Life in tube: World of Stem Cell Research

What if we could take a single stem cell and guide it to build a miniature brain, a beating heart, or even an embryo-like structure?

Join us for an exciting journey into the world of stem cell research and discover how scientists use mouse and human stem cells to recreate key aspects of tissue and embryonic development outside the body. During our laboratory demonstration, you will see how stem cells can be transformed into neural organoids, 2D cardiac cultures, and synthetic embryo models. We will show you how these fascinating models allow us to study how the brain and heart develop, and how the earliest stages of mammalian development unfold. You will also get a glimpse behind the scenes of organoid and synthetic embryo technology and discover how scientists can recreate selected aspects of human development in the laboratory.