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Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation 2026

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During this two full-day, invitation-only meeting, global leaders in the fields of FUS neuromodulation, including science, technology, engineering and clinical applications will present the latest advances in each field and discuss the potential impact for those focusing their work on the brain or mind. The audience will hear about the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute’s vision, commitment in supporting and promoting the advancement of the FUS Neuromodulation in human brain discovery, brain treatment and brain augmentation. The program will be followed by a networking reception, social event and visit and dinner.


Program Schedule: March 5

Start time

End time 

Activity

Moderator

8:00AM

9:00AM

Registration & Breakfast


9:00AM

9:15AM

Welcome


9:20AM

9:50AM

Andres Lozano

Towards Clinical Applications of Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound

Moderator: Elsa Fouragnan
Clinical Applications

9:55AM

10:25AM

Noah Philip

Tuning out the Amygdala with Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation

10:30AM

11:00AM

Wynn Legon

Low-intensity focused ultrasound: Towards targeted clinical therapeutics

11:00AM

11:15AM

Break


11:15AM

12:15PM

Panel - Clinical applications: Overcoming challenges

Jean-Francois Aubry
Wynn Legon
Noah Philip
Brad Treeby
Jan Kubanek

Moderator: Jan Kubanek

12:15PM

12:30PM

Group Photo


12:30PM

2:00PM

Lunch 


2:00PM

2:30PM

Elsa Fouragnan

When brain state matters in ultrasound neuromodulation

Moderator: Robert Chen
Experiment Design and Optimization

2:35PM

3:05PM

Iris Hongchae Baek

Target-Specific Tremor Modulation Using Focused Ultrasound neuromodulation: Insights from Vim and Zona Incerta

3:10PM

3:40PM

Yingxiao Wang

Ultrasound Control of Gene and Cell Therapy

3:45PM

4:15PM

Samuel Pichardo

Effect of focal spot size and ultrasound frequency of transcranial ultrasound stimulation of motor cortex

4:15PM

4:30PM

Break

4:30PM

5:00PM

Martin Prieto

The Role of Ion Channels in Ultrasound Neuromodulation.

5:00PM

5:30PM

Joline Fan

Toward personalized thalamic transcranial ultrasound stimulation approaches in epilepsy

5:30PM

6:00PM

Robert Chen

Ultrasound neuromodulation in Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders

6:00PM

6:10PM

Closing


6:10PM

7:00PM

Reception


7:00PM

9:00PM

Dinner


Program Schedule: March 6

Start time

End time 

Activity

Moderator

8:00AM

9:00AM

Breakfast


9:00AM

9:15AM

Welcome


9:20AM

9:50AM

Ghazaleh Darmani

Invasive proof for a noninvasive promise: DBS-informed electrophysiology of transcranial ultrasound stimulation

Moderator: Elisa Konofagou

tFUS Neuromodulation Challenges, Bioeffects and the Physiological Effects

9:55AM

10:25AM

Subha Maruvada

Ultrasound Neuromodulation:  Regulatory Science Considerations

10:30AM

11:00AM

Elisa Konofagou

Ultrasound-based targeting and monitoring of focused ultrasound neuromodulation

11:00AM

11:15AM

Break


11:15AM

12:15PM

Panel - Mechanisms and effective parameters: Consensus

Elisa Konofagou

Kim Butts-Pauly

Charles Caskey

Keith Murphy

Moderator: Charles Caskey

12:20PM

2:00PM

Lunch


2:00PM

2:30PM

Tao Sun

Image-Guided Ultrasound Immunomodulation at the Neuro-Immune Interface

Moderator: Kim Butts-Pauly

Technology Platform

2:35PM

3:05PM

Bhaskar Ramamurthy & Hong Chen

Advanced Architecture for Ultrasound Guidance into the Brain

3:10PM

3:40PM

Qifa Zhou

Non-invasive wearable ultrasound stimulation for vision restoration

3:40PM

3:55PM

Break

3:55PM

4:25PM

Katherine Ferrara

Imaging of therapeutic delivery to the brain and associated ultrasound technologies

4:30PM

5:00PM

Limin Chen & Charles Caskey

High‑Precision MR‑Guided Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation with Multisite Targeting and fMRI Evaluation

5:05PM

5:35PM

Kim Butts-Pauly

MR-ARFI in Humans: Focal Spot Size, Location, and Comparison to Simulation

5:35PM

5:40PM

Closing


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AIAS 2025

Conference Program

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Conference Reports

About

Founders’ letter

Our Philanthropy

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Team

Join Us

Newsroom

Chen Institute blog

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Cornerstone Partnerships

Frontier Labs

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AI Prize

Chen Scholars Program

Training Programs

Stanford IPL

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AIAS 2025

Conference Program

Conference Partners

Conference Reports

About

Founders’ letter

Our Philanthropy

Vision

Team

Join Us

Newsroom

Chen Institute blog

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Annual Report

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