LMP Lunch & Learn: Organoid and organ-on-a-chip technologies
A series of skills and techniques workshops for members of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and other scientists/students in Toronto.
This informal forum will consist of two short presentations that discuss the strengths and limitations of existing technologies, plus some examples of data generated by relevant techniques. We will then have a discussion and Q&A.
Attend these sessions and you will:
- Be able to explore techniques in a fun, collegial environment.
- Learn how to apply techniques to your work.
- Meet and network with others who are exploring the same techniques.
- Have drinks and a pizza lunch!
The aim of this session is to bring together like-minded scientists interested in a specific technique to learn more and network.
Topic 2: Organoid and organ-on-a-chip technologies
Presented by: Dr. Liliana Attisano and Dr. Milica Radisic
Hosted by: CLAMPS, Dr. Myron Cybulsky and Dr. Janice Robertson.
How to join
Wednesday, February 12, 12 - 1 pm
These sessions will be in-person at the TRP auditorium, 263 McCaul Street.
If you have any questions, please contact lmp.communications@utoronto.ca.
Presenters
Dr. Liliana Attisano
Dr. Liliana Attisano is a Professor in the Dept. of Biochemistry, with a laboratory based in the Donnelly Centre.
Dr. Attisano’s lab is focused on studying the molecular events that underlie signalling cascades such as TGFb, Wnt and Hippo and elucidating how cells interpret contextual cues to control complex biological responses. Her lab uses cells, mice and most recently human stem cell-derived organoid models to better understand how disruptions in signalling pathways underlie human disease processes including cancer and neurological disorders.
Dr. Attisano established the Applied Organoid Core Facility located in the Donnelly Centre, whose mission is to produce and provide organoids to users as well as holding workshops and providing one-on-one training in stem cell culturing and organoid generation.
Dr. Milica Radisic
Dr. Milica Radisic is a Professor at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Organ-on-a-Chip Engineering and a Senior Scientist at the Toronto General Research Institute. She is also Director of the NSERC CREATE Training Program in Organ-on-a-Chip Engineering & Entrepreneurship and a co-lead for the Center for Research and Applications in Fluidic Technologies. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada-Academy of Science, Canadian Academy of Engineering, the American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering, Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine Society as well as Biomedical Engineering Society.
She was a recipient of the MIT Technology Review Top 35 Under 35, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, NSERC E.W.R Steacie Fellowship, YWCA Woman of Distinction Award, Killam Fellowship, Acta Biomaterialia Silver Medal, and Humboldt Research Award to name a few.
Her research focuses on organ-on-a-chip engineering and development of new biomaterials that promote healing and attenuate scarring. She developed new methods to mature iPSC derived cardiac tissues using electrical stimulation.
She is an Executive Editor for ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, Senior Consulting Editor for the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, a reviewing editor for eLife and a member of the editorial board of another 8 journals. She served on the Board of Directors for Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, Canadian Biomaterials Society and McMaster University Alumni Association. She organized Keystone, EMBO and ECI conferences and numerous sessions at TERMIS and BMES meetings. She served as a Scientific Officer for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and member of review panels for CIHR, NIH and Israel Ministry of Education. She is the Chair of Investment Committee for Serbia Innovation Fund.
She is a co-founder of two companies TARA Biosystems (acquired by Valo Health), that uses human engineered heart tissues in drug development and safety testing, and Quthero that advances regenerative hydrogels.
Her work has been presented in over 260 publications, garnering over 23,000 citations with an h-index of 74. Her publications appeared in Cell, Nature Materials, Nature Methods, Nature Protocols, Nature Communications, PNAS etc.
