The ISEH Annual Scientific Meeting is the yearly forum for the exchange and discussion of original, unpublished and significant research advances in the area of hematology and stem cell biology. It is a venue of choice where ISEH members present their significant scientific breakthroughs such as research on cloning and characterization of many new hematopoietic growth factors, or the initial presentation of the work leading to Dr. Don Thomas’ Nobel Prize in Medicine

ISEH members were first to describe every known in vitro and in vivo assay for hematopoietic stem cells and progenitor cells (in vitro CFU-S, CFU-C, LTC-IC, CAFC assays and innovative in vivo transplantation assays). Others have developed and continuously redesigned methods for the purification of such cells from murine and human marrow and blood. Recent findings regarding the redirection of the fate of stem cells, signal transduction and transcription regulatory protein abnormalities in hematologic malignancies, and development of non-myeloablative hemopoietic stem and progenitor transplantation are just a few of the important discoveries presented in ISEH venues or publication.

Focus on Young Investigators

Promising Young Investigators have the opportunity to meet with, learn from and present their findings to prominent figures and leading researchers in the field from around the world. Young Investigators are an important focus of the ISEH Scientific Meetings, with a program and session organization especially designed to provide a venue for the presentation of research from ground-breaking Young Investigators and to foster multiple interactions with their more experienced peers. The small size of the meeting also assures Young Investigators a prominent place, and makes this event more valuable to them and to the scientific community as whole, as compared to the larger events in the USA or other parts of the world. Young Investigators also have a considerably higher chance of being selected for an abstract presentation, because they represent a significant percentage of attendees.