This two-days symposium was organized by BIOCEV, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and the Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, presenting 4 invited lectures in BIOCEV on April 6th, 2018 - Dr. Britta Wil from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA; Dr.
Meritxell Alberich Jorda from Institure of Molecular Genetics, Prague; Dr. Annalisa di Ruscio from Universita del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy and Prof.
Dr. Gerhard Behre from Leipzig University Hospital, Germany.
Day-two presented 3 invited lectures - Dr. Sheela Abraham from Paul O'Gorman Research Centre, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow; Dr.
Martin Kortüm from Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Germany and Prof. Jaroslav Doležel from Institute of Experimental Botany (IEB) Olomouc.