On May 16, 2019, Hemali Phatnani, PhD, Director, Center for Genomics of Neurodegenerative Disease, New York Genome Center, moderated an Evening Talk for the general public entitled "Advances in ALS Research." Panelists were: Neil Thakur, PhD, Executive Vice President, Mission Strategy, The ALS Association: Matthew B. Harms, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center; and Lyle W. Ostrow, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine