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ISEH 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting - Highlights from the New Investigators Committee

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  It’s a wrap for the 53rd ISEH Annual Scientific Meeting that took place at the Sheraton Hotel from 29 August - 01 September 2024. Each year, the international community comes together to share the newest techniques and fascinating advances in the field of experimental hematology. This year we were hosted in the windy city with 449 scientists and ISEH members from 30 different countries from around the world that attended (around 40-45% trainees). In contrast to larger conferences like ASH, the ISEH meetings, with fewer than 500 attendees, offer a more intimate setting with exceptional networking opportunities, allowing you to connect with people closely aligned with your work. We would like to start our highlights with a picture from one of our trainees from the New Investigators session: Dr. Xinjian Mao was showing the reconstitution of mouse E11.5 trunk section by Slide-seq and Merfish. Green cells: aortic endothelial cells , Red cells: mesenchymal stromal cells Day 1) Session on h

Thank You 2024 Sponsors and Exhibitors!

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       Thank You Sponsors & Exhibitors The 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Experimental Hematology meeting is taking place now in Chicago, United States. The exciting program (https://www.iseh.org/page/2024ScientificProgram) includes career and technology sessions, networking events, as well as talks and poster presentations from trainees, new investigators and leaders in the field. On behalf of the ISEH Board of Directors, volunteers and staff, we'd like to thank our 2024 sponsors and exhibitors, seen below. We hope to see you all again in 2025! Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by 1R13HL176038-01 from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply

2024 Interview Spotlight Series: Part IV

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This week on Simply Blood we are closing out our Interview Spotlight Series. In this final part, we are featuring the ISEH 2024 Janet Rowley Award Winner, Robert Signer, PhD . Dr. Signer  shares his career path to becoming a PI, mentorship, advice for early career scientists, and more! Interested in hearing more about  Dr.  Signer's work?  Don’t miss his session at the ISEH 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting this September !     Robert Signer, PhD Principal Investigator, Signer Laboratory Deputy Director, Stem Cell Discovery Center Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Regenerative Medicine University of California San Diego Interviewed by Els Mansell of the ISEH New Investigators Committee. Please note that the statements made by Simply Blood Authors are their own views and not necessarily the views of ISEH. ISEH disclaims any or all liability arising from any author's statements or materials.

2024 Interview Spotlight Series: Part III

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This week on Simply Blood we are continuing our Interview Spotlight Series. In Part III we are featuring the ISEH 2024 New Investigators Committee Invited Speaker: Leïla Perié, PhD . Dr.  Perié  shared her journey of changing her career path, the challenges she encountered along the way, her valuable advice for running a successful lab and more! Interested in hearing more about  Dr.  Perié's work?  Don’t miss her session at the ISEH 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting this September !     Leïla Perié, PhD Team Leader, Quantitative Immuno-hematology Institut Curie Interviewed by Myriam Haltalli of the ISEH New Investigators Committee. Please note that the statements made by Simply Blood Authors are their own views and not necessarily the views of ISEH. ISEH disclaims any or all liability arising from any author's statements or materials.

2024 Interview Spotlight Series: Part II

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This week on Simply Blood we are continuing our Interview Spotlight Series. In Part II we are featuring the ISEH 2024 Donald Metcalf Awardee:  Emmanuelle Passegué, PhD. Dr.  Passegué answers questions about her scientific passions, career path, advice for trainees and more! Interested in hearing more about  Dr.  Passegué's work?  Don’t miss her session at the ISEH 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting this September ! Emmanuelle Passegué, PhD Director, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative Columbia University Irving Medical Center 2024 Donald Metcalf Award Recipient Interviewed by Anne Stolz of the ISEH New Investigators Committee. Please note that the statements made by Simply Blood Authors are their own views and not necessarily the views of ISEH. ISEH disclaims any or all liability arising from any author's statements or materials.

2024 Interview Spotlight Series: Part I

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This week on Simply Blood we are kicking off our Interview Spotlight Series. In Part I we are featuring the ISEH 2024 McCulloch & Till Awardee: Ravindra 'Ravi' Majeti MD, PhD. Dr. Majeti reflects on his scientific achievements, career inspirations, entrepreneurial ventures, and looks towards the future of hematologic research. Interested in hearing more about Dr. Majeti's fascinating work?  Don’t miss his session at the ISEH 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting this September !                                                                                                                                                                                            Ravindra 'Ravi' Majeti MD, PhD RZ Cao Professor of Medicine Chief of the Division of Hematology Member of the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine 2024 McCulloch & Till Award Recipient Interviewed by Ian Hsu of the  ISEH New Investigators Committe

Lab Spotlight: Elf Lab

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  Each month, Simply Blood spotlights a lab contributing to the fields of hematology, immunology, stem cell research, cell and gene therapies, and more. Get to know groups doing cutting edge research from around the world! This month, we are featuring the Elf Lab which is based out of the Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah ( https://www.elflab.org/ ). What does your lab study? The primary focus of my lab is to understand the molecular mechanisms that govern myeloid blood cancers, with particular emphasis on MPNs. The long-term vision of my research program is to elucidate molecular dependencies specific to MPN stem cells (MPN-SCs) that can be targeted for therapeutic intervention with the ultimate goal of eradicating MPN-SCs, sparing normal HSCs, and curing the disease. When I first started my lab, we were particularly interested in how CALR mutations hijack ER stress response pathways to promote survival. Through these studies, we found that though type 1 and type 2 CALR mu