Next Generation Organoids

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 11:30 AM
Tuesday, May 2, 2023 1:00 PM

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Next Generation Organoids

An ISSCR Digital webinar series.

Presenting the next generation of organoid technology, including advances in the complexity, maturation, engineering, and architecture of organoids.

Registration for the Next Generation Organoids Series is open to all audiences. As a member benefit, members are invited to register at no cost. The registration fee for non-members is $175.00 USD.

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Organizers

**Meritxell Huch**, PhD

Max Planck Institute of Molecular
Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany

**Giorgia Quadrato**, PhD

Keck School of Medicine, USC, USA

Part 1 The Directed Maturation of Organoid Cultures

11 April 2023 | 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EDT

A now well-recognized challenge of organoid technologies is the often embryonic or fetal-like immature nature of cell types that populate them. This session will explore the latest research engineering more mature and complex organoids, the long-term culture of organoids and expansion of cell types, and deriving lessons from in utero development to improve the fidelity of organoid models in vitro.

Featuring a 5-Minute Innovation Showcase presented by STEMCELL Technologies, Inc.

Speakers & Panelists

**Amanda Andersson Rolf**, PhD

Hubrecht Institute, The Netherlands.

**Jim Wells**, PhD

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, USA

**Núria Montserrat Pulido**
, PhD

Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Spain

Part 2 Increasing the Cellular Complexity of Organoid Models

18 April 2023 | 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EDT

Tissues and organs in the human body are complex heterogeneous mixtures of multiple cell types that coordinate their activities to regulate organ function. This session features presentations by scientists developing next generation organoids composed of diverse cell types, that can even include interactions across tissue types, to more accurately reflect cellular and physiological complexity and functions found in vivo.

Speakers & Panelists

**Jimena Andersen**, PhD

Emory University, USA

**Anne Grapin-Botton**, PhD

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Germany

**Zhongwei Li**, PhD

University of Southern California, USA

**Valentina Fossati**, PhD

The New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute, USA

**ZhiSong He**, PhD

ETH Zürich, Basel, Switzerland

Part 3 Improving the Structure and Architecture of Organoids

25 April 2023 | 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EDT

Whether at the molecular, cellular, or organ scale, form often follows function. Join us for session three of this next generation organoids digital series as we explore the latest developments in forming organoids with more complex structures, architectures, and organization that more accurately reflect in vivo organ physiology, biology, and function.

Speakers & Panelists

**Anna Dowbaj**, PhD

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany

**Mina Gouti**, PhD

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany

**Nils Lindström**, PhD

Keck School of Medicine of USC, USA

**Samira Musah**, PhD

Duke University, USA

**Sasha Mendjan**, PhD

IMBA– Institute Of Molecular Biotechnology, Austria

Part 4 The Bioengineering of Organoids – What’s Next?

2 May 2023 | 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EDT

The concluding session in this series will focus on the frontier of engineering organoids and where the field is headed. The first part of the session will feature presentations of cutting-edge bioengineering approaches to improve organoid models and design, followed by a comprehensive discussion panel of organoid pioneers sharing their perspectives on what the future may hold for organoid research and its potential applications.