Joint with: Nucleic Acid Therapeutics and Targeted Delivery
Precision Genome Engineering: From Basic Mechanisms to Application

Mar 09–12, 2026 | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Scientific Organizers: Jonathan S. Weissman, Cecilia Cotta-Ramusino, and Joseph Bondy-Denomy

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Mar 09–12, 2026 | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada

Scientific Organizers: Jonathan S. Weissman, Cecilia Cotta-Ramusino, and Joseph Bondy-Denomy

Supported by the  Directors' Fund

***Meeting program subject to change.

Available Formats:   = In Person     = On Demand
Monday, March 9, 2026
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
 Van Horne Foyer
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
 Van Horne Foyer
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 President's Hall
Welcome and Keynote Session (Joint)
8:00–9:00 AM
 Van Horne A/B
Jennifer A. Doudna, HHMI/University of California, Berkeley
CRISPR Enzyme Evolution and Applications
Delivery (Joint)
9:00–11:15 AM
 Van Horne A/B
Daniel J. Siegwart, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
New LNP Modalities for Target Lung, Heart and Other Tissues
Michael A. Fischbach, Stanford University
Engineered Viral-Like Particle for Targeted Delivery of Gene Editors
Leah R. Sabin, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Antibody-AAV Targeting: Fundamental Principle Behind Achieving BBB Crossing
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
 Van Horne Foyer
Poster Setup
11:15–1:00 PM
 Van Horne C
On Own for Lunch
11:15–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
 Van Horne C
Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
 Van Horne A
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Van Horne Foyer
New Editing Modality
5:00–7:00 PM
 Van Horne A
Samuel H Sternberg, Columbia University
CRISPR Guided Transposons
Patrick D. Hsu, Arc Institute | University of California, Berkeley
Bridge RNA-Directed Programmable Recombination
Cecilia Cotta-Ramusino, Tessera Therapeutics
Discovery and Application of New Gene Editing Modalities to Treat Disease
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
 President's Hall
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
 Van Horne C
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 President's Hall
Understanding and Therapeutic Application of CRISPR
8:00–11:00 AM
 Van Horne A
Emma Wang, YolTech Therapeutics
Design of Therapeutic Editors Aided by AI and High Throughput Approaches
Xiao Wang, University of Pennsylvania
Developing Bespoke Gene Editing Treatments for Patients with Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase 1 (CPS1) Deficiency in Real Time: Successes and Challenges
Britt Adamson, Princeton University
DNA Damage Response and CRISPR
Speaker to be Announced
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
 Van Horne Foyer
Poster Setup
11:00–1:00 PM
 Van Horne C
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
 Van Horne C
Career Roundtable (Joint)
3:00–4:30 PM
 Van Horne B
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Van Horne Foyer
Intersection of Gene Editing High Throughput Screening and Machine Learning
5:00–7:00 PM
 Van Horne A
Hyongbum Henry Kim, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Experimental and Machine Learning Approaches to Create New Genome Editing Tools
Jonathan S. Weissman, Whitehead Institute, HHMI, and MIT
In vivo Multiple Modal Information-Rich CRISPR Screens
Randall J. Platt, ETH Zurich
Functional Genomic Approaches
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
 President's Hall
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
 Van Horne C
Thursday, March 12, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 President's Hall
Therapeutic Application
8:00–11:00 AM
 Van Horne A
Jennifer Gori, Prime Medicine, Inc.
Application of Prime Editing to Treat Disease
Haihua Chu, Beam Therapeutics
Unlocking the Potential of base Edited HSCs for Therapeutic Applications with Epitope Engineering
Laura Sepp-Lorenzino, Intellia Therapeutics
TTR Therapies
Luigi M. Naldini, San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy
Gene Editing: Therapeutics and Genotoxicity
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
 Van Horne Foyer
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
 Van Horne A
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Van Horne Foyer
CRISPR Biology
5:00–6:45 PM
 Van Horne A
Joseph Bondy-Denomy, University of California, San Francisco
AntiCRISPR Phage Defense Against CRISPR Systems
Speaker to be Announced
Elizabeth Kellogg, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Mechanism of Programmable Transposases
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions
6:45–7:00 PM
 Van Horne A
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
 President's Hall
Cash Bar
8:00–11:00 PM
Entertainment
8:00–11:00 PM
Friday, March 13, 2026
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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