ADVANCING IN VITRO MODELS

Sponsored By 

Concurrent Speaker(s)

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  David Elliott

  MCRI, Australia
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  Meritxell Huch, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology & Genetics (MPI-CBG), Germany

Presenting Author(s)

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  Shalaka Chitale, PhD

  Biology
  CytoTronics Inc., United States
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  Esther Fousert

  Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery
  Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
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  Helmuth Gehart, PhD (he/him/his)

  D-BIOL
  ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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  Deepali Pal, PhD

  School of Cell and Molecular Medicine
  University of Bristol

Disease models have been under development for a number of years but recent advances in technology, from readouts to complexity of tissue types included, have increasingly improved capture of normal physiology and disease. Recent advances in this space will be presented.

Presentations:

• ENHANCING MATURATION OF STEM CELL-DERIVED CARDIOMYOCYTES
  

  Concurrent Speaker: David Elliott – MCRI
• MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA ORGANOIDS ENABLE PERSONALIZED MEDICINE FOR A HIGHLY HETEROGENEOUS DISEASE
  

  Presenting Author: Helmuth Gehart, PhD (he/him/his) – ETH Zürich
• MICROENVIRONMENT-MEDIATED MECHANISMS DRIVING TARGETABLE LEUKAEMIA DORMANCY
  

  Presenting Author: Deepali Pal, PhD – University of Bristol
• FROM CELLS TO CURES: HIPSC-DERIVED INNER EAR ORGANOIDS AND RNA THERARPY TO RESOLVE GENETIC HEARING LOSS
  

  Presenting Author: Esther Fousert – Leiden University Medical Center
• ELECTRICAL IMAGING: LIVE CELL CHARACTERIZATION FROM STEM CELL BIOLOGY TO PHENOTYPIC DISEASE MODELS
  

  Presenting Author: Shalaka Chitale, PhD – CytoTronics Inc.
• BUILDING ARCHITECTURE AND COMPLEXITY IN TISSUE-DERIVED LIVER ORGANOIDS
  

  Concurrent Speaker: Meritxell Huch, PhD (she/her/hers) – Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology & Genetics (MPI-CBG)