Amira Idrizovic, MSc, PhDc1,2*, Marissa J.M. Traets, MD3*, Anna Collado Gimbert, MD1,4*, Sara Reidel, MSc1*, Sigrid van der Veen, MSc5*, Anne-Laure Pham Hung D'Alexandry D'Orengiani, PhD6*, Mirco D'Agnolo, MS7*, Emmanuel Adu, MSc8*, Mickael MARIN, Engineering degree9*, Emmanuelle Bourdelier, Technician10*, Elisabetta Mezzalira, RN, MS, PhDc11*, Betzabel Cajiao Garcia, MSc12*, Santiago Zazo, Prof., PhD13*, Tiziana Sanavia, PhD14*, Cesare Rollo, PhD14*, David Beneitez, MD15,16*, Bart J. Biemond, MD, PhD17, Erfan Nur, MD, PhD18, Karin Fijnvandraat, MD, PhD19*, Saskia EM Schols, MD, PhD20*, Anita W. Rijneveld, MD, PhD21, Marjon H. Cnossen, MD, PhD22*, Aida Kidane, MD23,24*, Nicolas Hebert, PhD25*, Maria Paola Boaro, MD26*, Slimane Allali27*, Caroline Le van kim, Prof.28*, Anna Ruiz Llobet, MD29*, Béatrice Gulbis, MD, PhD30*, Federico Alvarez, Prof, PhD31*, Piero Fariselli, PhD14*, Petros Kountouris, PhD32*, Raffaella Colombatti, MD, PhD33*, Pablo Bartolucci, MD, PhD34*, Mariane De Montalembert, MD, PhD35, Richard van Wijk, PhD36, Eduard J. Van Beers, MD, PhD37, Maria del Mar Mañú-Pereira, PhD1* and Minke A.E. Rab, MD, PhD3,38
1Rare Anemia Disorders Research Laboratory, Cancer and Blood Disorders in Children, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute / Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
2Genetics and Microbiology department, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
3Central Diagnostic Laboratory - Research, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
4Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
5Center for Benign Hematology, Thrombosis and Hemostasis - Van Creveldkliniek, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
6University Paris-Est-Créteil, IMRB, Inserm U955, Laboratory of excellence LABEX, Henri Mondor University Hospitals, APHP, Sickle Cell Referral Center-UMGGR, Créteil, FRA
7Department of Women's and Child's Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
8University Paris-Est-Créteil, IMRB, Inserm U955, Laboratory of excellence LABEX, Henri Mondor University Hospitals, APHP, Sickle Cell Referral Center-UMGGR, Creteil, France
9Necker, Université Paris Cité, INSERM, BIGR, PARIS, FRA
10Institut de Recherche Saint Louis, Université Paris Cité, Inserm, CNRS, Paris, France
11Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant Division, Maternal and Child Health Department, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
12Center for Benign Hematology, Thrombosis and Hemostasis - Van Creveldkliniek, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
13Centro de I+D+i en Procesado de la Información y Telecomunicaciones (IPTC), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
14Computational Biomedicine Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
15Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari and General Hospital, Barcelona, ESP
16Hematology Department, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari/Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)/Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO)/Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)/ERN-EuroBloodNet, Barcelona, Spain
17Department of Hematology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
18Department of Hematology, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
19Department of Pediatric Hematology, Amsterdam UMC, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands
20Department of Hematology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
21Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
22Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Erasmus MC Sophia Children’s Hospital, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
23Department of Pediatric Hematology, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands
24Section on Social and Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience, National Institutes of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD
25University Paris-Est-Créteil, IMRB, Inserm U955, Laboratory of excellence LABEX, Établissement Français du Sang (EFS), Créteil, France
26Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Padova University, Padova, Italy
27Sickle Cell Center, Pediatrics Department, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, APHP, Paris Cité University, Paris, FRA
28Necker Hospital, University Paris Cité/Inserm, Paris, France
29Pediatric Hematology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Barcelona, ESP
30Centre of Human genetics, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
31Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
32Molecular Genetics Thalassaemia Department, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, CYP
33Department for Woman's and Child's Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
34University Paris-Est-Créteil, IMRB, Inserm U955,, Henri Mondor University Hospitals, APHP, Sickle Cell Referral Center-UMGGR, Creteil, France
35Department of General Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Sickle Cell Center, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Neuilly, France
36Central Diagnostic Laboratory, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
37Center for Benign Hematology, Thrombosis and Hemostasis - Van Creveldkliniek, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
38Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands