ESH-EHA Scientific Workshop
in association with Enerca


INNOVATIVE THERAPIES FOR RED CELL AND IRON RELATED DISORDERS
Chairs: Clara Camaschella, Philippe Leboulch, Carole Beaumont, Narla Mohandas, Yves Beuzard
16-18 April, 2010 - Cascais, Portugal


Programme

 

Friday, 16 April, 2010
08h30-10h30 Session I - Hematopoietic Stem Cell (HSC) Therapies - Chair: F. Locatelli (Pavia)  
  Allogeneic BMT in Sickle cell anemia F. Bernaudin (Créteil)
  Hematopoietic stem cell therapy for thalassemias S. Hongeng (Bangkok)
  New Trends in HSC therapies F. Locatelli (Pavia)
  Panel Discussion  
Selected oral presentations (15 min each)
10h30 - 11h00 Coffee break  
11h00-13h00 Session II - From HSC to Erythocyte - Chair: F. Grosveld (Rotterdam)  
  Expansion of HSCs K. Humphries (Vancouver)
  The molecular switching in erythroid differentiation S. Orkin (Boston)
  Programming the hemoglobin genes for therapies F. Grosveld (Rotterdam)
  Overcoming insertional adverse events of integrating gene vectors C. Baum (Hannover)
13h00 - 13h00 Lunch  
15h00- 17h30 Session III - Gene Therapy - Chair: P. Leboulch (Fontenay/Boston)  
Selected oral presentations (15 min each)
  Gene Therapy of hemoglobin disorders Ph. Leboulch (Fontenay/Boston)
  Design of lentiviral vectors C. Frecha (Lyon)
  Oncogenic safety C. Baum (Hannover)
Selected oral presentations (15 min each)
17h30 - 18h00 Coffee break  
18h00-19h00 Poster Session I: Biotherapies  
     
Saturday, 17 April, 2010
08h30 - 10h30 Session IV - Iron regulatory pathway for therapies - Chair: C. Camaschella (Milano)  
  Heme and Iron recycling C. Beaumont (Paris)
  Role of Hemojuvelin in iron deficiency and overload C. Camaschella (Milano)
  The essential role of BMP6 in hepcidin regulation M.P. Roth (Toulouse)
Selected oral presentations (15 min each)
10h30 - 11h00 Coffee break  
11h00 - 13h00 Session V - The hepcidin effector pathway for therapies - Chair: C. Beaumont (Paris)  
  Hepcidin agonists and antagonists E. Nemeth (Los Angeles)
  Targeting the hepcidin binding site of ferroportin     I. de Domenico (Salt Lake City)
  Relocating misdistributed iron chelators I. Cabantchick (Jerusalem)
Selected oral presentations (15 min each)
13h00 - 15h00 Lunch  
15h00 - 17h30

Session VI - Innovative therapies for red cell disorders (I) - Chair: N. Mohandas (New-York)

 
  Predictive factors of severity for therapies of hemoglobin disorders S. Fucharoen (Bangkok)
  Erythrocyte acting therapies

Y. Beuzard (Fontenay)

  Gene activation therapies   S.L. Thein (London)
  EPO therapy in hemoglobin disorders            F. Galactéros (Créteil)
 

Selected oral presentations (15 min each)

 
17h30 - 18h00 Coffee break  
18h00 - 19h00

Poster Session II: Iron and erythrocyte targeting therapies

 
     
Sunday, 18 April, 2010
09h00 - 10h00

Session VII - Innovative Therapies for red cell disorders (II) - Chair: F. Galacteros (Creteil)

 
  Vascular acting therapies in Sickle cell disease       P-L. Tharaux (Paris)
  Heme oxygenase protects against red cell disorders     M. Soares (Lisbon)
10h00 - 10h30

Coffee break

 
10h30 - 11h30

Keynote Lecture

 
  Erythrocyte targeting for therapies in malaria N. Mohandas (New-York)
     
  End of the meeting