Organoids
Small Cells Doing Big Things
Franklin Wilson
GTCC North Carolina STEM Alliance
What is an organoid?
Three-dimensional cluster
of cells grown in-vitro
The making of an organoid
5 Basic Steps:
The making of an organoid
5 Basic Steps:
1. Obtain Sample
The making of an organoid
5 Basic Steps:
1. Obtain Sample
2. Mechanically and chemically
dissociate tissue into single
cells
The making of an organoid
5 Basic Steps:
1. Obtain Sample
2. Mechanically and chemically
dissociate tissue into single
cells
3. Use cell-sorter to obtain
target cells (stem cells)
The making of an organoid
5 Basic Steps:
1. Obtain Sample
2. Mechanically and chemically
dissociate tissue into single
cells
3. Use cell-sorter to obtain
target cells (stem cells)
4. Add target cells to Matrigel
The making of an organoid
5 Basic Steps:
1. Obtain Sample
2. Mechanically and chemically
dissociate tissue into single
cells
3. Use cell-sorter to obtain
target cells (stem cells)
4. Add target cells to Matrigel
5. Allow cells to grow (1-90
days)
0d 4d 6d
12d 14d 22d
8d
25d
11d
Types of organoids
Cerebral Cortex
Hepatic
Renal
Cardiac
Prostatic
Gastric
Lung Epithelial
Intestinal
Optic Cup
Thyroid
Pancreatic
Neural Tube
Pituitary
Mammary
Potential Uses for Organoids
Testing Uses
Perform tests of medical,
biological, and chemical
agents
Pharmaceutical Uses
Benefits to drug manufacturing:
• Lower the cost
• Decrease time needed
• Dramatically reduce the
amount of animals testing
Pharmaceutical Uses
Drawbacks:
• Not a whole organ
• Not a body
Uses in Regenerative Medicine
Uses in Regenerative Medicine
Process hepatic cancer treatment:
1. Excise tumor
2. Dissociate and harvest target
cells
3. Use CRISPR to modify DNA
4. Grow cells in Matrigel mold
5. Implant
Uses in Regenerative Medicine
Benefits to lab grown organs:
• Avoid risk of rejection
• Decrease transplant list
Uses in Regenerative Medicine
Drawbacks:
• Time needed to grow
• Lack of differentiation
• Size constraints
OrganoidPresentation

OrganoidPresentation

  • 1.
    Organoids Small Cells DoingBig Things Franklin Wilson GTCC North Carolina STEM Alliance
  • 2.
    What is anorganoid? Three-dimensional cluster of cells grown in-vitro
  • 3.
    The making ofan organoid 5 Basic Steps:
  • 4.
    The making ofan organoid 5 Basic Steps: 1. Obtain Sample
  • 5.
    The making ofan organoid 5 Basic Steps: 1. Obtain Sample 2. Mechanically and chemically dissociate tissue into single cells
  • 6.
    The making ofan organoid 5 Basic Steps: 1. Obtain Sample 2. Mechanically and chemically dissociate tissue into single cells 3. Use cell-sorter to obtain target cells (stem cells)
  • 7.
    The making ofan organoid 5 Basic Steps: 1. Obtain Sample 2. Mechanically and chemically dissociate tissue into single cells 3. Use cell-sorter to obtain target cells (stem cells) 4. Add target cells to Matrigel
  • 8.
    The making ofan organoid 5 Basic Steps: 1. Obtain Sample 2. Mechanically and chemically dissociate tissue into single cells 3. Use cell-sorter to obtain target cells (stem cells) 4. Add target cells to Matrigel 5. Allow cells to grow (1-90 days) 0d 4d 6d 12d 14d 22d 8d 25d 11d
  • 9.
    Types of organoids CerebralCortex Hepatic Renal Cardiac Prostatic Gastric Lung Epithelial Intestinal Optic Cup Thyroid Pancreatic Neural Tube Pituitary Mammary
  • 10.
  • 11.
    Testing Uses Perform testsof medical, biological, and chemical agents
  • 12.
    Pharmaceutical Uses Benefits todrug manufacturing: • Lower the cost • Decrease time needed • Dramatically reduce the amount of animals testing
  • 13.
    Pharmaceutical Uses Drawbacks: • Nota whole organ • Not a body
  • 14.
  • 15.
    Uses in RegenerativeMedicine Process hepatic cancer treatment: 1. Excise tumor 2. Dissociate and harvest target cells 3. Use CRISPR to modify DNA 4. Grow cells in Matrigel mold 5. Implant
  • 16.
    Uses in RegenerativeMedicine Benefits to lab grown organs: • Avoid risk of rejection • Decrease transplant list
  • 17.
    Uses in RegenerativeMedicine Drawbacks: • Time needed to grow • Lack of differentiation • Size constraints