Learn How Researchers are Building Brains
Infographic

Major Advances in Mini Brain Bioengineering

Explore the latest developments in brain organoid production.

Share

Brain organoids—3D mini brains grown in cell culture from human pluripotent stem cells—are useful models for studying neurodevelopment and brain disorders. However, creating organoids that closely mimic human brains presents significant challenges, such as providing the right architectural support, biomolecular signals, vascularization, and non-neural cells over time and space to guide development, organization, and function. 

Download this poster from The Scientist’s Creative Services Team to learn how researchers use bioreactors, microfluidic devices, biomaterials, bioprinting, and microelectrodes to quickly produce and validate mini brains that exhibit increasingly complex features. 

Top Image Credit:

3D illustration of a gold lipid nanoparticle with pink nucleic acid inside of it. Purple and teal spikes stick out from the lipid bilayer representing polyethylene glycol.
February 2025, Issue 1

A Nanoparticle Delivery System for Gene Therapy

A reimagined lipid vehicle for nucleic acids could overcome the limitations of current vectors.

View this Issue
Enhancing Therapeutic Antibody Discovery with Cross-Platform Workflows

Enhancing Therapeutic Antibody Discovery with Cross-Platform Workflows

sartorius logo
Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

Lonza
An illustration of animal and tree silhouettes.

From Water Bears to Grizzly Bears: Unusual Animal Models

Taconic Biosciences
Sex Differences in Neurological Research

Sex Differences in Neurological Research

bit.bio logo

Products

Photo of a researcher overseeing large scale production processes in a laboratory.

Scaling Lentiviral Vector Manufacturing for Optimal Productivity

Thermo Fisher Logo
Discover a serum-free way to produce dendritic cells and macrophages for cell therapy applications.

Optimizing In Vitro Production of Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells and Macrophages

Thermo Fisher Logo
Collage-style urban graphic of wastewater surveillance and treatment

Putting Pathogens to the Test with Wastewater Surveillance

An illustration of an mRNA molecule in front of a multicolored background.

Generating High-Quality mRNA for In Vivo Delivery with Lipid Nanoparticles

Thermo Fisher Logo