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DESCRIPTION:RareNet 2026: Accelerating Discovery to Treatment in Rare Brain
  Disorders\n\nDate: Tuesday\, June 9\, 2026Location: MIT Building 46\, Sin
 gleton Auditorium (Room 46-3002)\, 524 Main Street\, Cambridge\, MATime: 9
 :00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. with reception to followRegistration Required Registe
 r by Monday\, June 1Poster Session Info: When you register\, please indica
 te if you would like to be considered for the poster session. Submission o
 f a poster title does not guarantee selection. Deadline for submitting pos
 ter information for consideration is Friday\, May 8 \n\nSymposium Overview
 \n\nThe pace of discovery in rare brain disorders has never been faster. P
 recision genetics\, genome editing\, RNA modulation\, and targeted deliver
 y platforms are redefining what is possible in the brain. Yet the path fro
 m discovery to effective treatment remains complex\, capital-intensive\, a
 nd often siloed across disorders and sectors.\n\n \n\nRareNet 2026 brings 
 together leaders from academia\, biotechnology\, and patient advocacy to b
 uild a more integrated translational model for rare brain disorders. By br
 idging discovery science with therapeutic engineering and real-world imple
 mentation\, the symposium will explore practical strategies to overcome cu
 rrent bottlenecks in translation to clinical development.\n\n \n\nSpeakers
  Include: \n\nFeng Zhang\, McGovern Institute\, MIT\; HHMI\; Broad Institu
 teKatherine High\, RhyGaze AG\; Rockefeller UniversityKiran Musunuru\, Uni
 versity of PennsylvaniaTimothy Yu\, Boston Children’s Hospital\; Harvard
  Medical SchoolKevin Bender\, University of California San FranciscoKaren 
 Ball & Matt Shirley\, The Sturge-Weber FoundationChristopher Walsh\, Bosto
 n Children’s Hospital\; Harvard Medical SchoolSonia Vallabh\, Broad Inst
 itute\; MGH\; Harvard Medical SchoolJoseph Buxbaum\, Icahn School of Medic
 ine at Mount SinaiMonica Coenraads & John Sinnamon\, Rett Syndrome Researc
 h TrustSamit Dasgupta\, FOXP1 Medical Research Foundation
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LOCATION:Building 46\, Singleton Auditorium 
SUMMARY:RareNet 2026: Accelerating Discovery to Treatment in Rare Brain Dis
 orders
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.mit.edu/event/rarenet-2026-accelerating-disc
 overy-to-treatment-in-rare-brain-disorders
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