IN VIVO AND IN VITRO ORGAN GENERATION

Concurrent Speaker(s)

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  Liangxue Lai, PhD

  Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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  Hiromitsu Nakauchi, MD, PhD (he/him/his)

  Genetics and Institute of Stem Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine
  Stanford University, USA and Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan, United States

Presenting Author(s)

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  Xiling Shen, PhD (he/him/his)

  GI Medical Oncology
  University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States
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  Irene Talon, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany
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  Katja Weinacht, MD, PhD

  Department of Pediatrics
  Stanford University, United States
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  Sean Wilson, PhD

  reNEW, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, Denmark

This session will explore advances in organ generation, both in chimeras (in vivo) and in vitro, using a combination of cells, biomaterials, bioprinting, and other bioengineering technologies.

Presentations:

• HOST MACROPHAGE XENOPHAGOCYTOSIS CONSTITUTES A MAJOR BARRIER TO INTERSPECIES CHIMERISM
  

  Concurrent Speaker: Hiromitsu Nakauchi, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Stanford University, USA and Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan
• IPSC-DERIVED THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELLS (ITECS) PROMOTE KEY FUNCTIONS OF THE HUMAN THYMUS IN A HUMANIZED ATHYMIC MOUSE MODEL
  

  Presenting Author: Katja G. Weinacht, MD, PhD – Stanford University
• A SELF-ORGANIZED, MULTI-ORGAN BUD MODEL DERIVED FROM PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS RECAPITULATES HUMAN HEPATO-BILIARY ORGANOGENESIS
  

  Presenting Author: Irene Talon, PhD (she/her/hers) – Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
• GENERATION OF MULTI-LINEAGE KIDNEY ASSEMBLOIDS WITH INTEGRATION BETWEEN NEPHRONS AND A SINGLE EXITING COLLECTING DUCT
  

  Presenting Author: Sean B. Wilson, PhD – reNEW, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine
• ESTABLISHING INTER-SPECIES CHIMERA WITH EMBRYONIC ORGANOID ENGRAFTMENT
  

  Presenting Author: Xiling Shen, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
• XENOGENEIC REGENERATION OF HUMANIZED MESONEPHROS/HEART IN PIGS
  

  Concurrent Speaker: Liangxue Lai, PhD – Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences