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From May 6th - 9th, 2024, ASH will host its fourth workshop to train health care professionals to establish a clinical center focused on the needs of adults living with sickle cell disease (SCD). The workshop will walk participants through the common components of such centers, the process for developing a business plan and advocating to stakeholders, the ins and outs of operations, and approaches to measuring impact and improve on the quality of care provided in these centers.The faculty assembled for this workshop will be drawn from an array of these comprehensive care centers to address the nuts and bolts of how these centers were developed and implemented and how they are being sustained. At the end of the workshop, participants will have a professional network of leaders in the area of adult SCD care as well as peers working toward implementation of programs all addressing the same goal, to improve outcomes for people living with SCD.

In the era of the rapid development of new diagnostic modalities and novel targeted treatment options, a comprehensive diagnostic approach to myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative neoplasms becomes ever more critical. However, the rapidly evolving scientific and technological discoveries that have been continuously incorporated into the classification of myelodysplastic and/or myeloproliferative neoplasms significantly increase already complex hematopathology practice. (Hemato)pathologists are currently facing the following challenges:-How to stay abreast of this avalanche of data?-How to incorporate the data into my day-to-day practice?-What testing should I order to correctly classify myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative neoplasms?-How should my diagnosis be worded in the face of two new classifications of hematologic neoplasms (5th edition WHO and 2022 International Consensus Classifications).This course, led by four experienced academic hematopathologists practicing at four large cancer centers, will answer all of these questions (and more) by reviewing cases of myeloid neoplasms with myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative features. Join us on the exciting journey from the past to the present and into the future!

Telomeres are specialized structures that protect the ends of linear chromosomes in eukaryotes. Research in this area has revealed that telomere maintenance is critical for stem cell function and normal tissue homeostasis but is also hijacked in cancers as a means to cellular immortality. This EMBO Workshop will explore the latest advances in telomere basic biology, its involvement in organism homeostasis and disease, as well as its impact on ecology and evolution. By providing an ideal forum for open discussions, this Workshop will foster new and exciting collaborations between discovery scientists and clinicians, and provide a welcoming environment for new and young researchers to engage in this highly dynamic area of science.Topics to be covered include:-Structural organization of telomeres-Telomeric chromatin and transcription-Telomere and telomerase regulation-Mechanisms counteracting replication stress and damage at telomeres-Consequences of telomere dysfunction-Pathogenesis and therapeutic perspectives of telomeropathies-Telomere ecology and evolution