New Advances in Organoid Modelling:
from Basic Research to Clinical Applications
Organiser: Institute of Digital Medicine, CityUHK
Co-organiser: Tung Biomedical Sciences Centre, CityUHK
18-19 July 2025 (Friday and Saturday)
Overview
The New Advances in Organoid Modelling: from Basic Research to Clinical Applications symposium is organized in response to the growing significance of organoid technology in biomedical research.
Organoids — three-dimensional structures derived from stem cells — mimic the architecture and function of real organs, offering unprecedented opportunities to study development, disease, and drug responses in a more relevant context than traditional two-dimensional cell cultures.
This symposium showcases cutting-edge organoid research for clinical applications and is organized by CityU's IDM and TBMS to promote global collaboration among leading scientists and expedite translational medicine breakthroughs.
Schedule
18 July 2025 (Friday)
9:00 – 18:35
The Senate Room, 19/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong
Moderator: Rebecca Chin
9:00 – 9:05 | Opening Remarks
Michael Yang
City University of Hong Kong
Moderator: Chia Hung Chen
9:05 – 9:40 | Reduced Micro-Physiological Systems (MPSs) as NAMs for Drug Development
9:40 – 10:15 | Organoid on Chip and AI for Tumor Precision Medicine
10:15 – 10:20 | Group Photo
10:20 – 10:50 | Tea break; Networking
10:50 - 11:25 | Organoids-on-chips to Advance Biomedical Research
11:25 – 12:00 | Engineering Approaches for Hair Regenerative Medicine
12:00 – 12:35 | Deficiency of Astrocyte Lipid Metabolism Contributes to Motoneuronal Defects in Spinal Muscular Atrophy
12:35 – 14:30 | Lunch / Poster Viewing
Moderator: Liang Zhang
14:30 - 15:05 | Emergent Multi-cellular Engineered Microphysiological Systems
15:05 – 15:40 | Virus Research in the Era of Organoids
15:40 – 16:15 | Microfluidics-Powered Tumor Microenvironment Modeling
16:15 - 16:45 | Tea Break & Poster Viewing
16:45 - 17:20 | Construction of Complex Skin Organoids and their Disease Applications
Ling Leng
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China
17:20 - 17:55 | AI-Powered Precision Medicine Exploration (APEX) Based on Organoids
17:55 - 18:15 | Chemoresistant Pancreatic Cancer Depends on Glycan Biosynthesis and Lipid Metabolism
18:15 - 18:35 | Organ and Organoid on Chip from Biophysics to Clinical Applications
Stephanie Descroix
Institut Curie, France
18:35 - 20:30 | Dinner
(For Speakers & Invited Participants Only)
19 July 2025 (Saturday)
9:00 – 12:50
The Senate Room, 19/F,
Lau Ming Wai Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong
Moderator: Bee Luan Khoo
9:00 - 9:35 | Harnessing the Power of Organs-on-Chips to Build Better Disease Models
9:35 - 10:10 | Investigation of Mammary Physiology with Mini-organ in Culture Dish
10:10 - 10:45 | Integrating Organoid Technology and Two/Three-Dimensional Microphysiological Systems (MPS)
10:45 - 11:00 | Tea Break & Poster Viewing
11:00 - 11:35 | Disease Models and Drug Delivery Tools Compatible with Organoid Studies
11:35 – 12:10 | Patient-Derived Bladder Cancer Organoids: Bridging Bench and Bedside in Precision Oncology
12:10 – 12:45 | Human Intestinal Organoids for Disease Modelling
12:45 - 12:50 | Concluding Remarks
Rebecca Chin
City University of Hong Kong
12:50 - 14:30 | Lunch
(For Speakers & Invited Participants Only)
Speakers
Last update: 14:30 4 Jul 2025