Joint with: Single Cell Biology: Unique Cells to Tissue Ecosystems
Organoids: Engineering Innovative Approaches for Basic and Translational Insight

May 11-14, 2025 | Fairmont Chateau Whistler, Whistler, BC, Canada
Scientific Organizers: Quinton Smith, Matthias Lutolf and Kelly R. Stevens

  In Person
  On Demand

May 11-14, 2025 | Fairmont Chateau Whistler, Whistler, BC, Canada
Scientific Organizers: Quinton Smith, Matthias Lutolf and Kelly R. Stevens

Available Formats:   = In Person     = On Demand
Sunday, May 11, 2025

Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
Monday, May 12, 2025

Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Poster Setup
7:30–8:00 AM
Welcome and Keynote Session (Joint)
8:00–9:30 AM
Poster Viewing
8:00–7:00 PM
Matthew F. Krummel, University of California, San Francisco
Tissue Archetypes Across Space and Time
Gordana V Vunjak-Novakovic, Columbia University
Tissue Engineering
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
High-Throughput Approaches to Model Cells and Tissues (Joint)
9:30–11:30 AM
Dana Pe'er, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Plasticity in the Tissue Context
David Van Valen, Caltech
High-Throughput Organoid Phenotyping
Rong Fan, Yale School of Medicine
Spatial Multi-Omics Profiling of Human Tissues and Organoids
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Lunch
11:15–12:15 PM
Posters
12:00–2:30 PM
Workshop 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Controlling the Organoid Microenvironment
5:00–7:00 PM
Kelly R. Stevens, University of Washington
Talk Title to be Announced
Alex Hughes, University of Pennsylvania
Engaging the Design Cycle of Rhythmic Stem Cell Biology in Developing and Synthetic Kidney Tissues
Pilnam Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
ECM Control of Organoid Fate
Matthias Lutolf, EPF Lausanne
Talk Title to be Announced
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
On Own for Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Reverse Engineering Embryogenesis
8:00–11:00 AM
Magdalena D. Zernicka-Goetz, University of Cambridge
Synthetic Embryos
Margherita Y. Turco, Friedrich Miescher Institute
Placental Organoids
Jared Toettcher, Princeton University
Gastruloid Patterning
Quinton Smith, University of California, Irvine
Microfluidic Models of Vascularization
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Poster Setup
11:00–1:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Workshop 2: Health Equity
1:30–2:45 PM
Career Roundtable (Joint)
3:00–4:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Organoid Vascularization
5:00–7:00 PM
Jennifer A. Lewis, Harvard University, SEAS
3D Manufacturing of Vascularized Organoids
Britta Trappmann, TU Dortmund University
Vascularization of Organoids in Synthetic Extracellular Matrices
Jordan S. Miller, 3D Systems
3D Printing for Vascularization
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Programmable Organoids
8:00–11:00 AM
Anne Grapin-Botton, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Talk Title to be Announced
Martin Fussenegger, ETH Zürich
Programmable Organoids
Karmella Haynes, Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology
Controlling Chromatin Epigenetics in 3D Breast Cancer Spheroids
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Workshop 3: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Physical Principles of Tissue Morphogenesis
5:00–6:45 PM
Celeste M. Nelson, Princeton University
Mechanical Drivers of Lung Development
Katia Catherine Karalis, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Talk Title to be Announced
Xavier Trepat, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia
Integrative Tissue Dynamics and Cytoskeletal Mechanics
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
6:45–7:00 PM
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
Entertainment
8:00–11:00 PM
Cash Bar
8:00–11:00 PM
Thursday, May 15, 2025

Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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