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Neutro-NARPS:
From Bench to Bedside

 

KRAKOW
03-05 September
2026
 

COST ACTION Neutro-NARPS: From Bench to Bedside

Chair Helen Papadaki, University of Crete, Greece
Vice-chair Carlo Dufour, Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy

1st YOUNG RESEARCHERS WORKSHOP/MEETING &
2nd WORKING GROUPS MEETING

joint with

THE 34th LOCAL LIAISON PHYSICIAN (LLP) MEETING, EUROPEAN BRANCH, SEVERE CHRONIC NEUTROPENIA INTERNATIONAL REGISTRY (SCNIR)

KRAKOW, 03-05 September, 2026

Local Host: Prof Joanna Cichy and the Dept. of Immunology

Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology (FBBB),
the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Venue: Audytorium Maximum, Krupnicza 33 St.,

AGENDA outline (time zone local, CEST)

DAY 1
YOUNG RESEARCHERS (YR) WORKSHOP
08:30 – 09:00Registration
09:00 – 10:00Introductory Sessions
 (Welcome, Presentation of Young Neutro-NARPS Group, Icebreakers)
10:00 – 12:30

YR sessions
Separate pre-defined groups of YRs will work on preselected questions/queries on Chronic Neutropenias under the supervision of facilitators/tutors. Their findings and proposals will be presented and discussed on the 3rd day of the Meeting.

Group 1: Congenital Neutropenia: a case-based workshop focused on patient diagnosis with advanced tools, follow-up, novel and experimental therapies (e.g. CRISPR/gene therapy, iPS, etc)

Group 2: ACKR1/DARC-associated neutropenia (ADAN): a case- based workshop focused on the diagnosis, follow-up, clinical significance, known data and unknown parameters of mechanisms leading to low ANC

12:30 – 14:00Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00Meet-the-Expert Sessions
16:00 – 16:30Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00Collaboration between YRs
Time allocated to YRs for preparation of Day-3 presentations

Social event
 

DAY 2
Neutro-NARPS WORKING GROUPS MEETING
07:30 – 08:00 Registration
08:00 – 09:00 WG-1 Session
09:00 – 10:00 WG-2 Session
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 11:30 WG-3 Session
11:30 – 12:30 WG-4 Session
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 14:30 WG-5 Session
14:30 – 15:30 WG-6 Session

Social events

 

DAY 3
PARALLEL SESSIONS
YOUNG RESEARCHERS (YR) MEETING
08:30 – 09:30 Oral presentations of abstracts
09:30 – 10:45 Poster Walk
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Presentations of YR sub-groups from Day 1

Neutro-NARPS COLLABORATORS

12:30 – 13:30 Patients Organizations, Industry and Sponsors Session
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch break

(LLP) MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN BRANCH OF THE SCNIR
Chairs:  Dr. med. Cornelia Zeidler, Hannover Medical School, Germany
              Prof. Dr. Karl Welte, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany

09:30 – 19:00LLP – SCNIR Meeting