Cajal training: Brain Organoids

10-28 October 2022

Bordeaux School of Neuroscience

Registration before May 30th

Course directors

Guo-Li Ming
Course director
University of Pennsylvania, USA

Hongjun Song
Co-director
University of Pennsylvania, USA

Marisa Karow
Co-director
Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Course overview

Recent advancement in the stem cell field has led to the development of novel 3D cell culture models called organoids that mimic cell type diversity and architecture during organogenesis. Brain organoids, derived from human embryonic stem cells or induced pluripotent stem cells, capture key features of the developing human brain, including stem cell pool expansion, neurogenesis, gliogenesis, synaptogenesis and cytoarchitecture formation with cellular diversity and complexity. Organoids can also be derived from patient tumor samples, such as glioblastoma, for modelling brain tumors. In less than a decade, brain organoids have already been shown to be an extremely valuable tool to understand the human brain, and novel insights have been gained in deciphering evolution, human-specific features related to the brain development and neurological diseases resulted from pathogen infection, environmental insult, or genetic mutations.

In this course, we will take a multi-disciplinary approach to show what we could learn from brain organoid technology and what the future holds. The keynote speakers are all leaders in the field and will showcase the most up-to-date knowledge of brain organoids.

More details

https://cajal-training.org/on-site/brain-organoids/