McDonnell Genome Institute Series, December 2022
December 1st speakers
Gabsang Lee, Johns Hopkins, Human iPSC-based modeling and therapy development for skeletal muscle diseases
Ryuji Morizane, Mass General, Maturing Kidney Organoids for Disease Modeling and Regenerative Medicine
Celeste Karch, WashU, Stem cell models of tauopathies
Nathaniel Hogrebe, WashU, Millman Lab, Stem cell-derived islets for the treatment of diabetes
Participating vendors
MilliporeSigma – Vi Chu, Differentiation of human iPSC to lung organoids
StemCell Technologies – Tom Allison, Modeling neural inflammation in a dish with hPSC derived Cerebral Organoids and Microglia
Thermo Fisher Scientific – Omar Farah, PSC spheroid differentiation into neural lineages
Bio-Techne Brands
December 2nd speakers
Ben Maoz, Univ. Tel Aviv, Organs on a Chip: A new tool for studying human physiology
Andrew Yoo, WashU, Cellular modeling of late-onset neurodegeneration by direct neuronal reprogramming
Kelli VanDussen, Cincinnati Children, Just breathe: Using the air-liquid interface to mature intestinal epithelial cells in vitro
Zhexing Wen, Emory, Modeling human brain development and disorders using brain organoids
Yan Wu, Establishing the teratoma as a multi lineage model of human development