Dr. Smith to receive Ionis Pharmaceutical's annual Pioneer in Medicine Award on October 8th.

Dr. Smith's presentation: "Design and Development of Sigma-1 Receptor Analogs" will be included on the programs at both the 2026 Annual NEALS meeting and the 37th International Symposium on ALS/MND.

The 2026 Annual NEALS Meeting will be held October 27th-30th in Clearwater, Florida and the 37th International Symposium on ALS/MND will be held December 9th-11th in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Acta Neuropathologica has accepted "Multiple motor proteins regulate TDP-43 anterograde axonal transport" for publication. This important work was supported by CNS.

(Link to the publication and authors which included Dr. Smith will be provided upon publication)