17th EURO-NET MPN&MPNr meeting 2025 14.05. - 16.05.2025 St.Gallen Symposium / Kongress

From Patho-Mechanisms to Novel Therapeutics in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, Erythrocytosis and Mastocytosis

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    Datum 14.05. - 16.05.2025
    Ortschaft St.Gallen
    Veranstaltungsort Hotel Einstein
    Credits SGH-SSH: 21 Credits
    SGMO: 21 Credits
    SRO-SSRO: 21 Credits
    FAMH: 12 Credits

    Beschreibung

    Dear Colleagues,

    we are pleased to inform you that the MPN&MPNr-EuroNet meeting will be held in St.Gallen, Switzerland on May 14-16, 2025.

    Scientific Meeting Organizers:

    Tata Nageswara Rao, Christoph Driessen and Thomas Lehmann

    Network of Experts on the Molecular Diagnosis of Myeloproliferative Neoplasm (MPN) and MPN-related congenital diseases (MPNr):

    The MPN&MPNr-EuroNET network was established in 2009 to bring together scientists and physicians active in the fields of myeloprolifeative neoplasms (MPN) and related hereditary diseases (MPNr: hereditary erythrocytosis and thrombocytosis) to discuss advances and challenges in the biology and treatment options for myeloid neoplasms. Since its establishment, the MPN&MPNr-EuroNET network has been active in organizing meetings and fostering collaborations within and outside the network. Following the success of the 16th MPN&MPNr-EuroNet meeting in Belgrade in 2023, the 17th MPN&MPNr-EuroNET conference will take place on 14-16th May 2025 in St. Gallen, Switzerland.

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    Myeloproliferative neoplasms (such as PV, ET and myelofibrosis), hereditary erythrocytosis and thrombocytosis and mastocytosis are closely related clonal neoplasms of blood stem cells and are caused by genetic lesions leading to the uncontrolled production of certain myeloid lineages in affected individuals. In MPNs, the underlying genetic drivers are well catalogued, with mutations affecting JAK2 (JAK2-V617F or exon 12), Calreticulin (CALR-del52 or insertion 5), or the thrombopoietin receptor MPL (MPL-W515L). The discovery of JAK2-V617F mutation in the majority of patients with MPNs revolutionized the understanding of the pathomechanisms of the disease and also paved the way for the development of pharmacological inhibitors targeting JAK2. In the recent years, thanks to the improvements in single cell technologies, transgenics and next generation sequencing, significant advances have been made in the understanding of cellular and molecular mechanisms driving these clonal disorders. However, current therapies are not curative highlighting the need for unraveling pathomechanisms in further datils to discover novel curative treatment approaches.

    The main goal of this international conference is to gather scientists and clinicians investigating and treating these devastatingl neoplasms to discuss advances, current challenges and future directions in myeloid neoplasms’ research, diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. This conference will provide an interactive and dynamic atmosphere and fosters the establishment of fruitful collaborations. This meeting highlights and celebrates the ’20-years of JAK2-V617F discovery’ with pioneers in the field as keynote speakers. In contrast to the past meetings, which were held mostly for two days, the 17th MPN&MPNr-EuroNET conference will take place in 3 days. As a new entity of the network, it also covers the biology and therapeutics of mastocytosis.

    Programm

    Programm

    Day 1: Wednesday (14.05.2025)

    Zeit

    Was

    08:00

    Welcome reception

    08:30

    Welcome by scientific organizers

    08:40

    Session I: What’s new in MPN: from Pathomechanisms to novel therapeutics
    Chairs: Tata Nageswara Rao and Christoph Driessen

    08:40 - 09:00

    Response patterns of JAK-signaling-to-transcription network analysis identify immune function as a tractable target
    Florian H. Heidel (Hannover, Germany)

    09:00 - 09:20

    JAK2V617F Blocks Lymphoid Differentiation, Driving Immune Dysfunction in MPNs
    Joseph M Scandura (New York, USA)

    09:20 - 09:40

    Generation of an in vivo 3D humanised scaffold model to study ET/PV MPN HSPCs and dissect their interactions with mesenchymal stroma cells
    Dominique Bonnet (London, UK)

    09:40 - 10:00

    Thrombopoietin Receptor Dependent and Independent Pathogenic Mechanisms in Myeloproliferative Neoplasm
    Stefan N. Constantinescu (Oxford, UK)

    10:00 - 10:20

    Break (20 min.)

    Session II
    Chairs: Thomas Lehmann and Vladan Čokić

    10:20 - 10:40

    A Paradigm Shift in The Diagnosis and Treatment of MPNs - Rationales and Perspectives of Early Intervention with Interferon-Alpha2
    Hans Carl Hasselbalch (Roskilde, Denmark)

    10:40 - 11:00

    Epigenetic and Metabolic Reprogramming in CHIP-Associated Lung Diseases: Drivers of Inflammatory Phenotypes
    Soni Savai Pullamsetti (Giessen/Bad Nauheim, Germany)

    11:00 - 11:20

    Leveraging clonal competition between CHIP and aggressive malignant MPN clones as a novel therapeutic approach
    Angela G. Fleischman (UCL, USA)

    11:20 - 12:00

    The path from clonal hematopoiesis to overt MPN
    Radek C Skoda (Houston, USA) – Keynote lecture

    12:05 - 13:05

    Satellite Symposium (sponsored by Novartis)

    CML – Biology, Therapy resistance and Emerging therapeutics
    Chair: Thomas Lehmann
    Speakers: Stefan Balabanov
    N.N

    13:05 - 13:45

    Lunch (40 min.)

    Session III (CML)
    Chairs: Joachim Göthert and NN

    13:45 - 14:05

    IRF8-loss induced TP53 dependent tumor suppression in CML
    Andreas Burchert (Marburg, Germany)

    14:05 - 14:25

    Clinical predictors and management of TFR
    Susanne Saußele (Mannheim/Heidelberg, Germany)

    14:25 - 14:45

    Ways out of resistance - options on the horizon?
    Joachim Göthert (Essen, Germany)

    Session IV
    Chairs: Florian H. Heidel and Isabelle Plo

    14:50 - 15:10

    Calreticulin mutations as disease driver and therapeutic target
    Alexandre Theocharides (Zürich, Switzerland)

    15:10 - 15:30

    Oncogene-driven signalling orchestrates immune escape in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
    Memnon Lysandrou (Freiburg, Germany)

    15:30 - 15:50

    Fingerprinting of genetically imprinted myeloid inflammation
    Dominik Wolf (Innsbruck, Austria)

    15:50 - 16:05

    Break (15 min.)

    Session V
    Chairs: Stefan N. Constantinescu and Radek C Skoda

    16:05 - 16:25

    Exploitable metabolic vulnerabilities in MPNs
    Tata Nageswara Rao (St.Gallen, Switzerland)

    16:25 - 16:45

    Mutant CALR: from mechanism to immunotherapy approaches
    Isabelle Plo (Paris, France)

    16:45 - 17:05

    Hydroxyurea inhibits proliferation and stimulates apoptosis through constitutive nitric oxide synthase in erythroid cells
    Vladan Čokić (Belgrade, Serbia)

    17:05 - 17:45

    JAK signalling – jumping to new conclusions
    Anthony R Green (Cambridge, UK) - Keynote lecture

    17:45 - 18:30

    Poster Walk and Networking Apèro

    Day 2: Thursday (15.05.2025)

    Zeit

    Was

    08:30

    Session VI: Diagnosis and Novel Treatments for MPNs
    Chairs: Marta Sobas and Joseph M Scandura

    08:30 - 8:50

    Current and Future Management Strategies for Managing Myelofibrosis
    Ruben A Mesa ((Winston Salem, USA)

    08:50 - 9:10

    Investigational Therapies in Myelofibrosis in 2025
    Vikas Gupta (Toronto, Canda)

    09:10 - 9:30

    Dysregulation of intracellular calcium homeostasis drives myelofibrosis
    Shannon Elf (Utah, USA)

    09:30 - 10:10

    Prognostic stratification to address therapy in MPNs
    Francesco Passamonti (Milan, Italy) – Keynote lecture

    10:10 - 10:30

    Break (20 min.)

    Session VII: Diagnosis and Novel Treatments for MPNs
    Chairs: Vikas Gupta and Yan Beauverd

    10:30 - 10:50

    Stem Cell Transplantation for Myelofibrosis in the JAK2 inhibitors era and beyond
    Jakob Passweg (Basel, Switzerland)

    10:50 - 11:10

    Management of MPNs during pregnancy
    Marta Anna Sobas (Wroclaw /Bydgoszcz, Poland)

    11:10 - 11:30

    Thrombosis of unusual site in myeloproliferative neoplasms- diagnostic and treatment approach
    Danijela Leković (Belgrade, Serbia)

    11:30 - 11:50

    MPN World-Transforming Research: A Data-Driven Approach to Patient Profiles: Integrating Symptoms, Medications, Lab Results, and Psychosomatic Burden
    Peter Löffelhardt / John Hoogland (Global MPN Foundation, Spain and Netherlands)

    12:05 - 13:05

    Satellite Symposium (sponsored by GSK)

    20 Years of JAK2-V617F discovery: JAK inhibitors and beyond
    Speakers: Ruben A Mesa (Winston Salem), Gabriela Baerlocher (Baden/Zürich, CH)

    13:05 - 13:45

    Lunch (40 min.)

    Session VIII
    Chairs: Danijela Leković and Jakob Passweg

    13:45 - 14:05

    Unraveling the versatile platelet: a multi-omic study in myeloproliferative neoplasms
    Anandi Krishnan (NY, USA)

    14:05 - 14:25

    “Hit the road JAcK” – Targeting JAK2 signaling and mechanisms of resistance to JAK2 inhibition in MPN
    Sara C Meyer (Bern, Switzerland)

    14:25 - 14:45

    Modeling Jak2VF Oncogenic Dependency and Improved Mutant-Selective Targeting in MPNs
    Andrew J Dunbar (Texas, USA)

    14:45 - 15:05

    Thrombocytopenia in myelofibrosis is characterized by inflammatory megakaryocytes with reduced G6B expression
    Ronald Hoffman (NY, USA) (Virtual)

    15:05 - 15:20

    MT0002: A First-in-Class Monoclonal Antibody Targeting an Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI) for MPNs
    Justin Antony (mAbTree biologicals, Basel, Switzerland)

    15:20 - 15:40

    Break (20 min.)

    Session IX: Familial erythrocytosis: From patho-mechanisms to therapy
    Chairs: Mary Francis McMullin and Betty Gardie

    15:40 - 16:00

    Non-Clonal Erythrocytosis: From Acquired Conditions to Congenital Erythrocytosis
    Saša Anžej Doma (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

    16:00 - 16:20

    Characterization of genetic variants identified in a Slovenian collection of patients with erythrocytosis
    Nataša Debeljak (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

    16:20 - 16:30

    Modeling Hereditary Erythrocytosis Using Human IPS-derived EPO Producing Cells
    Salam Idriss (selected abstract)

    16:30 - 16:40

    Liposomal melatonin suppresses the polycythemia vera phenotype in JAK2-V617F mice
    Nicolas Chatain (selected abstract)

    16:40 - 17:00

    Unveiling VEXAS Syndrome: The Initial Cases and Diagnostic challenge
    Bojana Beleslin Čokić (Belgrade, Serbia)(selected abstract)

    17:00 - 17:40

    MPN & MPNr EURO-NET consortium members meeting (closed session)
    Discussion and Venue selection for the 18th MPN & MPNr EURO-NET meeting

    Day 3: Friday (16.05.2025)

    Zeit

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    08:30

    Session X: Familial erythrocytosis, thrombocytosis and an update on Mastocytosis: From patho-mechanisms to therapy
    Chairs: Nataša Debeljak and Saša Anžej Doma

    08:30 - 08:50

    NGS analysis in Hereditary erythrocytosis: results from Europe's largest idiopathic erythrocytosis database
    Francois Girodon (Dijon, France)

    08:50 - 09:10

    Clinical aspects of familial erythrocytosis
    Mary Francis Mcmullin (Belfast, Ireland)

    09:10 - 09:30

    Molecular Characterisation of Idiopathic Erythrocytosis
    Mark Catherwood (Belfast, Ireland)

    09:30 - 09:40

    Platelet Dysfunction in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: MED12L as a new potential player
    Matteo Brindisi (Mila/Rozzano, Italy) (selected abstract)

    09:40 - 10:20

    Identification of Hepatic-like Erythropoietin as a novel cause of Hereditary and Acquired Erythrocytosis
    Betty Gardie (France)- Keynote lecture

    10:20 - 10:35

    Break (15 min.)

    Session XI: Mastocytosis/MPN: From patho-mechanisms to therapy
    Chairs: Michael Baumann and Karin Hartmann

    10:35 - 10:55

    The pathologist’s perspective on KIT mutations as way-pavers for systemic mastocytosis
    Alexander Tzankov (Basel, CH)

    10:55 - 11:15

    Clinical case study
    Martina Bertschinger (Winterthur, CH)

    11:15 - 11:25

    Short talk - A novel immune-related score predicts deep molecular response in Chronic Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CP-CML) treated up-front with Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI)
    Janine Steichen (St.Gallen /Innsbruck) (selected abstract)

    11:25 - 11:35

    MPN-AF: A Therapeutic Blind Spot. Real-Life Evidence of Undertreatment and Protocol Gaps in Patients with Myeloproliferative Neoplasms and Atrial Fibrillation
    Olga Chyrko (Wroclaw, Polad) (selected abstract)

    11:35 - 12:15

    KIT and Other Genetic Defects in Mastocytosis: Implications for Diagnosis, Prognostication, and Treatment
    Michel Arock (Paris, France) - Keynote lecture

    12:15 - 13:00

    Lunch (45 min.)

    Session XII: Mastocytosis/MPN: From diagnosis to therapy
    Chairs: Alexander Tzankov and Michel Arock

    13:00 - 13:20

    TBA
    Karin Hartmann (Basel, Switzerland)

    13:20 - 13:30

    Thrombo-vera: a new thrombosis risk model for polycythemia vera using modern variable selection methods
    Isidora Arsenović (Belgrade, Serbia) (selected abstract)

    13:30 - 13:40

    A Challenging Case of Chronic Myeloproliferative Neoplasm with Systemic Mastocytosis
    and Secondary HLH: Navigating Therapeutic Limitations

    Sabina Loredana Georgiana Olteanu (Bucharest, Romania) (selected abstract)

    13:40 - 14:20

    Diagnosis and Treatment of AdvSM
    Andreas Reiter (Mannheim/Heidelberg, Germany) - Keynote lecture

    14:20 - 14:40

    End of the event and concluding remarks
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    Venue

    This 3-day international conference will take place on 14-16th May 2025 at the Einstein Hotel, St.Gallen, Switzerland. The meeting venue is located in the heart of the city of St.Gallen reachable in 45 min from Zurich airport by train/car:
    Hotel Einstein St.Gallen – Congress, Events, Ostschweiz, Bodensee

    Accommodation

    St.Gallen-Lake Constance Tourism will be happy to help you find hotel rooms. Please visit the corresponding website:
    www.st.gallen-bodensee.ch

    Uploads

    Please submit your abstract only after your registration.

    Abstract format: 500 words (max) including Title, Introduction, iAms, Methods, Results and Conclusions. Maximum one Figure (A4 size, <10 MB) is allowed.

    Abstract should be submitted in Pdf.format to by email to [email protected]

    Short-listed abstracts will either be selected for a short talk or poster presentation.

    Abstract submission deadline: 10th April, 2025

    Key sessions and scientific topics:

    • Pathomechanisms of myeloproliferative neoplasms - what is new?: Molecular pathogenesis, MPN clonal evolution; 20 Years of JAK2-V617F discovery: JAK inhibitors and beyond

    • Novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches and challenges in the management of MPNs

    • Erythrocytosis (sporadic and familial) - from genetics to therapies

    • Mastocytosis - biology and current therapies

    Target audience:

    • Fundamental, translational and clinical researchers studying blood malignancies

    • Young researchers (PhD students, Post-docs and clinical residents)

    • MPN, erythrocytosis and mastocytosis Patients

    • Pharmaceutical companies and clinical research organizations and foundations

    The program will include:

    • 6 keynote lectures by renowned speakers

    • 42 presentations by invited speakers

    • Satellite symposium ’20-years of JAK2-V617F discovery’-JAK inhibitors and beyond

    • Brief oral communications by young researchers

    • Poster sessions

    Learning objectives:

    • 1. To share and discuss recent discoveries on the cellular and molecular pathogenesis of MPNs, erythrocytosis and mastocytosis

    • 2. To gain new insights on recent advancements and criterias in treatment recommendations for MPN and mastocytosis patients including the emerging landscape of approved therapies

    • 3. To gain updates on ongoing clinical trials investigating novel therapeutic agents for MPN, erythrocytosis and mastocytosis treatments.

    This interactive and educational conference has been approved for SGH