Recordings Available: FARA Flash Talks 2026

Session 1:

Understanding and treating nerve damage in Friedreich’s Ataxia
Agostina Di Pizio (Ospedale San Raffaele)

Studying a rare frataxin mutation in zebrafish to find new clues about Friedreich’s ataxia
Jessy van Asperen (Institute Neuromyogène, University of Lyon)

Analyzing Friedreich’s ataxia hearts at single cell level
Vi Tang (Harvard University)

Session 1 was moderated by FA community members Gabrielle Angiolelli and Anna Morrow.

Session 2:

Mapping the transcriptional landscape of cardiac fibrosis in a mouse model of Friedreich’s ataxia cardiomyopathy
Anna Stepanova (Cornell University)

How Friedreich’s ataxia affects the heart and what we’re doing to help
Marta Moya Jodar (University of Oxford)

Investigating sensory motor pathology using two mouse models of FA
Nicholas Stachowski (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)

Session 2 was moderated by FA community members Liam Kruesi and Niamh Ní Hoireabhaird.