2026 FASEB NAD Metabolism and Signaling SRC, Melbourne, Florida June 7–11, 2026

cambronne lab
Jul 2
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https://events.faseb.org/event/NAD-Metabolism-Signaling/summary

Lulu returned from Florida where she again helped organize a successful meeting, serving in multiple roles including lead conference organizer, session chair, and presenter. The 2026 NAD⁺ Meeting is the latest in a biennial series that has grown since 2009, and remains the premier international conference focused on NAD biology.

The program was packed with science — two plenary talks from Lee Kraus (UT Southwestern) and Katrin Andreasson (Stanford Medicine), 51 oral presentations and 46 poster presentations, and 9 scientific sessions spanning the full NAD metabolome, from ADP-ribosylation and Sirtuins to NAD in aging, cancer, and neurobiology. The meeting also featured a Meet the Experts Luncheon, career development workshops, and clinical roundtables. 21 Invited Speakers (25 min + 5 min Q&A) anchored the 9 distinct scientific sessions that each included 2-3 invited talks with 3-5 short talks (12 min + 3 min Q&A) selected from abstracts. Session titles and sessions chairs are listed in Table 1.

Table 1.

Session	Title	Chair
1	NAD Metabolism and Physiological Roles	Clara Peek, Northwestern University
2	Biosynthesis and Compartmentalization	Joseph Baur, University of Pennsylvania
3	NAD Consumers CD38, SARM1/TIR-domain Enzymes	Aaron DiAntonio, WUSTL
4	NAD Consumers Sirtuins and Poly and Mono-ADP Ribosylation	Giovanna Grimaldi, NRC Italy
5	NAD Signaling Biology	Santina Bruzzone, University of Genova
6	NAD-dependent Pathology I,	Mathias Ziegler, University of Bergen
7	NAD Redox and Pathology II	Melanie McReynolds, PennState
8	NAD in Humans and Human Aging	Eija Pirinen, University of Oulu
9	NAD in Neurobiology, AD and Other Dementias	Shin Imai, WUSTL

9 Sessions and Chairs:

4 out of 9 session chairs were female, 4 out of 9 session chairs were early-mid career, and 4 out of 9 session chairs were from non-USA academic institutions.

18 Additional Invited Speakers + 4 Meeting Organizers:

12 out of 21 were female, 9 out of 21 were early-mid career, 10 out of 21 were from non-USA institutions, and 9 out of 21 were new speakers to the meeting or had not participated in the last 5 years.