SC7: INTRO TO ORGANS-ON-A-CHIP (OOAC) AND BIOPRINTING FOR DISEASE MODELING
MONDAY, JUNE 2 | 8:00 – 10:45 AM
ABOUT THIS COURSE: This is an introductory course that will review organs-on-a-chip and bioprinting and their applications for disease modeling. The speakers will describe the technique, how people in drug discovery and development are applying it, address common challenges, and more.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
- Overviews of microphysical systems and organs-on-a-chip
- Overview of bioprinting techniques and how it can improve drug discovery and development
- Applications of each system
COURSE AGENDA:
Development And Application Of Organ-On-A-Chip/Microphysiological System For Individual Organs And Multiple Organs, Organ-Environment Interfaces
Jianbo Zhang, PhD, Linda Griffith Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Overview of current states on the development of microphsiological system/organ-on-a-chip for individual organs, including liver, intestine, brain, lung, kidney, etc. as well as integrated multi-organ systems. The overview will be followed by the applications of specific systems that are focused on the ADME-Tox of drugs, crosstalk between organs and perturbations such as bacteria, virus, dietary components, etc.
Bioprinting
To be Announced
INSTRUCTOR BIOGRAPHY:
Jianbo Zhang, PhD, Linda Griffith Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jianbo completed a B.Eng. in Bioengineering in 2011 at Tianjin Agricultural University, M.S. in Biophysics in 2014 at Zhejiang University, and PhD in Health Sciences and Technology in 2018 at ETH Zurich. He is currently a postdoc associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His current research focuses on host-microbe-immune interactions using primary human cell-derived microphysiological systems (organ-on-chips).