PRESS 2008

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Workshop Mesenchymal Stem Cells June 2008

Dates: June 30 – July 2, 2008 Venue: Sofitel, Mandelieu La Napoule, France Chairpersons: W. E. Fibbe, F. Frassoni, K. Le...

 

EHA Partner Fellowship Program

Sharing knowledge and expertise and creating strong, dynamic networks for hematology is the EHA mission. One of EHA's goal...

 

E H A / Fellowships / Previous winners

Previous winners

EHA - José Carreras Foundation Young Investigator Fellowship

The EHA - José Carreras Foundation Young Investigator Fellowship Program provides seed funds to promising young investigators to encourage and promote quality research in hematology. The fellowship is sponsored through the EHA via unrestricted educational grants from the three European José Carreras Foundations: José Carreras International Leukemia Foundation, Fondation José Carreras pour la lutte contre la leucèmie, Genève and Deutsche José Carreras Leukämie Stiftung e.V.

   
Winner
 
Institution
 
Project title

2000

 

Ingo Tamm,
Germany

 

Humboldt University Berlin

 

Prognostic Significance of Apoptosis-Regulating Proteins in Leukemia.

2001

 

L. Di Croce,
Italy

 

European Institute of Oncology

 

Molecular genetics of acute myeloid leukemias.

2002

 

E. van den Akker,
The Netherlands

 

Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam

 

Dissection of the role of Evil in myeloid leukemia using conditional in vitro and in vivo models.

2003

 

A. Benecke,
France

 

Inserm – U417

 

Epigenomics of myelopoiesis and acute promyelocytic leukemia.

2004

 

Jan Cools,
Belgium

 

University Hospital Gasthuisberg Leuven

 

A micro-array approach towards the detection of novel cryptic chromosomal rearrangements involving protein tyrosine kinases.

2005

 

Brian Huntly,
United Kingdom

 

Cambridge Institute for Medical Reserach

 

Characterisation of the molecular mechanisms of self-renewal in leukaemic stem cells.

EHA Research Fellowships

The EHA research fellowships are aimed at promoting hematological research and target young basic and clinical researchers both in the field of malignant and non-malignant hematology. The research fellowships are fully sponsored by the European Hematology Association and designed to support salary, supplies, equipment and travel necessary for the pursuit of the recipient's research project.

   
Winner
 
Institution
 
Project title

2004

 

Meritxell Jorda, The Netherlands

 

Erasmus MC Rotterdam

 

Expression and function of alpha E-catenin, a novel CEBP? target gene, in normal hematopoiesis and leukemia.

2004

 

Kathleen Freson, Belgium

 

University of Leuven

 

Hematopoietic stem cell-based gene therapy for hereditary thrombocytopenia due to gata-1 deficiency.

2005

 

Attilio Bondanza, Italy

 

Fondazione Centro S. Raffaele del Monte Tabor

 

Safe and effective immunotherapy of Leukaemia with suicide-modified lymphocytes retaining minor HLA-specific alloreactivity.

2005

 

François Delhommeau, France

 

Hôpital Hotel Dieu

 

Involvement of the V617F JAK2 mutation in Polycythaemia Vera, Essential Thrombocythaemia and Idiopathic Myelofibrosis. Consequences of the mutation in human haematopoiesis.

2005

 

Ton Lisman, The Netherlands

 

UMC Utrecht

 

Hypofibrinolysis and the risk of a first episode of venous thrombosis.

2005

 

Ralf Schmidmaier, Germany

 

University Hospital Munich

 

Targeting integrin mediated survival in multiple myeloma.

EHA Clinical Research Grants

These grants have been established to promote clinical research in patients with hematological diseases, e.g. to support logistics of translational research, phase I, II or III clinical trials, support of research nurses, data-managers, etc. They are not intented for primarily laboratory research. The grants will provide financial support for salaries, supplies, equipment and travel necessary for the project.

   
Winner
 
Institution
 
Project title

2004

 

Philippe Guardiola, France

 

Hospital Saint Louis

 

A prospective 2X2 randomized multicenter study evaluating the role of remission-induction and consolidation chemotherapy prior to allogeneic transplantation and of G-CSF mobilized peripheral blood progenitor vells versus bone marrow stem cells using HLA-identical siblings in patients less than 50 years of age with myelodysplastic syndromes and 5% to 20% bone marrow blasts .

2004

 

Francesco Forconi, Italy

 

Policlinico Le Scotte, Azienda Ospedaliera Senese

 

Insight in the pathogenesis and behavior of hairy cell leukemia from immunogenetic analysis.

2005

 

Alessandro Isidori, Italy

 

University of Bologna -"La Seragnoli"

 

Adoptive immunotherapy of high risk AML using haploidentical KIR-mismatched NK cells.

2005

 

Ann Van de Velde, Belgium

 

Antwerp University Hospital

 

WT1 mRNA-transfected autologous DC vaccination for patients with AML.

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