Webinars/Events
This page highlights our upcoming events, including our free webinars. The Hereditary Disease Foundation Research Spotlight Webinar series features brilliant scientists working to identify treatments and cures for Huntington’s disease and other brain disorders, in easy to understand, non-technical language. View previous webinars on our YouTube channel.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2024 | 6-10PM ET
Exploring the Brain: Celebrating Innovations in Research
Join us this fall in Philadelphia, the home of genetic medicine, for an evening of discovery and celebration to support our mission to find treatments, and ultimately a cure, for Huntington’s disease and other related disorders.
Featuring inaugural Transformative Research Award recipients Beverly L. Davidson, PhD, Leslie M. Thompson, PhD, and Jang-Ho J. Cha, MD, PhD.
The Details
The Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103
The museum is located in Center City Philadelphia, at the intersection of 20th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The main pedestrian entrance is at street level to the right of the museum steps. Guests may enter through the doors at the top of the museum steps or at street level to the right of the museum steps.
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Arrival time: 6 pm for the cocktail reception and interactive tour of “Your Brain.” Dinner and program to follow.
Dress: Festive/cocktail attire
Parking: The museum’s parking garage entrance is located behind the building at the intersection of 21st Street and Winter Street. The GPS address of our parking garage entrance is 271 North 21st Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Parking is $25 per vehicle, The Franklin Institute’s parking garage has direct access to the museum.
Self-Parking option: Main Museum parking lot
Thursday, September 26, 2024 | 12-1PM ET
Conference recap with HDBuzz: What was the buzz at HD2024?
Featuring HDBuzz editors:
Sarah Hernandez, PhD
Director of Research Programs, HDF
Tamara Maiuri, PhD
McMaster University, Canada
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Highlights from HDF-Funded Young Investigators
Katherine Croce, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center, New York
Joseph Hamilton, PhD
University College London (UCL)
Chiara Scaramuzzino, PhD
Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, France
2023 Nancy S. Wexler Young Investigator Prize Recipient
Past Webinars
June 13, 2024
Genes from Super-Agers:
What Can They Tell Us About Huntington’s Disease
Juan Botas, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
April 23, 2024
Developing Transformative Tools:
Gene Therapy for Huntington’s Disease
Beverly Davidson, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, The University of Pennsylvania
Leslie Thompson, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Jang-Ho Cha, MD, PhD
Latus Bio, Inc.
2023 Transformative Research Award Recipients
May 14, 2024
Drugs and Trials for Huntington’s Disease: The Good, The Bad, and the Future
Frank Bennett, PhD
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
Edward Wild, FRCP, PhD
University College London (UCL)
March 21, 2024
Decoding Huntington’s Disease: Unveiling the Connection with Genetic Material
Jeffrey Carroll, PhD
University of Washington
Rachel J. Harding, PhD
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tamara Maiuri, PhD
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
View all previous webinars on our YouTube channel.