Aryav Das
Co-founder
Aryav co-authored the 2025 research paper and worked on its machine-learning and molecular-docking analysis. He co-founded ALS Forward to turn the project into fundraising for ALS research.
ORCIDAbout
We started ALS Forward after a research project.
We're Aryav Das and Samarth Dunakhe. Our research received a $25,000 grant, putting us halfway toward our $50,000 ALS research goal.
How it started
It started with PT150.
We worked on a study using biological datasets, machine learning, and molecular docking to study PT150 in the context of ALS research.
The grant brought us halfway to our $50,000 goal. ALS Forward is how we're working on the remaining $25,000 while bringing more donors, grants, and sponsors into ALS research fundraising.
The founders
Samarth Dunakhe
Co-founder
Samarth is the first author of the 2025 research paper and led its computational modeling. He co-founded ALS Forward and works on outreach, grant leads, and research partnerships.
ORCIDRight now
We are working on the remaining $25,000.
We are asking individual donors to give through ALS TDI and reaching out to foundations, local businesses, and school groups that might help us finish the $50,000 goal.
We will keep the research paper, fair results, press coverage, and fundraising status public on this site. When the number changes, we will change it here too.