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April 14, 2026

Biotechnology Center Auditorium

Breakfast    8:00am          Served in Biotech Atrium (presented by R&D systems)

Welcome      9:00am          Dr. C. Dustin Rubinstein, “Organoids in action at UW”.

Keynote        9:05 am         Dr. David Beebe, “Replicating in vivo structure and function in microphysiological systems”. 

Bioengineering & organ-on-a-chip

                        10: 15 am        Dr. Xinyu Zhao, “Using brain organoids to study neurodevelopment and developmental disorders”.

                        10:45 am        Dr. Duc-Huy Nguyen, “Engineering endothelial cells to vascularize organoids and enhance organ and tissue function”.

                        11:15 am           Dr. Sheena Kerr, “Investigating the efficacy of cellular immunotherapies in bone metastases using a microphysiological system”.

Lunch            11:45 am Served in DeLuca Forum, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (presented by MilliporeSigma)

Disease & personalized medicine

                        1:00 pm        Dr. David Gamm, “iPSC-RPE potency assays to monitor mutant allele knockout in autosomal dominant Best disease”.

                        1:30 pm         Dr. Chad Diesenroth, “Advancing thyroid toxicity testing with human thyroid microtissues”.

                        2:00 pm          Dr. Dustin Deming, “Colorectal cancer organoids reveal hidden tumor heterogeneity and predict patient tumor response”.

                        2:30 am           Sponsored Kate Logan, “Bridging the gap: Organoid models for preclinical research”.

Posters         2:45 pm         Enjoy refreshments during the poster session in adjacent room 1360 (presented by ThermoFisher)

Multi-omics of organoid studies

                        3:45 pm         Dr. Jeremy Kratz, “Organoid Expression Profiling: Genomic Resolution of Expression with CUT&Tag”.

                        4:15 pm         Dr. Chun Liu, “Decoding cardiotoxicity with iPSC organoids and CRISPR screens”.

                        4:45pm          Dr. Matthew Ishahak, “A digital twin of pancreatic islet organoid differentiation”. 

Plenary         5:15 pm        Dr. Srivatsan Kidambi, “The NIH Standardized Organoid Modeling (SOM) Initiative: Building a reference framework for reproducible and fit-for-purpose organoid platforms”.

Networking    6:00 pm Assorted refreshments and networking in the atrium (presented by WiCell)