Hematopoiesis (K7)
February 23-26, 2026
| Keystone Resort, Keystone, CO, United States
Vijay G. Sankaran, Anna E. Beaudin and Esther Obeng
Scholarship Deadline: Oct. 30, 2025 | Abstract Deadline: Feb. 4, 2026 | Early Registration Deadline: Dec. 31, 2025
Monday, February 23, 2026
| 4:00–8:00 PM |
Registration |
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| 6:00–8:00 PM |
Welcome Mixer |
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Tuesday, February 24, 2026
| 8:00–8:10 AM |
Welcome Remarks |
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| 8:10–9:00 AM |
Keynote Address |
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Margaret A Goodell, Baylor College of Medicine
Mosaicism in Hematopoiesis |
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| 9:00–11:15 AM |
Developmental Hematopoiesis |
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Muzlifah A Haniffa, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Human Developmental Hematopoiesis |
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Leonard I. Zon, HHMI/Boston Children's Hospital
Zebrafish Developmental Hematopoiesis |
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Anna E. Beaudin, University of Utah School of Medicine
Developmental Hematopoiesis |
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Anne H Carroll †, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Short Talk: Spatiotemporal and Molecular Regulation of Embryonic Lymphoid Progenitor Production |
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| 9:30–9:50 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:15–12:15 PM |
Meet the Editors |
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| 12:15–1:00 PM |
Poster Setup |
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| 12:15–2:30 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 1:00–10:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
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| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight 1 |
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Yoon-A Kang †, Washington University in St. Louis
Unfolded Protein Response Signaling Promotes Myeloid Cell Production and Cooperates with Oncogenic Mutation |
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Stefan Radtke †, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
CD90 – More Than just a Stem Cell Marker: Implication for Blood Development, Cancer Immunotherapy, and Gene Therapy |
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Benjamin L. Ebert, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Clonal Hematopoiesis |
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Dan A. Landau, Weill Cornell Medicine
Single Cell Biology of Hematologic Malignancies |
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Arushana A Maknojia †, Baylor College of Medicine
An Unusual Friendship: How Gut Microbiota and Endogenous Retroviruses (ERVs) Interact to Support Hematopoiesis? |
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Peter Kurre †, University of Pennsylvania
MYC as a Central Rheostat in Fanconi Anemia Associated Hematopoiesis Failure |
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Alan B. Cantor †, Boston Children's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
Megakaryocyte p53 activation in ANKRD26-Related Thrombocytopenia and Leukemia Predisposition |
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Amanda J Daniels †, University of California - San Diego
Enhancing Translation Fidelity Confers Hematopoietic Stem Cells with Increased Resistance to Stress and Suppresses Cancer Initiation |
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Morgan Walcheck †, Boston Children's Hospital
Stress-responsive Embryonic HSC Fate is Balanced via the AHR-NLRP3 Inflammasome Axis |
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Nikita A Vantsev †, University of Pennsylvania
PITPβ is Required for Malignant pAKT Activation and the Development of Jak2 V617F-Induced Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN) in Mice |
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
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| 5:00–7:00 PM |
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Biology |
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Shalin H. Naik, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute
Clonal Dynamics of HSC Contributions to Hematopoiesis |
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Raffaella Di Micco, Ospedale San Raffaele
Stress Responses in HSCs |
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Britta Will, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Metabolic Regulation of HSCs |
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Victoria Lawless †, Weill Cornell Medicine
Short Talk: An IFN-gamma-Mediated Adaptive Immune Signaling Axis in Bone Marrow Reprograms Hematopoietic Stem Cells to Improve Myeloid Function |
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Lea Flippe †, Murdoch Children's Research Institut
Short Talk: MECOM Expression Tracks Haematopoietic Development from Artery to Engraftable iHSCs |
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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Dinner |
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| 7:30–10:00 PM |
Poster Session 1 |
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Wednesday, February 25, 2026
| 8:00–11:00 AM |
Hematopoietic Microenvironment |
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Daniel Lucas, Cincinnati Children's Medical Center
Imaging of the Bone Marrow Spatial Architecture |
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Louise E. Purton, St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research
Regulation of Hematopoiesis and Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes by Dysregulated Endothelial Cells |
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Rebekka Schneider, Erasmus MC
MPN Microenvironment |
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Sean J. Morrison, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Niche Regulation of HSCs |
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Christina Marie Termini †, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Short Talk: Depletion of Microenvironmental Syndecan-2 Impairs Hematopoietic Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Cytokine Responses |
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Bo Shen †, Tsinghua University
Short Talk: Mammalian Bone Marrow Adipocytes Fuel Hematopoietic Maintenance and Regeneration |
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| 9:00–9:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:00–1:00 PM |
Poster Setup |
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| 11:00–5:00 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 1:00–10:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
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| 1:45–2:45 PM |
Career Roundtable (Joint) |
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| 3:00–4:30 PM |
Grant Writing Workshop |
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
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| 5:00–7:00 PM |
Aging, Inflammation, and Disease |
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Jennifer Trowbridge, The Jackson Laboratory
Inflammatory Cytokines in Clonal Hematopoiesis |
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Luis Batista, Washington University School of Medicine
Telomere Disorders and Hematopoiesis |
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Vijay G. Sankaran, Boston Children’s Hospital
Insights from Blood Disorders Enable New Therapies |
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Julia Belk †, Stanford
Short Talk: Clonal Hematopoiesis and the Aging Brain |
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Nader Yatim †, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Short Talk: Impaired Polyamine Metabolism Drives Hematopoietic Aging |
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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Dinner |
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| 7:30–10:00 PM |
Poster Session 2 |
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Thursday, February 26, 2026
| 8:00–11:00 AM |
Cutting Edge Innovations in Hematopoiesis |
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Jonathan S. Weissman, Whitehead Institute, HHMI, and MIT
Lineage Tracing of Native Hematopoiesis |
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Vanessa M Scanlon, UConn Health
Extrinsic Regulators of Hematopoietic Progenitor Commitment |
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Robert A.J. Signer, University of California, San Diego
HSC Regulation by the Proteostasis Network |
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Cecilia Cotta-Ramusino, Tessera Therapeutics
In Vivo Genome Engineering of HSCs in Sickle Cell Disease |
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Sara Tomei †, Walter and Eliza Institute Hall of Medical Research
Short Talk: Clonal Multi-omics Uncovers CD200 as a Marker for Bona Fide HSCs |
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Anna-Lena Neehus †, Boston Children's Hospital
Short Talk: Stalled B Cell Development as a Convergent Mechanism for Germline Predisposition to Childhood Leukemia |
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| 9:00–9:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:00–5:00 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight 2 |
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Bianca E Bean †, University of Florida
Netrin-1 Regulates Hematopoietic Stem Cell Function via UNC5A |
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Michalis Agathocleous †, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Stem Cell Function and Hematopoiesis in the Absence of Carbohydrate Oxidation and Fermentation |
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Shinya Fujita †, Department of Stem Cell Biology, National Institute of Global Health and Medicine, Japan Institute for Health Security
Piezo1 Mechanosensing as a Druggable Target to Enhance Hematopoietic Stem Cell Homing to Bone Marrow |
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Chia-Jo Chen †, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Asynchronous Acquisition of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Functional Maturity During Postnatal Development |
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Sulagna Sanyal †, University of Pennsylvania
YY1 Depletion Reprograms Committed Murine Pro-B Cells to Acquire Hematopoietic Stem Cell Properties |
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Jiazhuo Li †, South China University of Technology
PRC2 Times Sequential Metabolic–Autophagy Transitions to Coordinate Terminal Erythropoiesis |
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Jill Henrich †, University of Pennsylvania
Regulation of Ribosomal RNA Transcription by MYC in Hematopoiesis |
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James Swann †, Columbia University
Molecular Cartography of Emergency Myelopoiesis Reveals Conserved Modules of Hematopoietic Activation in Inflammation and Leukemia |
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
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| 5:00–6:45 PM |
Hematologic Malignancies |
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Catriona H.M. Jamieson, University of California, San Diego
Myeloid Malignancies |
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Esther Obeng, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Pathogenesis of MDS |
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John E. Dick, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
What Makes a Stem Cell a Stem Cell and How Does It Go Bad |
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Yuanyuan Wang †, UCLA
Short Talk: Unraveling Stemness Mechanisms in MECOM Rearranged Acute Myeloid Leukemias |
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| 6:45–7:00 PM |
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers) |
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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Dinner |
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| 8:00–11:00 PM |
Entertainment |
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Friday, February 27, 2026
