50th year celebration
9:00-13:00 | Registration at University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Campus Lehre, N55/ Wilsede |
16:30-16:40 | Welcome Address Boris Fehse & Nicolaus Kröger, Hamburg/DE |
16:40-17:55 | Session I: Myeloid neoplasia Chairs: Nicolaus Kröger, Hamburg/DE |
16:40-17:05 | Detangling the fibrosis-driving cross-talk of hermatopoetic cells and their regulating microenvironment in MPN Rebekka Schneider-Kramann, Aachen/DE |
17:05-17:30 | Deconvoluting microenvironmental interactions for improved prognosis and therapy response in MPN Simon Mendez-Ferrer, Cambridge /UK |
17:30-17:45 | Targeting metabolic dependencies in myeloproliferative neoplasm (short talk) Nageswara Rao Tata, St. Gallen /SUI |
18:00-18:45 | Special Lecture Chair: Boris Fehse, Hamburg/DE |
Mapping complex organs using single-cell genomics Rafael Kramann, Aachen/DE | |
19:30 | Welcome Reception and Dinner Wilseder Hof |
09:00-10:30 | Session II: Stem cells in homeostasis and disease I Chairs: Rebekka Schneider-Kramann, Aachen/DE, Ulrich G. Steidl, New York/ USA |
09:00-09:25 | Impact of Hypomethylating Agents on Mutant HSCs and Blood Production in MDS and CMML John Pimanda, Sidney/AUS |
09:25-09:50 | The dynamic bone marrow response to inflammatory stress Marieke Essers, Heidelberg /DE |
09:50-10:15 | Investigating the clonal dynamics underpinning normal and pre-leukaemic haematopoiesis under homeostasis and inflammation Dominique Bonnet, London/UK |
10:15-10:30 | Notch signalling mediates metabolic changes in AML-associated mesenchymal stem cells (short talk) Helal Ahmed, Lübeck & Münster /DE |
10:30-11:00 | break |
11:00-12:55 | Session III: Immunotherapy I Chairs: Christos Georgiadis, London /UK; Catherine Bollard, Washington DC /USA |
11:00-11:25 | CAR-T cell therapy becomes CHIC: „Cytokine Help Intensified CAR“ T cells Hinrich Abken, Regensburg /DE |
11:25-11:50 | T cell therapies for lymphoma: Broadening applicability Catherine Bollard, Washington DC /USA [DG-GT Keynote] |
11:50-12:15 | Home brewn CAR-T cells – Update of the HD-CAR-1 trial Michael Schmitt, Heidelberg /DE |
12:15-12:40 | CAR-T cells -in myeloma Francis Ayuk, Hamburg /DE |
12:40-12:55 | Single and Combinational Multiplex Base-Edited ‘Universal’ CAR T Cells in a Humanised Model of Primary CD7+CD33+ AML (short talk) Arnold Kloos, Hannover /DE |
12:55-14:15 | Lunch (Heidemuseum) & Poster viewing |
14:15-15:45 | Session IV: CANCEROMICS and new targets Chairs: John Pimanda, Sidney/AUS; Sonja Loges, Heidelberg/DE |
14:15-14:40 | Hunting for the oncogenes on chromosome 21 Jan-Henning Klusmann, Frankfurt a.M. /DE |
14:40-15:05 | The antigen receptor as target for cellular therapies in lymphomas Mascha Binder, Basel/ SUI |
15:05-15:30 | TCL1 and active RANK cooperate to induce multiple myeloma in mice Maike Buchner, Munich/DE (Max-Eder programme) |
15:30-15:45 | A20 haploinsufficiency disturbs immune homeostasis and drives the malignant transformation of lymphocytes with permissive antigen receptors (short talk) Christoph Schultheiß, Halle/S. /DE |
15:45-16:15 | break |
16:15-17:00 | Special Lecture Chairs: Carol Stocking, Hamburg /DE |
Gene therapy for a small but sound goal: the inner ear Axel Schambach, Hannover/ DE | |
17:00-19:00 | POSTER SESSION I (Biology of solid tumours & leukaemia) |
19:00 | Barbecue „Emhoff“ |
09:00-10:30 | Session II: Stem cells in homeostasis and disease I Chairs: Rebekka Schneider-Kramann, Aachen/DE, Ulrich G. Steidl, New York/ USA |
09:00-09:25 | 1. Impact of Hypomethylating Agents on Mutant HSCs and Blood Production in MDS and CMML John Pimanda, Sidney/AUS |
09:25-09:50 | 2. The dynamic bone marrow response to inflammatory stress Marieke Essers, Heidelberg /DE |
09:50-10:15 | 3. Investigating the clonal dynamics underpinning normal and pre-leukaemic haematopoiesis under homeostasis and inflammation Dominique Bonnet, London/UK |
10:15-10:30 | 4. Notch signalling mediates metabolic changes in AML-associated mesenchymal stem cells (short talk) Helal Ahmed, Lübeck & Münster /DE |
10:30-11:00 | break |
11:00-12:30 | Session III: Immunotherapy I Chairs: Christos Georgiadis, London /UK; Catherine Bollard, Washington DC /USA |
11:00-11:25 | 1. CAR-T cells in Hamburg Francis Ayuk, Hamburg /DE |
11:25-11:50 | 2. T cell therapies for lymphoma: Broadening applicability Catherine Bollard, Washington DC /USA |
11:50-12:15 | 3. Home brewn CAR-T cells – Update of the HD-CAR-1 trial Michael Schmitt, Heidelberg /DE |
12:15-12:30 | 4. Role of CD39 and TIGIT in proliferation, activation and cytotoxicity of CD8+ T cells in ovarian cancer (short talk) Marius Witt, Hamburg /DE |
12:30-12:45 | 5. Single and Combinational Multiplex Base-Edited ‘Universal’ CAR T Cells in a Humanised Model of Primary CD7+CD33+ AML (short talk) Arnold Kloos, Hannover /DE |
12:45-14:15 | Lunch (Heidemuseum) & Poster viewing |
14:15-15:45 | Session IV: CANCEROMICS and new targets Chairs: John Pimanda, Sidney/AUS; Sonja Loges, Heidelberg/DE |
14:15-14:40 | 1. Hunting for the oncogenes on chromosome 21 Jan-Henning Klusmann, Frankfurt a.M. /DE |
14:40-15:05 | 2. The antigen receptor as target for cellular therapies in lymphomas Mascha Binder, Basel/ SUI |
15:05-15:30 | 3. TCL1 and active RANK cooperate to induce multiple myeloma in mice Maike Buchner, Munich/DE (Max-Eder programme) |
15:30-15:45 | 4. A20 haploinsufficiency disturbs immune homeostasis and drives the malignant transformation of lymphocytes with permissive antigen receptors (short talk) Christoph Schultheiß, Halle/S. /DE |
15:45-16:15 | break |
17:00-19:00 | POSTER SESSION I (Biology of solid tumours & leukaemia) |
19:00 | Barbecue „Emhoff“ |
09:00-10:30 | Session V: Immunotherapy II – CARevolution in the clinics Chairs: Francis Ayuk, Hamburg /DE; Hinrich Abken, Regensburg /DE |
09:00-09:25 |
CLDN6 CAR-T cell therapy of relapsed/refractory solid tumors ± a CLDN6-encoding mRNA vaccine: Dose escalation data from the BNT211-01 phase 1 trial Liane Preußner, Mainz /DE |
09:25-09:50 | Base-Edited ‘universal’ CAR7 T Cells for relapsed T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic LeukaemiaChristos Georgiadis, London /UK |
09:50-10:15 | CAR-T cells for the treatment of B-cell mediated autoimmune diseasesAndreas Mackensen, Erlangen /DE |
10:15-10:30 |
Role of CD39 and TIGIT in proliferation, activation and cytotoxicity of CD8+ T cells in ovarian cancer (short talk) Marius Witt, Hamburg /DE |
10:30-11:00 | break |
11:00-12:30 |
Session VI: Epigenetics and cancer Chairs: Maike Buchner, Munich/DE; Daniel G. Tenen, Singapore /SG |
11:00-11:25 |
Plasticity of cancer cells is induced by ribosomal RNA modifications Carsten Müller-Tidow, Heidelberg /DE |
11:25-11:50 |
Smiley, a novel DNA methylation sensitive element regulating gene expression in tumor suppressors and oncogenes Dan Tenen, Singapore /SG |
11:50-12:15 |
Deep learnign for Hi-C reveals coherence between enhancer states and chromosome conformation in T dell differenitation Matthias Merkenschlager, London /UK |
12:15-12:30 |
Career Development Programme of German Cancer Aid Matthias Serwe, Bonn/DE |
12:30-13:30 | Lunch (Heidemuseum) & Poster viewing |
13:30-15:30 | Session VII: Gene therapy Chairs: Boris Fehse, Hamburg /DE; Andreas Mackensen, Erlangen/DE |
13:30-13:55 |
Gene therapy for hematopoietic inherited disorders: twenty years of progress Marina Cavazanna, Paris /FR |
13:55-14:20 |
HSC gene editing in macaques: assessing risks and creating disease models Cynthia Dunbar, Washington DC /USA |
14:20-14:35 |
Long term lineage commitment is modulated by the underlying disease in hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy patients (short talk)
Eugenio Montini, Milano /IT |
14:35-14:50 |
Advancing the translation of CAR-T cell therapies for HIV-positive patients (short talk)
Lea Isabell Schwarze, Hamburg/DE |
14:50-15:05 |
Intrathymic AAV delivery results in therapeutic site-specific integration at TCR loci (short talk)
Daniela Cesana, Milano /IT |
15:05-15:30 | break |
15:30-17:00 | Session VIII: HSC biology & transplantation Chairs: Ruud Delwel, Rotterdam /NL; Cynthia Dunbar, Washington DC /USA |
15:30-15:55 |
Pre-leukemia bone marrow failure syndrome – from understanding the mechanisms to advanced therapies
Yulia Skokowa, Tübingen /DE |
15:55-16:20 |
A HOXB4-initiated and -dependent myeloid leukaemia: implications for origin and targeted cure of clonal proliferative disease Norman Iscove, Toronto /CAN |
16:20-16:45 |
Functional heterogeneity of leukemia stem cells in vivo Irmela Jeremias, Munich/ DE |
16:45-17:00 |
CRISPR-based transcriptional haematopoietic stem cell editing for enhanced anti-leukaemic graft function (short talk) Franziska Baatz, Hannover /DE |
17:00-19:00 | POSTER SESSION II (Gene and Immunotherapy, OMICs & Targeted therapies, Others) |
19:00 | Farewell Barbecue – „Emhoff“ |
09:00-10:05 | Session IX: Leukaemia & lymphoma Chairs: Carsten Müller-Tidow, Heidelberg /DE; Britta Will, New York /USA |
09:00-09:25 | Identification and targeting of oncogenic transcriptional networks in MLLr B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia Anjali Cremer, Frankfurt a.M. /DE (Max-Eder Programme) |
09:25-09:50 | Understanding and Targeting Transcription Factor Dynamics in Normal and Malignant Haematopoiesis Ulrich G. Steidl, New York /USA |
09:50-10:05 | Targeting functional dependencies in T-cell lymphoma Raphael Koch, Göttingen /DE (Max-Eder Programme) |
10:05-10:30 | break |
10:30-12:00 | Session X: Stem cells in homeostasis and disease II Chairs: Anjali Cremer, Frankfurt a.M./DE Yulia Skokowa, Tübingen /DE |
10:30-10:55 | How to switch off Evil enhancers in AML Ruud Delwel, Rotterdam /NL |
10:55-11:20 | AML -derived extracellular vesicles (EV) contains DNA-protein complex that alter bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSC) by inducing non-mutational dysfunction of p53 Basant Kumar Thakur, Essen /DE |
11:20-11:45 | An iron rheostat controls hematopoietic stem cell function Britta Will, New York /USA |
11:45-12:00 | Closing remarks |
12:00 | Departure (packed Lunch) |
Important dates
January 2023
Start Abstract submission
February 13, 2023
Start Applicaton for Registration and
Start Stipend Application
March 31, 2023
Abstract submission deadline
March 31, 2023
Stipend application deadline
April 30, 2023
Abstract submission deadline (for Accepted Speakers)
June 24-27, 2023
XXIII. Wilsede-Meeting
Local Organising committee and Scientific Contact
Prof. Dr rer. nat Boris Fehse
Prof. Dr med. Dr h.c. Nicolaus Kröger
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Clinic for Stem Cell Transplantation
Research Department Cell and Gene Therapy
Martinistrasse 52, Campus Forschung (N27)
20246 Hamburg
Meeting Office/Contact
Goernestraße 30
20249 Hamburg