EPFL SMA - Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation, Meeting

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This meeting will be focused on late-onset SMA (type III/IV)

PROGRAM

09:15 – 09:30 Welcome Coffee adjacent to BM 5202
09:30 – 10:10 Introduction to SMA and the SMA Foundation by Karen Chen
10:10 – 10:20 Introduction to EPFL neuroscience
Session 1 – Novel Treatments for late-onset SMA
- 10:20 – 10:40 Dr. Tanes Imamura de Lima https://www.epfl.ch/labs/auwerx-lab/
- 10:40 – 11:00 Dr. Klaus Dugi https://vandria.com/
- 11:00 – 11:20 Prof. Gioele La Manno https://www.epfl.ch/labs/nsbl/
Coffee break 11:20 - 11:40
- 11:40 – 12:00 Prof. Alexander Mathis https://www.mathislab.org
- 12:00 – 12:20 Prof. Brian McCabe https://www.epfl.ch/labs/mccabelab/
- 12:20 – 12:40 Dr. Ana Marija Jaksic https://www.jaksiclab.com
Lunch 12:40 – 13:40
Session 2 – Orthogonal interventions for late-onset SMA
- 13:40 – 14:00 Prof. Gregoire Courtine https://www.neurorestore.swiss
- 14:00 – 14:20 Prof. Auke Jan Ijspeert https://www.epfl.ch/labs/biorob/
- 14:20 – 14:40 Dr. Mohamed Bouri https://biorob.epfl.ch/
- 14:40 – 15:00 Prof. Dominique Pioletti https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lbo/
Roundtable discussion

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