3rd Early Career Investigators' (ECI) Workshop
Basic and Clinical Research in Chronic Neutropenias
joint with
THE 31 st LOCAL LIAISON PHYSICIAN MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN BRANCH OF THE
SEVERE CHRONIC NEUTROPENIA INTERNATIONAL REGISTRY (Final Agenda)
September 14-16, 2023, Verona, Italy
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City of Verona/Workshop practical info [pdf]
DAY 1, 14 September 2023
08:00 - 08:15 Registration and Posters set up
08:15 - 08:30 Welcome session and presentation of the meeting
08:30 - 10:30 SYMPOSIUM: TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES FOR THE STUDY OF NEUTROPENIA
Chair: Simone Cesaro
08:30 - 09:00 How I investigate lymphoid populations in BM failure syndromes: the paradigm of aplastic anemia
[Elena Solomou]
09:00 - 09:30 Microfluidic devices
[Alessandro Polini, Francesca Gervaso]
09:30 - 10:00 New advances in cryo-EM to investigate the molecular basis of SDS
[Vassilis Kargas]
10:00 - 10:30 Artificial Intelligence
[Giacomo Cavalca]
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 - 13:15 “MEET THE EXPERT” SESSIONS
Chair: Marco Cipolli
10:45 - 11:15 Neutrophil function in neutropenias
[Jan Palmblad]
11:15 - 11:45 Ribosomopathies causing neutropenia
[Alan Warren]
11:45 - 12:15 The role of stem cell transplantation in the treatment of neutropenia
[Simone Cesaro]
12:15 - 12:45 Current protocols for the diagnosis and treatment of neutropenia
[Helen Papadaki, Francesca Fioredda]
12:45 - 13:15 The significance of VUS in neutropenias
[Cristina Mecucci]
13:15 - 14:00 Light Lunch break
14:00 - 18:30 ECI WORKSHOP –PART I
Separate pre-defined groups of ECIs will try to work on preselected questions/queries on Chronic Neutropenias under the supervision of facilitators/tutors. Their findings and proposals will be presented and discussed on the second day of the Meeting.
14:00 - 14:30 Speed dating
14:30 - 16:30 ECI Working group 1
[Novel technologies in neutropenia research and diagnostics (scDNA, RNA-seq, scRNA, ATAC-seq, image analysis of bone marrow smears, automatic detection of bone marrow and blood cells, microfluidics devices.
Tutors/Facilitators: Valentino Bezzerri, Maksim Klimiankou, Sergey Kandabarau
16:30 - 16:45 Coffee break
16:45 - 18:30 ECI Working Group 2
[Application of current treatment and diagnosis guidelines to solve difficult clinical cases. How to analyse/interpret morphology and laboratory data to make a diagnosis]
Tutors: Antonio Pierini, Michail Spanoudakis, Grigorios Tsaknakis, Andrea Beccaria, Elena Turrini
14:00 - 18:30 PARALLEL SESSION: EUNET-INNOCHRON FACULTY MEMBERS MEETING –
discussion on the continuation of the project
Chairs: Carlo Dufour - Helen Papadaki
End of Day 1
19:45 Social event (TBA)
DAY 2, 15 September 2023
08:30 - 13:15 THE 31st LOCAL LIAISON PHYSICIAN MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN BRANCH OF THE SEVERE CHRONIC NEUTROPENIA INTERNATIONAL REGISTRY- PART I
08:30 - 11:00 LLP- SCNIR MEETING- Session 1
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:15 LLP- SCNIR MEETING- Session 2
08:30 - 13:15 PARALLEL SESSION: ECI Working Groups
(time allocated for preparation of the presentation for afternoon session)
13:15 - 14:15 Light Lunch break
14:15 - 19:00 ECI WORKSHOP- PART II:
14:15 - 15:15 KEY NOTE SPEAKER Prof Jan Palmblad
«Unresolved issues in neutropenias. What is ahead?»
Chairs: Carlo Dufour – Helen Papadaki
15:15 - 16:15 Oral presentation of selected abstracts from ECIs
Chairs: Anna Hovhannisyan, Marije Bartels, Valentino Bezzerri
16:15 - 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 - 18:00 ECI PRESENTATIONS based on Day-1 Workshop
Chairs: Valentino Bezzerri - Max Klimiankou
18:00 - 19:00 POSTER WALK
Moderators: Joanna Skrzeczynska-Moncznik, Anita Skakic, Melanie Cotter
End of Day 2
19:00 Social event (TBA)
DAY 3, 16 September 2023
09:00 - 17:30 THE 31st LOCAL LIAISON PHYSICIAN MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN BRANCH OF THE SEVERE CHRONIC NEUTROPENIA INTERNATIONAL REGISTRY- PART II
09:00 - 10:30 LLP- SCNIR MEETING Session 3
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:30 LLP- SCNIR MEETING Session 4
13:30 - 14:30 Light Lunch break
14:30 - 16:30 LLP- SCNIR MEETING Session 5
16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 - 17:30 LLP- SCNIR MEETING Session 6
17:30 - 18:30 ECI WORKSHOP- PART III: Closing remarks & What’s next
Chairs: Carlo Dufour - Helen Papadaki
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Tutors/Speakers/Chairs |
Affiliation |
City |
Country |
| Marije Bartels | Paediatric Haematology Department, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Utrecht | Utrecht | the Netherlands |
| Andrea Beccaria | IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Children Research Hospital | Genova | Italy |
|
Valentino Bezzerri |
Cystic Fibrosis Center, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona |
Verona |
Italy |
|
Giacomo Cavalca |
Giannina Gaslini Hospital & Italian Institute of Technology |
Genova |
Italy |
|
Marco Cipolli |
Cystic Fibrosis Center, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Associazione Italiana Sindrome di Shwachman-AISS |
Verona |
Italy |
|
Simone Cesaro |
Paediatric Haematology Oncology, Department of Mother and Child, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata |
Verona |
Italy |
| Melanie Cotter | Department of Haematology Children's Health Ireland | Dublin | Ireland |
|
Carlo Dufour |
Hematology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Children Research Hospital |
Genova |
Italy |
|
Francesca Fioredda |
Hematology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Children Research Hospital |
Genova |
Italy |
|
Francesca Gervaso |
CNR NANOTEC-Institute of Nanotechnology |
Lecce |
Italy |
|
Anna Hovhannisyan |
Hematology Institute, Yerevan State Medical University |
Yerevan |
Armenia |
|
Sergey Kandabarau |
University Hospital Tuebingen |
Tübingen |
Germany |
| Vassilis Kargas | Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge | Cambridge | UK |
|
Maksim Klimiankou |
Department of Oncology, Hematology, Immunology, and Rheumatology, University Hospital Tuebingen |
Tübingen |
Germany |
|
Cristina Mecucci |
Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Department of Medicine, Molecular Medicine Laboratory, University of Perugia |
Perugia |
Italy |
|
Jan Palmblad |
Department of Medicine Karolinska Institutet, The Hematology Center, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge |
Stockholm |
Sweden |
|
Helen Papadaki |
Haemopoiesis Research Lab University of Crete / Haemopoiesis Department University Hospital of Heraklion |
Heraklion |
Greece |
|
Antonio Pierini |
Department of Medicine, University of Perugia |
Perugia |
Italy |
|
Alessandro Polini |
CNR NANOTEC-Institute of Nanotechnology |
Lecce |
Italy |
| Anita Skakic | Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade | Belgrade | Serbia |
|
Joanna Skrzeczynska-Moncznik |
Department of Immunology, Jagiellonian University |
Krakow |
Poland |
| Elena Solomou | Internal Medicine-Hematology,Medical school University of Patras | Patras | Greece |
|
Michail Spanoudakis |
Department of Hematology, Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS foundation Trust |
Warrington |
UK |
| Grigorios Tsaknakis | Haemopoiesis Research Lab, University of Crete | Heraklion | Greece |
| Elena Turrini | Pediatric Oncology and Hematology Unit,University Hospital of Parma | Parma | Italy |
|
Alan Warren |
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research ; Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge; Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, |
Cambridge |
UK |
*Tutors/Speakers/Chairs in alphabetical Order
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Purpose of the Workshop:
The Workshop for Early Career Investigators (ECI) is organized by the COST Action CA18233 European Network for Innovative Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Neutropenias (EuNet-INNOCHRON). The participating scientists will have the opportunity to expand their knowledge via interactive lectures from experts, familiarize themselves with protocols, patients case reports, discuss and even start collaborations with other researchers on the same field all over Europe, as well as present their own work and findings and state their concerns and questions. The meeting aims at covering the on-going research, future perspectives and potential clinical applications, and at fostering novel ideas in the field of Chronic Neutropenias.
The participants will also have the opportunity to attend the 31st Severe Chronic Neutropenia International Registry – Local Liaison Physicians Meeting that is taking place as a joint meeting in the same venue of Centro Medico Culturale “G.Marani”, Verona, Italy.
The hostsof the Workshop are Dr Marco Cipolli and Dr Valentino Bezzerri, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona and Associazione Italiana Sindrome di Shwachman-Diamon, AISS
Any researcher can apply, however, a limited number of participants will be accepted, with younger researchers strongly encouraged to apply.
Deadline for applications: June 29th, 2023
Applicants are encouraged to submit an abstract of their recent research on Neutropenia.
Application Process:
- The applicants must send their application to Dr Valentino Bezzerri email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Dr Helen Papadaki, e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before the deadline June 29th 2023
- The application should consist of.
- A brief C.V.
- A motivation letter stating the relevance to their research and the value to participate in the ECI course.
- A letter of support from a senior Researcher/Clinician (preferably but not necessarily related to the EuNet-INNOCHRON project) from their home Institution.
- The applicants are also encouraged to submit an abstract of up to 500 words text. Selected abstracts will be presented as oral or poster presentations during the meeting. Submission of an abstract will be considered an advantage during the selection process of the applicants.
- The applicants will be formally notified of the outcome of their application on July 3rd at the latest.
Important Notes:
- The selected applicants will be sent a formal COST invitation to the email they have provided and instructions for reimbursement rules for the expenses regarding the whole travel.
- The selected participants will be reimbursed from the COST Action EuNet-INNOCHRON for travel costs and will get a fixed amount of daily allowance (for their accommodation, meals and any public local transport).
- Participants are advised to include cancellation insurance when making arrangement for travel and accommodation.
Download the Agenda [pdf]
Download the application details [pdf]
Download the SCNIR-LLP-Meeting Final Agenda [pdf]
City of Verona/Workshop practical info [pdf]