieu-Saucier Pharmacogenomics Center, Montreal Heart Institute Research Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
4Department of Hematology, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
5Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

Guntram Buesche, MD1, Aristoteles Giagounidis, MD, PhD2, Gudrun Göhring, M.D.3*, Brigitte Schlegelberger, MD, Prof.3, Arnold Ganser, M.D.4, Carlo Aul, MD5* and Hans Heinrich Kreipe, M.D.6*

1Department of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
2Marien Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
3Institute of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
4Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
5Klinik für Onkologie und Hämatologie, HELIOS St. Johannes Klinik, Duisburg, Germany
6Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Yoko Nishinaka-Arai, Ph.D.1*, Akira Niwa, M.D., Ph.D.2*, Mitsujiro Osawa, Ph.D.2, Tatsutoshi Nakahata, M.D., Ph.D.3 and Megumu K Saito, M.D., Ph.D.2*

1Clinical Application Department, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
2Center for iPS cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
3Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Kimihito Cojin Kawabata, MD, PhD1*, Daichi Inoue, MD, PhD1*, Jiro Kitaura, MD, PhD1,2*, Yuka Harada, MD, PhD3, Susumu Goyama, MD, PhD1, Hironori Harada, MD, PhD4, Hiroyuki Aburatani, MD, PhD5* and Toshio Kitamura, MD, PhD1

1Institute of Medical Science, Division of Cellular Therapy, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
3Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Bunkyo Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan
4Department of Hematology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
5Genome Science Division, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Toshio Asayama, MD1*, Mariko Ishibashi, PhD1*, Hideto Tamura, MD, PhD1, Yasuko Hamada, MD1*, Namiko Okuyama, MD1*, Asaka Onodera, MD, PhD1*, Akiko Yamada, MD1*, Keiichi Moriya, MD, PhD1*, Norio Yokose, MD, PhD2* and Koiti Inokuchi, PhD, MD1

1Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
2Division of Hematology, Department of Internal medicine, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusos Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Huojun Cao1*, Zheng Yin, PhD2*, Shenyi Chen1*, Timothy Liu1*, Jiyong Liu1*, Yaping Hu1*, Hong Zhao1, Lawrence Rice, MD3, Swaminathan Padmanabhan Iyer, MD4 and Stephen Wong1*

1Houston Methodist Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston
2Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX
3Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston, TX
4Hematology, Early Drug Development, Houston Methodist Cancer Center/Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston, TX

Jan Valka, MD1*, Monika Belickova2*, Jitka Vesela3*, Eliska Stara1*, Barbora Pejsova1* and Anna Jonasova, MD, PhD4*

1Genomics, Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
2Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
3Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague 2, Czech Republic
4Haematology, Charles University and General Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Hsiao-Wen Kao, MD1*, Ming-Chung Kuo, MD2*, Po-Nan Wang, MD3, Jin-Hou Wu, MD4*, Tung-Huei Lin, MS3*, Yu-Shu Shih, MS4*, Der-Cherng Liang, MD5 and Lee-Yung Shih, MD2

1Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
3Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan
4Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
5Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Nguyen Johnny, MD1*, Kathy L McGraw, Ph.D.2, Rami S. Komrokji, MD3, David Sallman, M.D.4, Najla H. Al Ali, BDS, MSc3*, Eric Padron, MD3, Jeffrey E Lancet, MD3, Lynn C. Moscinski, M.D.5, Alan F. List, MD6 and Ling Zhang, MD7

1H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University, Tampa, FL
2H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
3Malignant Hematology Department, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
4Dept. of Malignant Hematology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
5Dept. of Hematopathology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
6Department of Hematologic Malignancies, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
7Department of Hematopathology and Laboratory Medicine, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL

Christine Victoria Ichim, PhD1*, Dzana Dervovic, PhD2*, David Raymond Koos, PhD3* and Richard A. Wells, MD, DPhil4

1Department of Molecular Therapeutics, Regen BioPharma Inc., San Diego, CA
2Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
3Regen BioPharma Inc., San Diego, CA
4Hematology/Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

Frank G. Rücker, MD1*, Sibylle Cocciardi1*, Anna Dolnik, PhD1*, Tamara J. Blätte1*, Ulrike Wüst2*, Peter Paschka, MD1, Verena I. Gaidzik, MD1*, Richard F. Schlenk, MD2, Hartmut Döhner, Prof. Dr.1, Lars Bullinger, MD1 and Konstanze Döhner, MD1

1Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
2University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

*signifies non-member of ASH