Friday 23rd September 2016

SESSION V – IMMUNOGENETICS IN THE NGS ERA
Chair: Ton Langerak (NL)
09:00
Anna Vardi (GR) - Technical considerations for NGS analysis of immunoglobulin gene repertoires
09:20 Anastasia Hadzidimitriou (GR) - IMGT/High V-QUEST tool
09:30 Nikos Darzentas (CZ) - Bioinformatics: State-of-art tools for NGS immunogenetics
10:00 Kostas Stamatopoulos (GR) - Challenges with immunogenetics in the NGS era
10:30 Round Table Discussion/Debate:
Sanger versus NGS for IG gene analysis within clinical routine: what is feasible?
Panel: Fred Davi (FR), Kostas Stamatopoulos (GR), Ton Langerak (NL)
11:15 Coffee break
 
SESSION VI – IMMUNOGENETICS AND DISEASE FOLLOW-UP: TRACKING MRD
Chair: Paolo Ghia (IT)
11:45
Christiane Pott (DE) - New developments in MRD monitoring via NGS in mature B cell malignancies
12:15 Andy Rawstron (GB) - Flow cytometric vs PCR MRD for CLL
12:45 Andy Rawstron (GB) - Guidelines for interpreting MRD flow data (hands-on computer session)
13:15


Round Table Discussion/Debate:
MRD detection in CLL and B cell lymphomas: what does the future hold?
Panel: Andy Rawstron (GB), Paolo Ghia (IT), Christiane Pott (DE)
13:45 Anastasia Hadzidimitriou (GR) - Concluding remarks
14:00 Lunch
15:30 Meeting concludes