The recently established NIHR 51³Ô¹ÏÍø BRC Organoid Facility is organising a workshop on the current and future projects involving lung and airway organoids. The aim of this full-day event is to connect people having existing resources and expertise within the College with those who are interested in complementing these efforts.ÌýÌý
Therefore, the workshop is relevant for anyone already working with lung and airway organoids and interested in expanding the source samples, the complexity of their experimental setup, and the readout of their data. Likewise, those who are not yet working with lung or airway organoids but have a biomedical or engineering interest to start working with lung organoids or with those who already work with them are very much welcome to join.Ìý
The first half of the workshop will contain invited talks, followed by selected talks from those who register and express interest. While in the second half of the event there will be short, focused networking group discussions to identify connections, missing resources, and ways of how the BRC Organoid Facility can support lung and airway organoid research work at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø College. Coffee and lunch will be provided.
Detailed program:
51³Ô¹ÏÍø Lung and Airway Organoid Workshop
29 April 2024,Ìý7thÌýfloor Seminar room, LMS Building, Hammersmith Campus
10:00-10:15Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Opening,ÌýTamas KorcsmarosÌý(51³Ô¹ÏÍø BRC Organoid Facility)
10:15-10:45Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Opening Keynote:ÌýYuki YamamotoÌý(HiLung Inc, Kyoto, Japan): Innovative iPSc alveolar organoid as a model for pulmonary fibrosis drug discovery
10:45-11:00Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýJane Davies:ÌýDisease modelling needs for cystic fibrosis research
11:00-11:15Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Maike Haensel:Ìý3D model to mimic the airway wall
11:15-11:45ÌýÌý Ìý Ìý ÌýCoffee breakÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
11:45-12:00ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýMelis Dalbay:ÌýDeveloping signalome lung organoids for live imaging of senescence
12:00-12:15ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýPetr Sherin: Visualisation of pollution-induced changes in viscosity within membranes of epithelial lung cells at the air-liquid interface
12:15-12:30ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýKazuhiro Ito:ÌýIndustrial collaborations on airway and lung-on-chip models
12:30-12:45ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýSalvatore SimminiÌý(R&D Stem Cell Technologies)
12:45-14:00ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Lunch
14:00-15:15Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Group discussions Ìý ÌýÌýÌý
15:15-15:30Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Summary from the groups and closingÌý
15:30-16:30Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Networking coffee and snacks