14th Annual Les Turner Symposium on ALS
Join us for the 14th Annual Les Turner Symposium on ALS!
This one-day event will be held in person with opportunities to stream presentations from home between 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time on Monday, Nov. 4. 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-Walker 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, Joan and Paul Rubschlager Professor of Neurology, Chief of Neuromuscular Disease; Director, Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine
9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Research Presentations
9 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. - Targeting the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Robert Kalb, MD
9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. - Immune System Alteration in ALS
David M Gate, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
9:40 a.m. to 9:55 a.m. - Cell Type-Specific Alterations of Cortical Excitability in a Model of Familial ALS
Marco Martina, MD, MSc, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
10:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. - TDP-43 Pathology in the ALS Motor Cortex
Hande Ozdinler, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
10:20 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. - Morning Break
10:50 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. -RNA-Based Regulation of TDP-43 Nuclear Localization
Lindsey Hayes, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Medicine
11:25 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. - Cryptic Splicing: From Foe to Friend in Tackling Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Pietro Fratta, MD, PhD, Professor of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, University College London
12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. - Lunch Break/Poster Session
2:00 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. - Opening Remarks for Afternoon Session
Laura Freveletti, CEO of Les Turner ALS Foundation
2:15 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. - Keynote Address
Introduction/Moderator: Senda Ajroud-Driss, MD, Professor of Neurology; Director, Lois Insolia ALS Clinic; Les Turner ALS Center; Director, MDA Clinic, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Keynote: Advances in ALS Clinical Trial Outcome Measures by Angela Genge, MD, FRCP(C), Director, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital’s ALS, Global Center of Excellence, ALS Clinic
3:20 p.m. - Afternoon Break
3:30 p.m. - Les Turner ALS Foundation Video & Clinical Conversations Panel
Moderator: Lauren Webb, LCSW, Chief Advocacy and Outreach Officer, Les Turner ALS Foundation
Senda Ajroud-Driss, MD, Professor of Neurology; Director, Lois Insolia ALS Clinic; Les Turner ALS Center; Director, MDA Clinic, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Angela Genge, MD, FRCP(C), Director, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital’s ALS, Global Center of Excellence, ALS Clinic
Kelly Goodman, Support Services Committee, Les Turner ALS Foundation
Melissa Diaz-Viera, LCSW, Support Service Committee, Les Turner ALS Foundation and ALS Research Ambassador for the Northeast ALS Consortium, Operations Coordinator for Project ALS
4:35 p.m. - Closing Remarks
Robert Kalb, MD
*All Northwestern faculty members presenting in sessions are with the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine, unless otherwise noted.