BLOODY SEMINAR 29.1.2026

29.1.2026 16.15-19.00

Location: Biomedicum 1, Seminar room 3, Helsinki/ Teams-link

Blood Disease Research Foundation organises 29.1 2026 in Biomedicum, Helsinki ”Bloody Seminar”-meeting where Finnish research presented in ASH is highlighted

 

Register by 25.1.2026

Program

16:15–16:40 Coffee and exhibition (sponsors GSK and Sobi)

16:40-16:45 Welcome, Chair of the Foundation’s Board, Prof. Riitta Lassila

16:45-17:45 ASH2025 presentations (10min each), moderator Riitta Lassila

Heikki Kuusanmäki (ASH): High Throughput Multiparameter Flow Cytometry and Intra-Leukemia Heterogeneity in Drug Response

Sadiksha Adhikari (ASH): Dynamics of leukemic blast and immune cell populations in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Aino-Elina Häkkinen(ASH):  Tracing the evolution of clonal T cell responses in LGL leukemia with single-cell whole genome sequencing

Sofia Forstén (ASH): Anti-TIM3 with hypomethylating agent revives NK and cytotoxic CD4+ T cell activity in patients with AML or MDS

Eva Daniela Mendoza Ortiz (ASH): Efficacy of the JAK2/FLT3 inhibitor pacritinib in NPM1 mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia

17:45–18:00 Coffee and exhibition (sponsors GSK and Sobi)

18:00-18:40 ASH25/EHA25/ISTH presentations (10min each), moderator Olli Lohi

Selma Sorri (ASH): Immune landscape characterization of relapsed/refractory B-cell lymphoma patients treated with CD19 CAR-T cell therapy

Marja Hakkarainen (EHA): Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for ERCC6L2 disease

Mika Kontro (ASH): Updated results from the bexmab Phase 1/2 study

Riitta Lassila (ISTH): Highlights of ISTH2025

18:40-19:00 The Best from ASH2025 – by GSK

19.00 Closing remarks

 

Sponsors of the meeting are GSK and SOBI

VERITAUTIEN TUTKIMUSSÄÄTIÖ

Veritautien Tutkimussäätiön missio on tukea hematologista tutkimusta mm. myöntämällä henkilökohtaisia apurahoja ja tukemalla osallistumista kansainvälisiin kokouksiin tutkimustulosten esittämiseksi sekä järjestää korkealuokkaisia koulutustilaisuuksia