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Tech Blast | Organoids

Cell and tissue biology Drug discovery and development

In this Tech Blast episode, we discuss all things organoids with Ritwika Biswas, Product Scientist at Sino Biological US Inc. (PA, USA). Ritwika provides an overview of what organoids are, how recombinant growths factors are utilized in their development, the benefits 3D organoid systems offer over 2D cell culture systems and the various applications organoids can be used for.

Ritwika also explores the challenges that remain in organoid research and how these can be overcome, as well as what the future holds for these models.

Contents:

  • Introduction: 00:00–00:30
  • What are organoids? 00:30–01:05
  • Existing organoids: 01:05–02:00
  • Generating organoids and cell culture methods: 02:00–04:30
  • Applications of organoids: 04:30–06:10
  • Comparing 3D and 2D culture systems: 06:10–07:40
  • Reproducibility, matrigels and increasing complexity: 07:40–09:50
  • The future of organoids: 09:50–12:20

This feature was supported by Sino Biological.