26th Annual Packard Center ALS Research Symposium
Four Seasons, Baltimore
March 1-4, 2026



Steven Altschuler, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Jimena Andersen, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine

Jinsy Andrews, MD, MSc
NYU Grossman School of Medicine & NEALS Consortium
Adriano Aguzzi, PhD
University of Zurich
Sami Barmada, MD, PhD
University of Michigan
Michael Benatar, MD, PhD
University of Miami
Aaron Burberry, PhD
Case Western University School of Medicine

Don Cleveland, PhD
University of California San Diego

Johnathan Cooper-Knock, MD, PhD
University of Sheffield

Sandrine Da Cruz, PhD
KU Leuven - Leuven Brain Institute
Nicolas Fawzi, PhD
Brown University
Fen-Biao Gao, PhD
UMass Chan Medical School
Monica Gorassini, PhD
University of Alberta
Lin Guo, PhD
Thomas Jefferson University
Aaron Haeusler, PhD
Thomas Jefferson University

Eran Hornstein, MD, PhD
Weizmann Institute of Science

Jack Humphrey, PhD
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Julia Kaye, PhD
Gladstone Institute
Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School

John Landers, PhD
UMass Chan Medical School

Albert LaSpada, MD, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Sabine Liebscher, PhD
Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich
Jeroen Pasterkamp, PhD
UMC Utrecht
Tulsi Patel, PhD
Rutgers University
Magda Polymedidou, PhD
University of Zurich

Alessandro Ori, PhD
The Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute
Jonathan Rohrer, PhD
University College London
Jeffrey D. Rothstein, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

Rita Sattler, PhD
Barrow Neurological Institute
Chantelle Sephton, PhD
CERVO Brain Research Center

James Shorter, PhD
Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania
Shuying Sun, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

Peter Tessier, PhD
University of Michigan

Dario Valenzano, PhD
The Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute
Ludo Van Den Bosch, PhD
KU Leuven
David Walt, PhD
Wyss Institute - Harvard University
Michael Ward, MD, PhD
National Institutes of Health
Lani Wu, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Daniela Zarnescu, PhD
Penn State University

Sai Zhang, PhD
University of Florida
Junior Investigators/Trainees Networking Lunch

Two Poster Sessions
Location
Hybrid event:
Four Seasons, Baltimore
200 International Drive Baltimore, MD United States, 21202
Dates
Registration period:
October 16, 2025 - 08:00 EDT - January 30, 2026 - 12:00 EST
Submission period:
October 16, 2025 - 08:00 EDT - January 30, 2026 - 17:00 EST
Contact us
If you have any questions, please contact sconnel6@jh.edu