Friday – Saturday, April 12 – 13, 2019
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Marlo Thomas Center for Global Education and Collaboration
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105
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Overview
Join us at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis for the Midwest Blood Club meeting!
This meeting will feature exciting research on hematopoiesis, stem cell biology, gene therapy, the niche, and leukemia! The meeting will provide a forum for investigators to meet, share ideas, present recent findings, establish contacts and collaborations, and explore cutting edge research approaches. A great list of speakers and room for your abstract.
Free registration for trainees, $100 for faculty.
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Event Date Registration opens June 11, 2018 Abstract submission opens June 11, 2018 Call for abstract submissions opens November 5, 2018 Abstract submission deadline January 11, 2019 Speaker/poster notifications sent March 4, 2019 Registration deadline March 15, 2019 -
A limited number of rooms have been reserved at a special rate for this occasion at the Peabody Hotel. These rooms can be reserved by calling (901) 529-4000 before March 5, 2019, and asking for rooms in the Midwest Blood Club Symposium block.
Peabody Hotel
(901) 529-4000
149 Union Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103 -
Keynote Speaker
Ulrich Steidl, MD, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Speakers
Emery Bresnick, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jeff Magee, MD, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis
Charles Mullighan, MD
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Robert Welner, PhD
University of Alabama-Birmingham
Hal E. Broxmeyer, PhD
Indiana School of Medicine
Punam Malik, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hosptial
Damien Reynaud, PhD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
H. Lee Grimes, PhD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Ewelina K. Mamcarz, MD
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Daniel T. Starczynowski, PhD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
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Friday, April 12
Time Event 3:15 pm Transportation from Peabody Hotel to St. Jude Campus 3:30 pm Registration, Check-in and Refreshments 4:00 pm Welcome and Keynote Presentation
Ulrich Steidl, MD, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine5:00 pm Poster Session and Reception 6:45 pm Transportation from St. Jude Campus to Peabody Hotel Saturday, April 13
Time Event 7:45 am Transportation from Peabody Hotel to St. Jude Campus 8:00 am Breakfast and Refreshments 8:30 am Session 1: Developmental Hematopoiesis
Jeff Magee, MD, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis
Emery Bresnick, PhD, University of Wisconsin-MadisonThree additional speakers to be selected from abstracts
10:05 am Break with Refreshments 10:20 am Session 2: Malignant Hematopoiesis
Charles Mullighan, MD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Daniel T. Starczynowski, PhD, Cincinnati Children's HospitalThree additional speakers to be selected from abstracts
11:55 am Lunch 1:00 pm Session 3: HSC Biology
H. Lee Grimes, PhD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Hal E. Broxmeyer, PhD, Indiana School of MedicineThree additional speakers to be selected from abstracts
2:35 pm Break with Refreshments 2:50 pm Session 4: Cell and Gene Therapy
Ewelina Mamcarz, MD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Punam Malik, MD, Cincinnati Children’s HospitalThree additional speakers to be selected from abstracts
4:25 pm Break with Refreshments 4:40 pm Session 5: HSC Niche
Robert Welner, PhD, University of Alabama-Birmingham
Damien Reynaud PhD, Cincinnati Children's HospitalThree additional speakers to be selected from abstracts
6:15 pm Concluding Remarks 6:30 pm Transportation to The Columns 6:45 pm After Conference Celebration and Dinner at The Columns
