13th Annual Les Turner Symposium on ALS
Join us for the 13th Annual Les Turner Symposium on ALS!
This one-day event will be held in person with opportunities to stream presentations from home between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Time on Monday, Nov. 6. The Les Turner Symposium on ALS has featured presentations from leading ALS scientists and clinicians, as well as people living with ALS; in addition research posters, a Q&A panel and more.
The symposium is free to attend, but we encourage attendees to make a donation to ALS research. This event is sponsored by the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine and our generous sponsors.
To learn more, please visit lesturnerals.org/symposium. Contact Teli Moore with additional questions at telicia.moore@northwestern.edu or at 312-503-5059.
NOTE: By registering and attending the symposium, you are consenting to being photographed and/or filmed by event organizers from Northwestern University, Northwestern Medicine and the Les Turner ALS Foundation for promotional purposes.
Symposium Agenda:
8 a.m. - Registration and Breakfast
8:45 a.m. - Welcome and Opening
Hande Ozdinler, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Robert Kalb, MD, Director of Les Turner ALS Center, Joan and Paul Rubschlager Professor
Laura Freveletti, CEO of Les Turner ALS Foundation
Moderator: Hande Ozdinler PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology
9 a.m. to 9:25 a.m. - Research Presentation
Evangelos Kiskinis, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
9:35 a.m. to 10:05 a.m. - Research Presentation
Daryl Bosco, PhD, Professor and Associate Vice Chair, Professor of Neurology, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
10:10 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. - Research Presentation
Mukesh Gautam, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Ellen McConnell Blakeman Fellow, Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. - Morning Break
10:50 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. - Research Presentation
James Shorter, M.A., PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
11:25 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. - Research Presentation
Claire Le Pichon, PhD, Investigator, NICHD / National Institutes of Health
12 to 2 p.m. - Lunch Break/Poster Session
12:15 p.m. - AKV9 (formally NU-9) Information Session (in-person only)
Richard B. Silverman, PhD, FAIC, FAAAS, FRSC, FAAAS, FNAI, Patrick G. Ryan/Aon Professor, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Hande Ozdinler, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
12:30 p.m. - Poster Session Begins
2 p.m.- Opening Remarks for Afternoon Session
Laura Freveletti, CEO of Les Turner ALS Foundation
2:10 p.m. - Keynote Address
Introduction: Robert Kalb, MD, Director of Les Turner ALS Center, Joan and Paul Rubschlager Professor
Speaker: C. Frank Bennett, PhD, Executive Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, Ionis Pharmaceuticals
Presentation Title: Antisense based therapy for rare neurological diseases
Moderator: David Gate, PhD, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
3:20 p.m. - Break
3:30 p.m. - Clinical Conversations Panel
Introduction: Erik Pioro, MD, PhD, Herbert C. Wenske Professor of Neurology, Vice-Chair of Translational Neurology, Medical Director, Neuromuscular Division
Senda Ajroud-Driss, MD, Director, Lois Insolia ALS Clinic Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine; Program Director, Neuromuscular Fellowship; Professor of Neurology
Tina Cascio, RN, BSN, Board of Directors, Les Turner ALS Foundation
Janie Gobeli, ALS Research Ambassador for the Northeast ALS Consortium
4:35 p.m. - Closing Remarks
Robert Kalb, MD, Director of Les Turner ALS Center, Joan and Paul Rubschlager Professor
*All Northwestern faculty members presenting in sessions are with the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine, unless otherwise noted.