The scientific agenda for the 2009 BMT Tandem Meetings will span a broad spectrum of topics in blood and marrow transplantation, including laboratory research, clinical investigations and patient care.  Major sessions are being developed to address:

Wednesday, February 11

■ Regulation of Alloresponses

   Matthias Edinger, Fiona Powrie, Ronjon Chakraverty

■ Acute Leukemia

   Armand Keating, Anthony Goldstone, Richard Larson

■ Late-Effects after HCT

   Stephanie Lee, Linda Burns, Barry Storer, Michelle Bishop
■ Genomic and Proteomic Analysis of Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Outcome

   John Hansen, Seishi Ogawa, Jason Chien, James Ferrara
■ Mortimer M. Bortin Lecture

Thursday, February 12

■ Myeloma

   Morie Gertz, Irene Ghobrial, Jean-Luc Harousseau

■ CLL:  Biology and Treatment – Indicators for Transplantation

   John Gribben, David Maloney, Issa Khouri

■ Innate Immunity

   Ernst Holler, Gabriel Nunez, Gerhard Rogler 

   and Cellular Therapies

   Michael Pulsipher, Peter Bader, Laurence Cooper

■ Pediatric International Session

   Sandeep Soni, Carmem Bonfim, Richard Kadota, Xiaojun Huang, Mammen Chandy, Arnon Nagler

■ Transplant and Immunotherapies for Pediatric Solid Tumors

   Stephan Grupp, Brian Kushner, Alan Wayne

■ Treatment vs. Transplant for Challenging Hematological Disorders

   John Levine, Charles Parker, Robert Brodsky

■ Controversies of and Unique Issues in BMT Infant Leukemia

   Kirk Schultz, Mignon Loh, Steve Hunger, Scott Baker

■ Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome

   Neena Kapoor, Morton Cowan, Hans Ochs, Alexandra Filipovich, Paul Veys

Friday, February 13

■ Regenerative Medicine

   George Daley, Ira Fox, Viviane Tabar

■ B Cells and Transplantation

   David Miklos, Trudy Small, William Robinson

■ Myeloproliferative Neoplasms:  Anti-BCR-ABL and Anti-JAK2 Drug Therapy

   Ayalew Tefferi, Hagop Kantarjian, Ross Levine

■ Clinical Trials

   Brent Logan, Nancy Geller, Gisela Tunes da Silva

■ Best Abstracts

Saturday, February 14

■ The Burden of Bacterial and Viral Infections in BMT

   Dimitrios Kontoyiannis, Russell Lewis, Kieren Marr

■ Inflammation

   Pavan Reddy, Kenneth Rock, Charles Dinarello, Geoff Hill

■ Vulnerable Transplant Patients

   Amrita Krishnan, Sergio Giralt, Mohammed Sorror
■ Optimizing Cord Blood Transplantation

   Juliet Barker, Vanderson Rocha, Andromachi Scaradavou

■ E. Donnell Thomas Lecture

Sunday, February 15

■ GVHD:  Biology and New Therapy

   Daniel Weisdorf, Pavan Reddy, Mukta Arora, Crystal Mackall

■ Late Breaking “Hot Topics”

   James Ferrara, Mark Litzow