Young Investigator Award

Hien Tran Zhao, Ph.D. Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. “Harnessing antisense oligonucleotide for the treatment of neurological disorders” Biography: Dr. Zhao has over 15 years of experience in Neuroscience Drug Discovery. She is currently an Executive Director of Neurology Research at Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a company ...

Hélène Tran, Ph.D. Research Director, Head of Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapeutics, Neurology Therapeutic Area, Servier Research Institute, France Biography: Hélène Tran is a Director in the Neuroscience Therapeutic Area at the Servier Research & Development Institute in Paris-Saclay, where she leads the antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) therapeutics ...

Bahal Raman, PhD University of Connecticut

Guizhi (Julian) Zhu, PhD Virginia Commonwealth University Biography: Guizhi (Julian) Zhu is currently an Assistant Professor of the Department of Pharmaceutics and Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). He is a co-founder and CSO of a startup company AmpedRNA ...

Alex Garanto, PhD Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc) Biography: Dr. Alejandro (Alex) Garanto is currently an Assistant Professor at the Departments of Pediatrics and Human Genetics of the Radboudumc in Nijmegen (the Netherlands). He obtained his PhD from the University of Barcelona in 2011 ...

Maja M. Janas De Angelis, PhD, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Advancing the Safety and Reach of RNAi Therapeutics Biography: Maja Janas De Angelis, PhD, DABT is currently an Associate Director, Investigative Toxicology, at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Biochemistry ...

Holly Kordasiewicz, PhD Ionis Pharmaceuticals Biography: Dr. Holly Kordasiewicz is an Executive Director in the Neuroscience Drug Discovery Departments at Ionis Pharmaceuticals. Holly heads a team focused on identifying antisense oligonucleotide therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases, including drugs now in clinical trials for ALS, Alzheimer’s disease, ...

Yizhou Dong, PhD Associate Professor The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry 434 Riffe Building, 500 West 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210 Office: 614-292-3771 Email: dong.525@osu.edu Biography: Yizhou Dong is an Associate Professor ofCollege of Pharmacy at The Ohio ...

Keith Gagnon, PhD. Southern Illinois University Talk Title: A ‘Guided’ Tour of an Early Career in RNA and Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Biography: Dr. Keith T. Gagnon earned his Ph.D. from NC State University under the direction of Dr. E. Stuart Maxwell. His thesis investigated the ...

Aurélie Goyenvalle, PhD University of Versailles Saint Quentin Talk Title: Preclinical Development of Tricyclo-DNA Antisense Oligonucleotides for the Treatment of Neuromuscular Diseases Biography: Aurélie Goyenvalle received her PhD in Virology at the University of Paris VII in 2006 from her work at Genethon in France, ...