Longitude Prize on ALS launches to award £7.5 million to AI drug target discoveries for most common form of MND
The Packard Center is part of a cohort of funders supporting a new global initiative to accelerate drug…
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Packard Center’s 25th Annual ALS Research Symposium Unites Brightest Minds in ALS Research
This three-day event served as a key forum for sharing cutting-edge research and fostering collaboration. The Robert Packard…
Vande Velde Awarded Prestigious King Charles III Coronation Medal for outstanding contributions to ALS
Packard Center Scientific Director Christine Vande Velde, PhD, was recently recognized as one of 39 individuals from the…
Packard Center Celebrates 25 Years of Innovation in ALS Research
The commemoration served as the perfect prelude to the Center’s 25th Annual ALS Research Symposium. The Robert Packard…
Packard Center Supports Collaborative C9orf72 FTD/ALS Summit
The Robert Packard Center for ALS Research proudly supported the 2nd Bi-annual C9orf72 FTD/ALS Summit, a landmark gathering…
Packard Center Supports Game Changer Gala
The Game Changer Gala, held in February 2025 in New Orleans, brought together 800 distinguished guests, including members…
Packard Center mourns loss of acclaimed sportswriter and ALS advocate John Feinstein
The Packard Center mourns the loss of John Feinstein, the acclaimed sports commentator and author whose influence extended…
Hop On A Cure Awards Grant to Fund Four Research Projects
The Packard Center recently received a transformative $300,000 grant from Hop On A Cure, supporting four future critical…
Packard Center Investigators use CRISPR based knockdown to identify novel factors that modulate the subcellular distribution of CHMP7
In a new paper published in Neuron, Gene Yeo, PhD (University of California, San Diego), in collaboration with Packard…
New Research Expands the Toolbox Available to Target C9orf72 Repeats
In a recent paper, published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, Packard Center investigators and members of the Center’s…