Chairs: C. Beaumont, W. El Nemer
SESSION I: NORMAL ERYTHROPOIESIS
Apoptosis and erythroid differentiation – G. Courtois
Autophagy and erythroblast maturation – V. Betin
SESSION II: HYPOXIA, ALTITUDE AND SPORT
Epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment of high altitude polycythemia (Monges’s disease) – J.P. Richalet
KEYNOTE LECTURE:
Large-scale erythroid differentiation using iPS cells – L. Douay
KEYNOTE LECTURE:
Not so benign haematology: anaemia of the elderly – C.N. Roy
SESSION IV: ACQUIRED ANAEMIA
Novel erythropoiesis-stimulating agents: a new era in anaemia management – I. Macdougall
SESSION V: SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND MALARIA
Malaria: pathology and cytoadherence – A. Merckx
Modifier genes in sickle cell disease – J. Elion