The Vienna Cancer Stem Cell Club celebrates its 20th year and invites all interested colleagues to a Jubilee Meeting and Celebration.
We have prepared a scientific agenda with national and international experts who will present the latest developments in the field of neoplastic stem cells.
Programme
Welcome Coffee and Introduction
- 8.30 am
Welcome Coffee - 9.00 am
VCSCC: Introduction and Historical Overview
Peter Valent, Vienna, Austria
Session I: Leukemic Stem Cells (LSC)
Chairs: Klaus Geissler & Jiri Mayer- 9.30 am
Mouse Models of LSC as a Tool for Deep Testing and Validation of Molecular Targets
Veronica Sexl, Vienna, Austria - 10.00 am
LSC-Niche Cross-Talking in Leukemia
Dominique Bonnet, London, UK - 10.30 am
LSC Phenotyping in MPN and sAML
Daniel Ivanov, Vienna, Austria
Coffee Break
11.00 amSession II: LSC Resistance in Acute and Chronic Leukemias
Chairs: Dominique Bonnet & Veronika Sexl- 11.30 am
Clinical Implications of Sub-Clonal Hierarchies and Evolution in AML and CML
Jiri Mayer, Brno, Czech Republic - 12.00 pm
The Multiple Forms of LSC Resistance in Ph+ CML
Barbara Peter, Vienna, Austria - 12.30 pm
Targeting Drug Resistance Mechanisms in Leukemia
Tomasz Skorski, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Lunch Break
1.00 pmSession III: Mast Cell Neoplasms
Chairs: Gregor Hoermann & Thomas Lion- 2.00 pm
KIT Mutations in Mastocytosis
Michel Arock, Paris, France - 2.30 pm
Diagnostic Hematopathology in Mastocytosis
Hans-Peter Horny, Munich, Germany - 3.00 pm
Systemic Mastocytosis as a Stem Cell Neoplasm
Peter Valent, Vienna, Austria - 3.30 pm
WHO Classification of Mastocytosis
Karl Sotlar, Salzburg, Austria
Coffee Break
4.00 pmSession IV: Precision Medicine in Hematology
Chairs: Michel Arock & Karl Sotlar- 4.30 pm
Diagnosis and Prognostication in CMML
Klaus Geissler, Vienna, Austria - 5.00 pm
Diagnostic Precision Medicine Tools in Hematology
Gregor Hoermann, Munich, Germany - 5.30 pm
Subclone-Specific Comprehensive Diagnostics in Patients with CML and Ph+ ALL
Thomas Lion, Vienna, Austria
Summary of Meeting
6.00 pm, Peter ValentRegistration
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Organization and Support
The event is organized by the Vienna Cancer Stem Cell Club, the Medical University of Vienna and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Hematology and Oncology.