Scientists at IMBA are passionate about discovery and advancing our understanding of biology. They are recognized leaders in their fields, regularly publishing in the top research journals. Contributions from IMBA research groups are of interest to everyone – including scientists, clinicians, and the public. The Research Highlights below summarize some of the most significant discoveries made by IMBA scientists.
White Paper: Organoids – from stem cells to future technologies
Organoids can be used for basic research and offer great promise for medical research in an extremely wide range of fields, such as drug screening, toxicity tests, and individual drug-response.
To raise public awareness of this research field and stimulate an interdisciplinary public debate on organoids a Whitepaper has been issued by the German Stem Cell Network (GSCN) that offers a tour of the latest developments in this major research field and of current and potential future applications.
The focus is on current organoid research projects and companies, with viewpoints from a range of stakeholders and researchers – including IMBA´s scientific director Jürgen Knoblich. The science-artworks illustrating the Whitepaper were realized by Andreia Sofia Batista Rocha, master student in the Koo lab at IMBA.
Download the Whitepaper: English version here German version here