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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11
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| 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Registration |
| 8:50 AM - 9:00 AM |
Welcoming Remarks |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Keynote Speaker: Synthetic Multicellularity: The Roads Not Taken - Ricard Sole, ICREA-Complex Systems Lab UPF-IBE |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Session 1: Organoids |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Invited Speaker: Modeling CHARGE syndrome with human inner ear organoids - Eri Hashino, Indiana University School of Medicine |
| 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
Invited Speaker: Origin and Molecular Mechanisms Driving Intestinal Stem Cell Maturation - Jordi Guiu, University of Copenhagen |
| 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM |
Selected Speaker: Engineering of Forebrain Organoids from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Modeling of Rett Syndrome (RTT) - Maria Margarida Diogo, Universidade de Lisboa |
| 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM |
Selected Speaker: Identifying Metabolic Alterations during Chondrogenic Differentiation of Periosteal Cells Cultured in Spheroids - Niki Loverdou, University of Liege |
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch Break |
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Session 2: Technologies for the In Vitro Morphogenesis (I) |
| 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM |
Invited Speaker: Keygenes: Genomic Approaches to Organ-Specific Barcodes in Human Development - Susana M. Chuva de Sousa Lopes, Leiden University Medical Center |
| 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
Invited Speaker: Organoid Single-cell Genomic Atlas Uncovers Human-Specific Features of Brain Development - Zhisong He, ETH Zurich |
| 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM |
Selected Speaker: Uncovering Developmental Gene Trajectories Governing the Respiratory Specification By Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing - Chaido Ori, Helmholtz Center Munich |
| 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM |
Selected Speaker:Using Genome Scale Metabolic Models to Optimise Differentiation in Mesenchymal Stem Cells - Sarah McGarrity, University of Reykjavik |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Coffee Break |
| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
Session 3:Organoids and Technologies for the In Vitro Morphogenesis (II) |
| 3:30 PM -4:00 PM |
Invited Speaker: Cell fiber technology for 3D cell culture -Shoji Takeuchi, The University of Tokyo |
| 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Invited Speaker: Human Time vs. Mouse Time with Recapitulated in vitro Systems - Miki Ebisuya, EMBL Barcelona |
| 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM |
A Tunable Dual-Input System for on-Demand Dynamic Gene Expression Regulation - Elisa Pedone, University of Bristol |
| 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM |
Protein Expression Signature to Unravel Heterogeneity of Mesenchymal Stem/Progenitor and Differentiated Cells from Human Exfoliated Deciduous Teeth - Zikra Alkhayal, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center |
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12
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| 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Registration |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Keynote Speaker: Organoids as a Tool for Functional Studies of Human Lung Development - Emma Rawlins, Gurdon Institute |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30 AM - 12:05 PM |
Session 4: Modeling Early Development |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Invited Speaker: Blastoids: Blastocyst-like Structures Formed from Stem Cells Implant in Utero - Nicolas Rivron, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) |
| 11:00 AM - 11:30 PM |
Invited Speaker: Modeling Pluripotency and Embryonic Signaling in 3D - Marta Shahbazi, University of Cambridge |
| 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM |
Selected Speaker: Stringent Criteria Defining Stem Cell Potency Cast a Shadow on Expanded Potential Stem Cells - Eszter Posfai, Princeton University |
| 11:50 AM - 12:05 PM |
Selected Speaker: Novel Etx-Synthetic Embryos Capture Complex Mouse Morphogenetic Events in Vitro - Gianluca Amadei, University of Cambridge |
| 12:05 PM - 1:30 PM |
Networking Lunch on Your Own |
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Session 5: Engineering Approaches to Tackle Challenges of In Vitro Human Tissues |
| 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM |
Invited Speaker: Engineering Solutions for Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Differentiation: from Organoid Derivation to Disease Modelling Applications - Nuria Montserrat, IBEC Barcelona |
| 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
Invited Speaker: Synthetic Maturation of Organoids via Genetically Guided Design and Engineering - Mo Ebrahimkhani, University of Pittsburgh |
| 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM |
Selected Speaker: Microfluidics Reveals the Hidden Role of Self-Organized ECM in the Hepatic Committment of Hpscs - Federica Michielin - Institute of Child Health |
| 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM |
Selected Speaker: Population-Level Dynamics of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Fate Transitions - Tiago G. Fernandes, Universidade de Lisboa |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Coffee Break |
| 3:30 PM - 5:15 PM |
Session 3: From Understanding for Better Engineering |
| 3:30 AM - 4:00 PM |
Invited Speaker: Imaging axial emergence though self-organization in embryonic organoids, Vikas Trivedi, EMBL Barcelona |
| 4:00 AM - 4:30 PM |
Invited Speaker: Characterizing hepatocyte heterogneity: a roadmap for creating a liver: Bruce Wang, University of California, San Francisco |
| 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM |
Selected Speaker: Agent-Based Modeling of Emergent Patterning within Genetically Engineered Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Colonies - Eunbi Park, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM |
Selected Speaker: Bioinspired Manufacturing of Cell Therapy Products for Application in Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine - Margarida Serra, iBET |
| 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
Poster Session and Reception |
