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Chairs and Members

Chair (2023–2026)Marieke Essers, German Cancer Research Center (German)

Co-chair (2023–2026)Elisa Laurenti, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)

SWG Steering Committee members (2023–2026)
Konstantinos Kokkaliaris, Frankfurt University (German)
Mirjam Belderbos, Prinses Maxima Center Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Simona Valetta, University of Manchester (United Kingdom)
Members
David Kent (United Kingdom)
Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid…

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Chairs and Members

ChairProf Dr Carlo Dufour, Gaslini Children’s Research Hospital, Genova (Italy)

Co-chairProf Dr Helen Papadaki, Institution University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete (Greece)

SWG Executive Board members
Kim De Keersmaecker, University of Leuven (Belgium)
Francesca Fioredda, G.

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Chairs and members

Chair (2024–2027 term)Igor Aurer (education and scientific meetings co-lead) – University Hospital Centre Zagreb, University of Zagreb and KroHem, Croatia

Co-chair (2024–2027 term)Martin Dreyling (guidelines lead) – University Hospital Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilian University and GLA, Germany

SWG Executive Board members (2024–2027 term)
Kim Linton (scientific secretary) –…

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Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSC)

The focus of the current MSC Specialized Working Group is to better understand mechanisms through which MSCs could modulate immune responses, identify individual cells belonging to the innate and adaptive immune responses that interact with MSCs and define the molecular…

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Highlights from the SWG

The SWG organized a EHA scientific workshop entitled: “Shaping the future of MSC Therapy” in Amsterdam from November 23-25, 2017.

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SWG Educational Activities

During the annual meeting of EHA, a scientific session was organized: “Mesenchymal stromal cells: guardians of tissue homeostasis”.

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Chairs and Members

Chair (2022–2025 term)Philipp Staber, Medical University Vienna (Austria)

Co-chair (2022–2025 term)Caroline Heckman, FIMM, Helsinki (Finland)

SWG Steering Committee members (2022–2025 term)
Jean-Pierre Bourquin, Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich (Switzerland)
Kirsten Grønbæk, University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
Eva Hellström Lindberg, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm (Sweden)
Ulrich Jäger, Medical University Vienna (Austria)
Luca Malcovati,…

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Publications

Robust scoring of selective drug responses method in Nature ProtocolsSWG members have published a method in Nature Protocols that allows robust scoring of selective drug responses for patient-tailored therapy selection.

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Genetic Predisposition to Blood Cancer (Rare diseases)

The objectives of the group are:

Share and extend clinical knowledge on the diagnosis and treatment of hematologic malignancies with germline predisposition.

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