Committee & Speakers
Conference Chairs
Dorothee Dormann, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Fen-Biao Gao, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, USA
Aaron Gitler, University of Stanford, USA
Speakers
Keynote
VA
Victor Ambros
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, USA
Session 1: Dysregulated RNA metabolism in neurological diseases
Discussion leader
BW
Benjamin Wolozin
Boston University, USA
Speakers
PF
Pietro Fratta
University of College London, UK
LT
Leslie Thompson
Session 2: Physiological functions of disease-linked RNA-binding proteins
Discussion leader
ALS
Albert La Spada
University of California Irvine, USA
Speakers
JR
Joel Richter
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, USA

GY
Session 3: Biomolecular condensates and their role in normal RNA processing and in disease
Discussion leader
YL
Yi Lin
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Speakers

SA

RP
Session 4: Human genetics and genomics insights into neurological diseases
Discussion leader
NB
Nancy Bonini
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Speakers
DC
Don Cleveland
University of California, San Diego, USA
RR
Rosa Rademakers
VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, Antwerp, Belgium
Session 5: Structural insights into pathological RNA-binding proteins
Discussion leader
LG
Lin Guo
Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Speakers
MP
Magdalini Polymenidou
University of Zürich, Switzerland
BR
Ben Ryskeldi-Falcon
MRC Cambridge, UK
Session 6: Toxicity of repeat RNAs and repeat proteins
Discussion leader
JR
Jeffrey Rothstein
Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Speakers
DE
Dieter Edbauer
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Munich, Germany
LR
Laura Ranum
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Session 7: Novel biomarkers due to dysregulated RNA metabolism
Discussion leader
LP
Leonard Petrucelli
Mayo Clinic, USA
Speakers
MW
Michael Ward
National Institutes of Health, USA
PW
Philip Wong
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Session 8: RNA-based therapeutics
Discussion leader
DD
Dorothee Dormann
Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Speakers
AK
Anastasia Khvorova
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, USA
MS
Matthew Simon
Denali Therapeutics, USA