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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-20-015374
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20200127

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Alector, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001653087
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836]
		IRS NUMBER:				462702363
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		151 OYSTER POINT BLVD., SUITE 300
		CITY:			SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94080
		BUSINESS PHONE:		415-231-5660

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		151 OYSTER POINT BLVD., SUITE 300
		CITY:			SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94080

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Alector LLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20150915
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>VIA EDGAR </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities and Exchange Commission
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporation Finance </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Office of Life Sciences
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street, N.E. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549-3720 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chris Edwards </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:10%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1</FONT></B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:10%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-236094)</FONT></B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:10%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Acceleration Request</B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:16%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Requested Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Wednesday, January 29, 2020</B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:16%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Requested Time:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4:00 P.M. Eastern Time</B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to Rule 461
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Alector, Inc. (the&nbsp;&#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;) hereby requests that the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-l</FONT> (File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-236094)</FONT> (the &#147;<B>Registration Statement</B>&#148;) be declared effective at the &#147;Requested Date&#148; and &#147;Requested Time&#148; set forth above, or as soon thereafter as practicable, or
at such later time as the Company or its counsel may orally request via telephone call to the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Once the Registration Statement has been declared effective, please
orally confirm that event with our counsel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati, P.C., by calling Michael E. Coke at (650) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">565-3596</FONT> or Melissa S. Rick at (650) 849-3059. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">/s/ Arnon Rosenthal</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stephanie Yonker, Ph.D., Alector, Inc.</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Kenneth A. Clark, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati, P.C.</P></TD></TR>
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