2025 ASXL Research Symposium program

Sunday, October 19 - Monday, October 20, 2025
Simmons University
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

The ASXL Research Symposium is a deeply scientific program intended for basic scientists, clinicians, and other research professionals. The 2025 ASXL Research Symposium is still in development, and will include platform talks, discussions, workshops, a poster session, and the opportunity to meet with ARRE Foundation parent leaders.

The next meeting that will include the ASXL Family Conference will be in 2026 (date and location to be announced).

Schedule at a glance

Sunday, October 19
All day

  • Basic and translational science talks

  • Workshop sessions

  • Poster session including trainee posters

Monday, October 20
Half-day

  • Clinical research talks

Confirmed speakers include:

PR-DUB complex in drosophila and H2AK119ub1

  • Jürg Müller (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry)

Pathogenic mechanisms of the ASXL genes

  • Lu Wang (Northwestern University)

  • Thomas Koehnke (Stanford University)

Chemical biology approaches to targeting Polycomb complexes

  • Ollie Bell (University of Southern California)

  • Tomek Cierpicki (University of Michigan)

New approaches to communication in non-verbal individuals

  • Kristy Johnson (Northeastern University)

Not just a scientific meeting

You can contribute to improving the lives of hundreds of families living with ASXL-related disorders by attending the ASXL Research Symposium. There are so many unanswered questions — and we need your help to answer them.

ASXL Research Symposium Program Committee

  • Valerie Arboleda, MD, PhD

    UCLA

  • Stephanie Bielas, PhD

    University of Michigan

  • Eric Conway, PhD

    University College Dublin

  • Natasha N. Ludwig, PhD

    Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  • Bianca Russell, MD

    UCLA

  • Wen-Hann Tan, BMBS

    Boston Children’s Hospital

2024 ASXL Research Symposium

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