The Center for Stem Cell & Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM) hosted the "Frontiers in Organoid Medicine Symposium" on October 18-19, 2018 at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, which focused on accelerating academic-industry collaborations. 

Co-sponsored by CuSTOM and a number of leading biotechnology companies, this international symposium focused on accelerating academic-industry collaborations and featured top academic researchers, industry scientists, as well as junior investigators who are emerging leaders in the field.

The symposium was relatively small (~150 participants) with a range of focused topics from basic research to clinical and commercial translation of iPS cell and organoid technology. Workshop sessions focused on major hurdles and opportunities in Organoid Medicine.

2018 Agenda

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2018 Speakers

  • Kazutoshi Takahashi (Keynote), Kyoto University, Japan / Gladstone Institute, UCSF, USA

  • James Wells (Keynote), CuSTOM Cincinnati Children’s, USA

  • Fumihito Arai, Nagoya University, Japan

  • Shuibing Chen, Weill Cornell Medicine, USA

  • Kevin D'Amour, VIACYTE

  • Michael Helmrath, CuSTOM Cincinnati Children’s, USA

  • Meritxell Huch Gurdon Institute, Cambridge UK

  • Moo-Yeal Lee, Cleveland State University, USA

  • Kyle Loh, Stanford University, USA

  • Keitaro Matsumoto, Nagasaki University, Japan

  • Ryuji Morizane, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA

  • Koichi Nakayama, Saga University, Japan

  • Toshiro Sato, Keio University, Japan

  • Jason Spence, University of Michigan, USA

  • Ryohichi Sugimura, Boston Children’s, USA

  • Takanori Takebe, CuSTOM Cincinnati Children’s, USA

  • Shoji Takeuchi, University of Tokyo, Japan

  • Minoru Takasato, RIKEN, Japan

  • Joseph Wu, Stanford University, US

2018 Industry Sponsors

Premier Sponsors:

  • Stemcell Technologies

  • CuSTOM

Highlighted Sponsors:

  • AGC

  • Ajinomoto

  • Bio-Techne

  • Cyfuse

  • Hitachi Appliances, Inc.

  • JTE Corporation

  • Kuraray

  • Matrixome

  • Nacalai Tesque

  • Nissan Chemical Corporation

  • Nippi

  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

  • Riken

  • Rorze Lifescience

  • Tamia Kasei, Co., Ltd.

  • Thermo Fisher Scientific