UK Myeloma Forum Meetings Diary
Forthcoming Meetings
The registration fee for the UKMF Education and Scientific Days are £60. There is a discount fee of £40 available for scientists and nurses.
Thursday 8th & Friday 9th March 2012 - Late Effects in Cancer Survivors
4th Biennial Sheffield Meeting
Cutlers’ Hall, Sheffield, UK
Click here to download the pdf programme.
Wednesday 14th March 2012 UK Myeloma Forum Scientific Day
The UK Myeloma Forum Scientific Day will be on Wednesday 14th March 2012 at the Society of Oriental and African Studies, London.
Click here on the link below to download a pdf of the 2012 Sceintific Day programme.
UKMF_Scientific_Day_14_March_2012-Final_Programme.pdf
Online Registration is now available via the link below:
http://www.hartleytaylor-registration.co.uk/hartley/registration.aspx?id=UKM2
Thursday 8th November 2012 - UK Myeloma Forum Education Day
The UK Myeloma Forum Scientific Day will be on Thursday 8th November 2012 at the Society of Oriental and African Studies, London.
Wednesday 13th March 2013 - UK Myeloma Forum Scientific Day
The UK Myeloma Forum Scientific Day will be on Wednesday 13th March 2013 at the Society of Oriental and African Studies, London.
Past Meetings
Thursday 3rd November 2011 UK Myeloma Forum Education Day
The UK Myeloma Forum Education Day on Thursday 3rd November 2011 at the Society of Oriental and African Studies, London.
To download a copy of the presentations made at the Education Day, please click on the links below:
UKMF chair speech – Dr. Faith Davies
UKMF secretaries report – Cathy Williams
Financial Update – Dr Shirley D’Sa
Multiple Myeloma Case studies UKMF Education Day November 2011 – Kwee Yong
AL amyloidosis – an update – Ashutosh Wechalekar
Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation in 2011 (and beyond?) – Dr Mark Cook
Neuropathies associated with myeloma and other plasma cell disorders – Mike Lunn
Myeloma and Renal Disease – Paul Cockwell
Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia: Similar but Different to Myeloma? – Steve Treon MD, MA, PhD
Wednesday 16th March 2011 UKMF Scientific Day
The UKMF Scientific Day was held on Wednesday 16th March 2011 at the Royal Institute of British Architects. Raphael Fonseca MD from the MAYO CLINIC ARIZONA presented the Michael Morley lecture on ‘Genomic and Precision Medicine in Myeloma; Hype or Reality’.
To download a copy of the presentations made at the Scientific Day, please click on the links below:
Setting the Scene – Dr Faith Davies
Gene Expression and miRNA classification in multiple myeloma – Antonino Neri MD, PhD
DNA Methylation in Multiple Myeloma – Brian Walker
Genomics and Precision Medicine in Myeloma; Hype or Reality? – Rafael Fonseca MD
Feasibility & efficacy of administration of bortezomib-containing regimens to MM patients over 70 years – Christopher Parrish
The Effect of Myeloma Cells on Bone Metabolism is Heterogenous and Correlates with Underlying Genetic Lesions and Bone Disease In Vivo – Deepika Kassen
Key Clinical & Scientific Abstracts from ASH 2010 – Dr. Rakesh Popat
Thursday 4th November 2010 UK Myeloma Forum Education Day
This meeting was held at the Society of Oriental and African Studies, London.
Please click here for the programme.
Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
Tuesday 11th August 2009
Weston Education Centre, Kings College Hospital, London
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Spring: Tuesday 16th March 2010 UKMF Scientific Day
Royal College of Pathologists 2 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AF
To download a copy of the presentations made at the recent Education Day, please click on the links below:
Gain of 1q21 Does Not Predict for Immediate Progression in MGUS - Laura Chiecchio
Putative myeloma stem cell and niche in human multiple myeloma - Pr Bernard Klein
Targeting Syndecan-1, the Achilles’ heel of Multiple Myeloma - Steven T. Pals
High dose therapy in myeloma –a large single center analysis - Laura Percy
Inhibition of HDACs and aminopeptidases is highly synergistic in Myeloma cells, disrupting the NF-B signalling pathway - Emma M Smith
GCS-100 targets apoptosis and cell cycle regulation in myeloma cells - Dr. Matthew Streetly
Tracking the stem cell in light chain myeloma - Dr. Niklas Zojer
Autumn: Tuesday 3rd November 2009 UKMF Education Day
This meeting will be held at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London.
Please click here for the programme.
To download a copy of the presentations made at the recent Education Day, please click on the links below:
Induction therapy – Myeloma IX and XI - Faith Davies
What is the importance of CR? Insights from results of Myeloma IX flow data? - Roger Owen
Management of renal failure in myeloma patients: MERIT results - Judith Behrens
Insights into myeloma from the MRC trials - Mark Drayson
Plenary lecture: Prognostic factors as a guide to treatment and overview of recent IFM trials - Philippe Moreau
Myeloma UK clinical trials strategy - Eric Low
Peripheral neuropathy and management of neurological side effects of myeloma treatment - Shirley D’Sa
Revlimid – A practical guide to use in the treatment of myeloma - Kwee Yong
Spring: Thursday 19th March 2009
UKMF Scientific Meeting including the Michael Morley Lecture. 76 Portland Place, London.
Please click here for the programme.
To download a copy of the presentations made at the recent Scientific day, please click on the links below:
‘Novel Targets at the Bone Tumor Interface for Myeloma Bone Disease’ - Professor Roodman
‘How should we define complete remission; bringing to bear new technology’ – Roger Owen
‘Prognostic significance of achieving a major response & implications of novel agent based regimens on future of ASCT’ - Kwee Yong
‘Therapy of relapsed Myeloma. Is there a role for second transplant?’ Gordon Cook
Bursary winner presentations
This year, the UKMF awarded 6 travel bursaries. The winners of the bursaries attended the International Myeloma Workshop in Washington. They also presented at the UKMF Scientific Day. If you wish to download a copy of their presentations, please follow links below.
APRIL induces proliferation of primary myeloma cells expressing cyclin D2 – John Quinn (University College London)
Bortezomib in real patients: a single-centre experience – Laura Percy (University College London)
Association of genetic variants with fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) – based karyotyping status in Multiple Myeloma patients – David Johnson (Institute of Cancer Research)
DSG2, a novel key player regulating cell proliferation and cell cycle progression in t(4;14) myeloma – Jose Luis Brito (Institute of Cancer Research) * slides to follow once research has been published
17p deletion in myeloma – Kevin Boyd (Institute of Cancer Research)
Development of a whole cell assay to monitor proteasome activity in Multiple Myeloma – Andrea Liggett (Queens University Belfast)
Thursday 23rd October 2008
Education Day at the Institute of Physics. 76 Portland Place, London. Please click here to download the presentations.
13th March 2008
UKMF Scientific and Clinical Trials Day. Royal Institute of British Architects, London. Please click here for a programme.
‘Michael Morley Education Lecture’, February 2008, London.
The person on the left is Dr Steve Schey, UKMF Chairman and the
person receiving the award is Prof Antonio Palumbo from Torino
who gave the Morley Memorial lecture at the February Education Meeting.
Thursday 8th March 2007
UK Myeloma Forum Scientific Meeting. Institute of Physics, London.
Please click here for
a programme.
To download a registration form for this event please
click here or contact Anne Baxter on 01772 687976
Thursday 10th November 2005
Education Day. London Zoo.
Thursday 30th June 2005
UK Myeloma Forum Summer Meeting. Key questions in the management of lymphoproliferative disorders. Royal Institute of British Architects
Thursday 3rd February 2005
Annual Scientific Meeting. Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London
Thursday, 26th February 2004
Annual Scientific Meeting. Royal College of Pathology
Friday, 25th June 2004
Annual Meeting and Clinical Trials Update.
Thursday, 11th November 2004
Education Day. London Zoo.
Thursday, 13th November 2003
Autumn Educational Meeting. Huxley Conference Suite, London Zoo, Regents Park, London NW1
Wednesday 25th June 2003
Clinical meeting and AGM. 76, Portland Place, London W1B 1NT.
Friday 7th February 2003
Fourth Annual UK Myeloma Forum Scientific Meeting. The Royal Society, London. *** Abstracts ***
Monday 25th November 2002
The UKMF Annual Educational Meeting. Royal College of Pathologists, London. *** Abstracts ***
Friday 12th July 2002
Notification of Annual General Meeting and Clinical Meeting. The Institute of Mechanical Engineers. *** Abstracts ***
Friday 8th February 2002
Third Annual UKMF Scientific Meeting. The Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
Wednesday 14th November 2001
The UKMF Annual Educational Meeting. Royal College of Pathologists, London
Thursday 14th June 2001
Notification of Annual General Meeting and Clinical Meeting. The Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
Friday 26th January 2001
2nd Scientific Meeting: Bone Disease in Multiple Myeloma. The Royal Society. *** Abstracts ***
Monday 11th December 2000
Clinical Trials Meeting. The Royal College of Pathologists.