Stanford Human Brain Organogenesis Workshop

This page refers to the 2020 Brain Organogenesis workshop. To register for the 2023 workshop, click here.

A hands-on workshop on human stem cell-derived, functional 3D brain organoids & assembloids

​This one week-long practical course will provide training to 20 participants in all aspects of 3D in vitrostudy of neural development and disease modeling.

​Topics include: human stem cell maintenance, generation and assembly of 3D brain-region specific cultures, quality controls, assay implementations (viral infection, genetic engineering, functional imaging, electrophysiology, etc).

The course will take place in new ChEM-H & Neurosciences Building.

Applications:

Eligibility: Scientists outside of Stanford University; trainees (graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) and labs with no experience in this research area will be given priority.

Deadline: July 31, 2019

Interested students and postdocs should apply here
Mentors should submit a statement of support here

​Tuition fees and accommodation are covered.

Contact:

​Sergiu P. Pasca, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Stanford University

Fikri Birey, PhD (Instructor)
Postdoctoral fellow, Pasca Lab