Targeted Delivery of Nucleic Acid Medicines (J8)
January 25-28, 2027  | Keystone Resort, Keystone, CO, United States
C. Frank Bennett, Beverly L. Davidson and Daniel G. Anderson
* Session Chair † Invited but not yet accepted | Program current as of November 4, 2025 2 PM | For the most up-to-date details, visit https://www.keystonesymposia.org
Monday, January 25, 2027
4:00–8:00 PM Registration
6:00–8:00 PM Welcome Mixer
Tuesday, January 26, 2027
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–9:00 AM Welcome and Keynote Address (Joint)
  Eric N. Olson †, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Single-AAV base Editing Therapies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
 
9:00–11:15 AM Viral Delivery of Genome Editors and Genetic Medicines (Joint)
  Beverly L. Davidson, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania
AAV Capsid Engineering for Broad CNS Distribution
 
  Sonia Vallabh †, Broad Institute
Development of Medicines to Treat Prion Diseases: A Personal Journey
 
  Charles Gersbach, Duke University
AAV-Delivered Epigenome Editors
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
9:30–9:50 AM Coffee Break
11:15–1:00 PM Poster Setup
11:15–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing
2:30–4:30 PM Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
  Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–7:00 PM Tissue Targeting of LNPs
  Daniel G. Anderson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
LNP Delivery of Nucleic Acid Medicines
 
  Jessica A. Couch †,  ReCode Therapeutics
LNP Delivery with the CNS
 
  Kathryn Whitehead †, Carnegie Mellon University
Optimizing LNPs Delivery Vehicles
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Dinner
7:30–10:00 PM Posters
Wednesday, January 27, 2027
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–9:00 AM Keynote Address (Joint)
  David R. Liu †, Broad Institute, HHMI, and Harvard University
Development and Application of Virus-Like Particles for Genome Editing in vivo
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break
9:00–11:00 AM In vivo Genome Editing via Non-Viral Delivery (Joint)
  Birgit C Schultes, Intellia Therapeutics Inc.
mRNA/LNP based Gene Editing
 
  Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Personalized Therapeutic Genome Editing for Hepatic Inborn Errors of Metabolism
 
  Leah R Sabin †, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Novel Delivery Strategies for Genetic Medicines
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
11:00–1:00 PM Poster Setup
11:00–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing
3:00–4:30 PM Career Roundtable
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–7:00 PM Ligand Mediated Delivery of Nucleic Acid Medicines
  Deborah Law †, Xaira Therapeutics
Machine Learning Design of Ligands for Targeted Delivery of Nucleic Acid Medicines
 
  Vadim Dudkin, Souffle Therapeutics
Novel Ligands for Cell Selective Gene Silencing
 
  C. Frank Bennett, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Targeted Delivery of Oligonucleotide Drugs
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Dinner
7:30–10:00 PM Posters
Thursday, January 28, 2027
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–11:00 AM Translation of Genetic Medicines to the Clinic
  Joseph B. Bolen †, Orna Therapeutics
Tissue Selective Delivery of Circular RNAs
 
  Christian Mueller, Sanofi
Genome Editing in vivo via Non-Viral Delivery Platforms
 
  Dirk Grimm, University of Heidelberg
AAV and Bocavirus Vector Engineering
 
  Nicole K. Paulk, University of California, San Francisco
AAV Delivery to Cancer Cells
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break
11:00–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
2:30–4:30 PM Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
  Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–6:45 PM New Delivery Technologies
  Dong-Jiunn Jeffery Truong †, Helmholtz Munich
VLP Deliver of cas Enzymes
 
  Akin Akinc, Aera Therapeutics
Target LNPs for In Vivo T Cell Engineering
 
  Bowen Li, University of Toronto
AI-Driven Development of Nonviral Delivery Tools for Nucleic Acid Medicines
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
6:45–7:00 PM Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Dinner
8:00–11:00 PM Entertainment
8:00–11:00 PM Cash Bar
Friday, January 29, 2027
12:00–11:59 PM Departure