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VIRTUAL MORNING SESSION
Matthias Hebrok, PhD
Modifying stem cell derived human islet organoids
Professor and Chair
Applied Stem Cell and Organoid Systems Technical University Munich (TUM)

Madeline Lancaster, PhD
Exploring regulators of human brain size determination using cerebral organoids
Research Leader
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Matthias Lütolf, PhD
Engineering epithelial organoids
Scientific Director, Roche Institute for Translational Bioengineering Professor of Bioengineering
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

IN-PERSON AFTERNOON SESSION
Kenneth D. Poss, PhD
Regulating tissue regeneration
Professor of Cell Biology
Director of the Duke Regeneration Center Duke University

Sally Temple, PhD
Investigating Tauopathy mechanisms and interventions with 3D brain organoids?
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences University at Albany
Scientific Director, Neural Stem Cell Institute

James M. Wells, PhD
Using human pluripotent stem cells to engineer gastrointestinal tissues
Cincinnati Research Foundation Endowed Professor
Chief Scientific Officer, Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine

UM SPEAKERS
Longhua Guo, PhD
From genetics to aging and regeneration in long-lived planarians
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Research Assistant Professor, Institute of Gerontology, Medical School

Claudia Loebel, PhD
Microstructured hydrogels to guide self-assembly and function of lung alveolospheres
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering

Daysha Ferrer-Torres, PhD
In vitro Models of the Human Esophagus Reveal Ancestrally Diverse Response to Injury
Research Fellow, Internal Medicine, Medical School
Lab: Jason Spence Laboratory

Charles Zhang
Applying high-content imaging techniques to iPSC-derived liver organoids for studying drug-induced liver injury
Graduate Student, Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacology
Lab: Jonathan Sexton Laboratory


For more information email: Organogenesis@umich.edu