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The Joint ASTCT and EBMT Basic and Translational Scientific Meeting will be a 2.5-day conference focused on cutting-edge basic and translational biology in the field. The meeting will focus on fundamental themes and novel technologies with an emphasis on unpublished and innovative science. Attendance to the meeting will be limited to 120 attendees with afternoon breaks to allow for informal networking opportunities between junior and senior attendees. The meeting will host two days of poster sessions and a best oral abstract session.

The 2024 meeting will take place in Washington, DC, Wednesday, May 15 – Friday, May 17. 

Registration to the meeting will open in December 2023.

2024 Joint ASTCT and EBMT Scientific Retreat Agenda

Day 1: Wednesday, May 15

Topic: Chronic Graft vs Host Disease | Session Chair: Geoffrey Hill. MD, FRACP, FRCPA
8:00 – 8:15 AM (15 mins)	Welcome and Introduction
8:15 – 8:45 AM (30 mins)	Title TBD Geoffrey Hill, MD, FRACP, FRCPA; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, US
9:15 – 9:45 AM (15 mins)	Title TBD Stefanie Sarantopoulos, MD, PhD: Duke University, US
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM (15 mins)	Abstract 1
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM (30 mins)	Break
Topic: Genome Editing | Session Chair: Chiara Bonini, MD
10:30 – 11:00 AM (30 mins)	Title TBD Chiara Bonini, MD; IRCCS Ospedale San Raffle, IT
11:00 – 11:30 AM (30 mins)	Title TBD Dirk Busch, MD; Technische Universität München, DE
11:30 – 12:00 PM (30 mins)	Title TBD Waseem Qasim, MD; University College London, UK
12:00 – 12:15 PM (15 mins)	Abstracts 2
12:15 – 5:00PM	Lunch and Afternoon Networking
5:00 – 6:00PM	Poster Tour + Networking Hour
6:00 – 7:30 PM	ASTCT Dinner Lecture | Title TBD Rainer Storb, MD; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, US

Day 2: Thursday, May 16

Topic: Cell Engineering | Session Chair: Carl June, MD
8:00 – 8:30 AM (30 mins)	Title TBD Carl June, MD; University of Pennsylvania, US
8:30 – 9:00 AM (30 mins)	Title TBD Chrystal Paulos, PhD; Winship Cancer Institute, US
9:00 – 9:30 AM (30 mins)	Title TBD Saul J. Priceman, PhD; City of Hope, US
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM (15 mins)	Abstract 3
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM (30 mins)	Break
Topic: Malignant and Non-malignant Hematopoiesis | Session Chair: Pavan Reddy, MD
10:15 – 10:45 AM (30 mins)	Title TBD Peggy Goodell, PhD; Baylor College of Medicine, US
10:45 – 11:15 AM (30 mins)	Title TBD Hanna Mikkola, MD, PhD: University of California Los Angeles, US
11:15 – 11:45 AM (30 mins)	Title TBD Nina Cabezas Wallscheid, PhD; Max-Planck-Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, DE
11:45 – 12:00 PM (15 mins)	Abstracts 4
12:00 – 5:00PM	Lunch and Afternoon Networking
5:00 – 6:00PM	Meet the Professor Session
6:00 – 7:30 PM	EBMT Dinner Lecture | Title TBD Speaker 14

Day 3: Friday, May 17

Topic: Biology of Relapse | Session Chair: Takanori Teshima, MD
8:00 – 8:30 AM (30 mins)	Title TBD Topic: Biology of Relapse | Session Chair: Takanori Teshima, MD
8:30 – 9:00 AM (30 mins)	Using Marrow Infiltrating T cells to Treat Relapse Post HSCT with PTCy Leonido Luznik, MD; Johns Hopkins University, US
9:00 – 9:30 AM (30 mins)	Title TBD Timothy Ley, MD; Washington University School of Medicine, US
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM (15 mins)	Abstract 5
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM	Closing Remarks