New Training Course in Organoid Research

More Information and Application Coming Soon!

Director: Myriam Grunewald, Hadassah Medical Organisation

Course Description 

This course will center on the design, culture, and use of 3D organoids as human-relevant preclinical model systems. This one-month intensive training program will immerse participants in both the fundamentals and the latest advances in organoid research. Participants will receive hands-on training in the core techniques needed to generate, maintain, and use organoids, paired with rigorous workflows for quality control, imaging, and molecular readouts.

Lectures will be organized into two complementary strands. The technology strand will survey advances that increase physiological fidelity such as vascularization and immune/stromal co-culture, organoid-on-chip systems, mechanical cues, CRISPR engineering, and spatial/multi-omics. The applications strand will use focused case studies to demonstrate how organoids are deployed across basic discovery and translational research, highlighting study design, controls, and interpretability.

Organoids are reshaping modern life sciences and are increasingly recognized by regulators (including the U.S. FDA) as relevant preclinical models. For patients, this promises a faster, more efficient path to new therapies and a wider safety margin, as human-relevant test platforms are more likely to predict clinical outcomes. For developers, earlier, more accurate go/no-go decisions can reduce the cost of drug development by cutting late-stage failures and redundant animal studies. For animal welfare, it marks a substantive shift away from laboratory animal use; as these methods scale, thousands of animals, including dogs and non-human primates, could be spared each year.

By integrating practical training with state-of-the-art methods and clear application principles, the course aims to prepare the next generation of organoid researchers with the skills and vision needed to push the field forward.