Organoid Symposium Agenda
9:00am
Welcome and Opening Remarks by Event Organizers
Gay Crooks, MD
Rebecca Smith Endowed Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Director, UCLA Health JCCC Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Research Program
Brigitte Gomperts, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Co-Director, UCLA Health JCCC Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Research Program
Associate Director for Translation, Broad Stem Cell Research Center
9:05am
“Reconstructing the Tumor Microenvironment with Vascularized and Lymphatic Organoids”
Mingxia Gu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
9:25am
“Investigating Cancer Evolution and Hormone-responsiveness in Patient-derived Human Prostate Organoids”
Andrew Goldstein, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology and Urology
9:45am
“Taming Variability: Automated Culture and Screening on CellXpress.AI”
Robert Damoiseaux, PhD
Professor, Departments of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology and Bioengineering
Director, Molecular Screening Shared Resource
10:05–10:40am
Break & Poster Viewing
10:40am
Keynote Speaker: “Organoid Models to Understand and Manage PDAC”
David Tuveson, MD, PhD
Roy J. Zuckerberg Professor of Cancer Research
Director, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center
11:40am
Organoid Intranet Forum and Community Building Discussion Followed by Lunch
A collaborative session to introduce and explore the new Organoid Intranet Forum as well as to continue discussions on how to bring the organoid community together. The session will be followed by lunch.
1:00–1:15pm
Break & Poster Viewing
1:15pm
“Human Brain Development as a Framework for Understanding Glioblastoma Plasticity”
David Nathanson, PhD
Professor, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
1:35pm
“Organoid Modeling of Human Lymphocyte Development”
Christopher Seet, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
1:55pm
“Using Human Cell Models to Study Lateral Transfer of ecDNA”
Harley Kornblum, MD, PhD
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Pharmacology and Pediatrics
2:15pm
“Genomic Analysis of the HCMI Collection”
Paul Spellman, PhD
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Human Genetics