Neurodegeneration: Linking Cellular Pathways to Therapeutic Strategies (Z4)
June 8-11, 2025  | Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler, BC, Canada
Michael Ward, Erika L Holzbaur and Sarah DeVos
Scholarship Deadline: Mar. 26, 2025 | Abstract Deadline: May. 16, 2025 | Early Registration Deadline: Apr. 23, 2025
* Session Chair † Invited but not yet accepted | Program current as of August 23, 2025 8 AM | For the most up-to-date details, visit https://www.keystonesymposia.org
Sunday, June 8, 2025
4:00–8:00 PM Registration Grand Foyer
6:00–8:00 PM Welcome Mixer Grand Foyer
Monday, June 9, 2025
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast Sea to Sky A
8:00–9:30 AM Welcome and Keynote Session (Joint) Sea to Sky B/C
  * Dorothy Schafer, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
 
  Catherine G. Dulac, Harvard University and HHMI
Neuronal Circuits of Sickness and Social Behavior
 
  Jonathan S. Weissman, Whitehead Institute, HHMI, and MIT
Development of Epigenetic Modifiers for Discovery Research and Neurodegenerative Disease Therapies
 
9:30–9:50 AM Coffee Break Grand Foyer
9:50–11:30 AM Cell Biology of Neuroinflammation Within Diseased Brain Circuits (Joint) Sea to Sky B/C
  * Richard Daneman, University of California, San Diego
Session Chair
 
  Veronique Miron, University of Toronto
Immune Regulation of Remyelination in Multiple Sclerosis
 
  Timothy Hammond, Sanofi
Therapeutic Targeting of Microglial Inflammatory Responses within Diseased Brain Circuits
 
  Aaron DiAntonio, Washington University in St. Louis
The SARM1 Axon Degeneration Pathway: Mechanistic Insights Drive Therapeutic Opportunities
 
11:15–1:00 PM Poster Setup Sea to Sky A
11:15–2:30 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing Sea to Sky A
2:30–4:30 PM Symposia Spotlight 1: The Digital Era in Neurodegeneration and Neuroinflammation & Panel Discussion(Joint) Sea to Sky B/C
  * Michael Ward, NIH
Session Chair
 
  Max Salick, Insitro
Integrating iPSC-Based Models, Genomics, And Machine Learning To Uncover Neurological Disease Mechanisms And Therapeutic Targets
 
  Camille Januel, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub San Francisco
Global Organelle Profiling: Combining Stem Cell Models and Proteomics to Uncover Variant-Specific Disease Mechanism in Neurodegenerative Diseases
 
  Heather Stark, Syncell
Optoproteomics: Unbiased Spatial Proteomics for Neurodegenerative Diseases
 
  Carmen Sandoval-Espinosa, Genentech
Soma-seq: Intracellular CITE-seq in Frozen Human Brain Tissue Enables the Discovery of Proteinopathy-Associated Gene Expression Signatures
 
  Zinan Zhou, Boston Children's Hospital
Recurrent Patterns of Widespread Neuronal Genomic Damage Shared by Major Neurodegenerative Disorders
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available Grand Foyer
5:00–7:00 PM Genetics and Genomics in Neurodegeneration Sea to Sky C
  * Thomas L. Kukar, Emory University
Session Chair
 
  Juliana Acosta-Uribe, University of California, Santa Barbara
Ancestral Diversity in Neurodegenerative Disease Genomics
 
  Alison Goate, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Genetics and Genomics of Alzheimer’s Disease
 
  Azad Bonni, F.Hoffmann La-Roche Ltd.
Challenges and Opportunities in Drug Discovery and Development for Neurological Disorders
 
  Lindsay Becker, Princeton University
Short Talk: Genome-Wide Mapping of Neuronal RNA Organization and Condensation
 
  Alessandro Ori, Genentech Inc.
Short Talk: Cell-Type Resolved Protein Atlas of Brain Lysosomes Identifies SLC45A1-Associated Disease as a Lysosomal Disorder
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Lite Bites Sea to Sky A
7:30–10:00 PM Poster Session 1 Sea to Sky A
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast Sea to Sky A
8:00–11:00 AM Mechanisms of Aging in Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration (Joint) Sea to Sky B/C
  * John Fryer, Translational Genomics Research Institute
Session Chair
 
  Robin Franklin, Altos Labs
The Impact of Aging on Remyelination Potential in the Diseased Brain
 
  Andrea Ablasser, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Role of cGAS/Sting in Neurodegenerative Diseases
 
  Judith Frydman, Stanford University
Age-Related Translational and Ribosomal Dysfunction and its Contribution to Neurodegeneration
 
  Oliver Hahn, Calico Life Sciences LLC
Short Talk: Decoding Regional Drivers of Microglia Aging via Heterochronic Myeloid Cell Replacement
 
  Ian Guldner, Stanford University
Short Talk: Synaptic Proteins with Age-Related Proteostasis Aberrations Accumulate in Microglia
 
  Vanessa Martin, University of California, San Diego
Short Talk: Enhancer Deletion of a Microglial-Specific AD BIN1 Risk Variant Alters Lysosomal Phenotype and DAM Response in Ipsc-Derived Microglia
 
  Wei Jing Chong, Nanyang Technological University
Short Talk: Targeting Cellular Metabolism to Modulate Microglial Function in Health and Disease
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break Grand Foyer
9:20–9:25 AM Award Recipient Acknowledgement Sea to Sky B/C
11:00–1:00 PM Poster Setup Sea to Sky A
11:00–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing Sea to Sky A
2:15–3:15 PM Career Roundtable (Joint) Sea to Sky B
  Maayan Levy, Stanford University
Assistant Professor
 
  Alessandro Ori, Genentech Inc.
Senior Principal Scientist
 
  Dirk Landgraf, SV Health Investors
Principal, Dementia Discovery Fund
 
  Heather B Wood, Springer Nature
Senior Editor
 
3:30–4:30 PM Meet the Editors (Joint) Sea to Sky B
  Ted Dobie, Cell Press
*Session Chair, Scientific Editor, Neuron
 
  Shari Wiseman, Nature Neuroscience
Chief Editor
 
  Lucie Van Emmenis, The Rockefeller University Press - The Journal of Experimental Medicine
Senior Scientific Editor
 
  Eric Sawey, Genes & Development
Executive Editor, CSHL Press
 
  Taylor Hart, PLOS
Associate Editor
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available Grand Foyer
5:00–7:00 PM Critical Cellular Pathways in Neurodegeneration Sea to Sky C
  * Sandrine Da Cruz, VIB-KU Leuven
Session Chair
 
  Erika L Holzbaur, University of Pennsylvania
Organelle Quality Control in Neuronal Homeostasis and Neurodegeneration.
 
  Juan S. Bonifacino, National Institutes of Health
Role of Lysosomes in the Axon in Health vs. Diseased Neurons
 
  Dario Alessi, University of Dundee
Mechanisms of LRRK2 Related Neurodegeneration
 
  Amanda Bentley-DeSousa, Yale University
Short Talk: Integration of Innate Immunity and Lysosome Damage Signals in the Activation of LRRK2
 
  Suzanne R. Pfeffer, Stanford University
Short Talk: Parkinson’s-Linked Mutations Converge on a Neuroprotective Ciliogenesis Pathway in the Brain
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Lite Bites Sea to Sky A
7:30–10:00 PM Poster Session 2 Sea to Sky A
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast Sea to Sky A
8:00–11:00 AM Therapeutics based in Genetics and Cellular Pathways Sea to Sky C
  * Soojin Kim, Genentech
Session Chair
 
  Timothy A. Ryan, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Dysregulation of Central Metabolism Pathways in Parkinson’s Disease and New Therapeutic Strategies
 
  Sarah DeVos, Curie.Bio
Transporting Different Drug Modalities Across the BBB Using Transferrin Receptor
 
  Matthew Nolan, Massachusetts General Hospital
Short Talk: Inhibition of Geranylgeranylation Restores Stathmin-2 Expression in TDP-43 Deficient Cells and Promotes Neurite Outgrowth
 
  Timothy J Hines, The Jackson Laboratory
Short Talk: ATF4 Mediates Neuromuscular Deficits in CMT2D Mice
 
  Tanya N Weerakkody, Denali Therapeutics
Short Talk: PILRA Regulates Microglial Immunometabolism to Reduce Disease Pathology as a Candidate Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer’s Disease
 
  Rajeev Sivasankaran, Voyager Therapeutics
Short Talk: Intravenous Delivery of VY1706, a CNS Penetrant AAV Gene Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease, Provides Broad Tau Lowering in Mouse Models of Tauoapathy and NHPs
 
  Leonard Petrucelli, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
Short Talk: HDGFL2 Cryptic Peptide as a Biomarker for TDP-43 Proteinopathies
 
  Alessandro Moro, VectorY BV
Short Talk: AAV-Mediated Therapy of an Intrabody Targeting TDP-43 for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break Grand Foyer
11:00–2:30 PM On Own for Lunch
2:30–4:30 PM Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions Sea to Sky C
  * Sarah DeVos, Curie.Bio
Session Chair
 
  Sandrine Da Cruz, VIB-KU Leuven
Local Mechanisms of Axonal/Synaptic Maintenance and Demise in ALS/FTD
 
  Sarah E Heuer, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Dissecting Alzheimer’s Disease Genetic Risk Using Stem Cell Models: ABCA7 Deficiency Disrupts Lysosomal Function and Alters Inflammatory Responses in Microglia
 
  Amanda McQuade, UCSF
Transcriptional And Epigenetic Control Of Disease-Relevant Microglial Activation States
 
  Jeffrey D. Rothstein, Johns Hopkins University
Whole Genome Screen-Based Identification and Examination of Novel Genes for Regulation of TDP-43 Import in Alzheimer’s Disease, Sporadic and C9orf72 ALS/FTD
 
  Daichi Shonai, Duke university
Discovery of Prodromal α-Synuclein Suppressors via Dopaminergic Neuron Proteomics and CRISPR Survival Screening
 
  Martine Therrien, University of California Davis
Using Xenograft Model to Identify How Genetics Impact Microglial Response to Peripheral Inflammation
 
  Roi Meir, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Early Neuronal Reprogramming and Cell Cycle Re-entry Shape the Alzheimer’s Disease Cascade
 
  Shannon L Macauley, University of Kentucky
Targeting Metabolic Inflexibility to Restore Slow Wave Sleep in Alzheimer’s Disease
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available Grand Foyer
5:00–6:45 PM Transformative New Technologies in Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience and Disease Sea to Sky C
  * Carlo Condello, University of California, San Francisco
Session Chair
 
  Roberto Zoncu, University of California, Berkeley
Decoding Cholesterol-mTORC1 Signaling in Organelle Homeostasis and Neurodegeneration
 
  Andrew Bassett, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Massively Parallel Profiling of Neuronal and Glial Perturbation States
 
  Michael Ward, NIH
Leveraging iPSC Models and ‘Omics to Study Neurodegeneration
 
  Ophir Shalem, University of Pennsylvania
Short Talk: Towards Pooled Optical Profiling of Proteome Organization in Cell Lines and Neurons
 
6:45–7:00 PM Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers) Sea to Sky C
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Lite Bites Sea to Sky A
8:00–9:00 PM Entertainment Sea to Sky C
Thursday, June 12, 2025
12:00–11:59 PM Departure