Clock-Dependent Organoid Maturation by Daily Metabolic Cycling by Juan Alvarez, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology @juanalvarezdom.bsky.social @PennMedicine #ITMATSymposium2026 #TranslationalScience

Reception and Dinner: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia with Dinner Discussant:
Norman J. Ornstein Retired Scholar, American Enterprise Institute @NormOrnstein @PennMedicine #ITMATSymposium2026 #TranslationalScience

An (un)easy Marriage: Academic-Biotech Partnerships in Translational Research by Saar Gill, MD, PhD, Scientific Co-Director, Cell Therapy and Transplant Program,
Professor of Medicine @PennMedicine #ITMATSymposium2026 #TranslationalScience

Outsmarting the Escape Artist: Resistance to CART Immunotherapies for Lymphoid Malignancies by Marco Ruella, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine @MarcoRuella @PennMedicine #ITMATSymposium2026 #TranslationalScience

The Journey of CAR T Cells from HIV to Cancer to Autoimmunity by Carl June, MD, Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy @carlhjune @PennMedicine #ITMATSymposium2026 #TranslationalScience

From n=1 to n-many: Developing Scalable Genetic Medicines for Rare Disease by James Dowling, MD, PhD, Director, Penn Neurogenetics Therapy Center, Ruth Wagner Van Meter & J. Ray Van Meter Professor of Neurology @PennMedicine #ITMATSymposium2026 #TranslationalScience

Emerging Neurodegenerative Disease Therapies: Targeting Proteinopathies by Edward B. Lee, MD, PhD, John Q. Trojanowski, MD, PhD Professor for Neurodegenerative Disease Research @PennMedicine #ITMATSymposium2026 #TranslationalScience

Islet Cell Sources for Transplantation in Type 1 Diabetes by Michael R. Rickels, MD, MS, Willard and Rhoda Ware Professor in Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases @PennMedicine #ITMATSymposium2026 #TranslationalScience

Alchemy for this Moment: Turning Challenges into Opportunities by Nancy Andrews, MD, PhD, EVP, CSO, Helen M. Ranney, M.D. Chair, Boston Children’s Hospital, Professor in Residence of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School @PennMedicine #ITMATSymposium2026

From Fantasy to Reality: Harnessing Genes to Reverse Blindness by Jean Bennett, MD, PhD, F.M. Kirby Professor Emerita, Ophthalmology @PennMedicine #ITMATSymposium2026 #TranslationalScience

mRNA CAR T Cells to Treat Fibrosis by Jonathan Epstein, MD, Dean, Perelman School of Medicine, Executive Vice President @JonEpsteinLab @PennMedicine #ITMATSymposium2026 #TranslationalScience

Advancing Genome Editing Therapies for Rare Diseases by Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics@@AhrensNicklas @PennMedicine #ITMATSymposium2026 #TranslationalScience

Nucleoside-Modified mRNA-LNP Therapeutics by Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, Roberts Family Professor in Vaccine Research @WeissmanLab @PennMedicine #ITMATSymposium2026 #TranslationalScience

Welcome address by Jonathan Epstein, MD, Dean, Perelman School of Medicine, Executive Vice President @JonEpsteinLab @PennMedicine #ITMATSymposium2026 #TranslationalScience

Welcome address by Garret A. FitzGerald MD, FRS, Director, ITMAT @FitzGerald__Lab @PennMedicine #ITMATSymposium2026 #TranslationalScience