Program: Franco-Romanian Hematology Workshop 2014 Cluj-Napoca, 2-4 October 2014, Ion Chiricuta Oncology Institute and Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy October 2nd, 2014 14:00-15:00 Bristol Myers Squibb Satellite Symposium: Sprycel & European LeukemiaNet (ELN) recommendations for the management of chronic myeloid leukaemia. A Vasilache, Cluj 15:15 Lunch. Maestro restaurant October 3rd, 2014 14:00. Registration opens 14:20. Opening remarks: M Zdrenghea, A Tempescul 14:30. Lymphoma and Leukemia-clinical: Roche Symposium 14:30. (R)evolution in the treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Anca Bojan, Cluj 15:00. MabThera SC: from science to practice. A Vasilache, Cluj 15:30 Coffee Break 15:35. First and second-generation immunotherapy in lymphoma. A Tempescul, Brest 16:00. Lymphoma and Leukemia-clinical: Bristol Myers Squibb Symposium. Sprycel: Efficacy and safety in the treatment of patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia. L Urian, Cluj 17:00. Preclinical hematology/immunology workshop. Chair A Tempescul 17:00 . Candidate SNPs as predictors of treatment non-response to the first anti- TNF-alpha agent in ankylosing spondylitis. R E Schiotis 17:10 . IL-10 interaction with innate interferons in viral infection. C Bocsan 17:20. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) versus Multifocal Motor Neuropathy with Conduction Blocks (MMN): an immunological comparison on the margin of a clinical case. Major Zoltán Zsigmond 17:30. Natalizumab and growth factors (BDNF and GDNF) in multiple sclerosis (MS). V Vitalie 17:30 Coffee Break 17:40. B cell anergy at crossroads between leukemia and autoimmunity. Y Renaudineau, Brest 18:20. Ciprian Tomuleasa. Title TBA 18:40. Management of a successful research lab. M Edwards, Imperial College London 19:10. NLRC5 – a novel transcriptional regulator of MHC class I. S Chelbi, Lausanne 19:35. Closing remarks 20:10 Dinner-Restaurant Lugano October 4th, 2014 9:30-12:30 Experimantal and Laboratory Hematology Workshop (pre-booking required). IOCN-Hematologie