Organoids: A Key Tool for Drug Discovery

 LIVE Symposium

Thursday, October 16, 2025
11:00 AM - 2:40 PM ET

Advances in 3D cell culture allow scientists to create organoids, miniature organ-like structures that have a wide range of applications for understanding various diseases and disorders. Organoids are also ideal models to help researchers develop novel therapeutics for diseases. 

In this symposium brought to you by The Scientist, Thomas Durcan, Joana Neves, Natalia Vergara, Kacey Ronaldson-Bouchard, and Grace Emin will examine how scientists employ organoids for drug discovery, drug screening, and elucidating drug resistance mechanisms.

Thomas Durcan, PhD Director, The Neuro's Early Drug Discovery Unit (EDDU) Killam Research Scholar Associate Professor The Neuro, McGill University

Joana Neves, PhD, FHEA Senior Lecturer in Mucosal Immunology and Group Leader Co-lead of Organoid Research Interest Group (ORIG) Center for Host-Microbiome Interactions King’s College London

Natalia Vergara, PhD Assistant Professor Sue-Anschutz-Rodgers Eye Center University of Colorado School of Medicine

Kacey Ronaldson-Bouchard, PhD Associate Research Scientist Biomedical Engineering Columbia University

Grace Emin Application Scientist DeNovix Inc.

Derek Sokolowski Product Manager  PHC Corporation of North America- Cell Culture

Jasmine Trigg Scientist Sartorius

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