Meet The Scientist Sessions
These ticketed sessions will provide an opportunity for a small number of attendees to meet with a scientific expert in a setting that fosters interaction and are available to in-person attendees only. Attendees can expect to interact with experts in informal scientific discussions, allowing participants to present their questions and gain new perspectives.
Tickets are restricted to medical professionals only and will be available on site on a first-come, first-served basis; no businesspersons or media will be admitted. Only one ticket per person is allowed. Tickets may be purchased on site during registration hours beginning Thursday, December 10, at the Ticketed Sessions Counter in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
Ticket Prices (per session)
| Active or International Members and Non-Members | $90 |
| Associate, International Associate, Resident, Graduate/Medical Student, Non-Member in Training, Allied Health Professional, or Honorary/Emeritus Members | $50 |
Attention Trainees!
A limited number of tickets for these sessions will be reserved for trainees. Proof of status as an Associate, International Associate, Resident, Graduate/Medical Student Member, or Non-Member in Training will be required to purchase a ticket at the discounted rate.
Beyond the Niche: Systemic Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Numbers in Health and Disease
Speaker:
Kira Gritsman, MD, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
Building Bone Marrow in a Dish: Bioengineered Niches for Understanding and Treating Platelet Disorders
Speaker:
Alessandra Balduini Sr, MD
Tufts University
Medford, MA
Chemoresistance in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Speaker:
Jean-Emmanuel Sarry, PhD
Cancer Research Center of Toulouse
Toulouse, France
Engineering Tolerance: CAR-Tregs and the New Era of Cell Therapy for Autoimmunity
Speaker:
Jeffery Bluestone, PhD
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
From GATA2 to SAMD9: Discovering the Genetic Architecture of Pediatric Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Bone Marrow Failure
Speaker:
Marcin W Wlodarski, MD, PhD
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
From Ribosomes to Risk Stratification: Decoding Inherited Bone Marrow Failure and Its Path to Leukemia
Speaker:
Akiko Shimamura, MD, PhD
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
From Splicing Mutations to Cancer Neoantigens: A Decade of Targeting RNA Biology in Leukemia
Speaker:
Omar Abdel-Wahab, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Reading the Epigenetic History of Lymphoma: From Cell of Origin to Mitotic Clocks and Clinical Outcome
Speaker:
Jose Martin-Subero, PhD
Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)
Barcelona, Spain
Why the Mouse Matters: Building Faithful Models of Multiple Myeloma
Speaker:
Marta Chesi, PhD
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Scottsdale, AZ
αIIbβ3: One Receptor, Two Drugs, and the Long Road of Translational Platelet Biology
Speaker:
Barry Coller, MD
Rockefeller University
New York, NY
68th ASH Annual Meeting and exposition
The 68th ASH Annual Meeting will be held virtually and in New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 12-15, 2026.
Registration for ASH members will open on July 22. Registration for non-members, groups, exhibitors, and media will open on August 12.