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Recapitulation Of Neurological Disease Features In hiPSC-derived Brain Organoids

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Raj Bose

Raj Bose

Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neuroscience

Dr. Bose is a senior postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. His research focuses on disease-based human neural organoid models to study the cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders, which are caused by genetic predisposition and environmental factors. He has a PhD in Medical Science from Karolinska Institutet, and more than 5 years of postdoctoral work experience in different labs in several countries including the USA. He has competence in brain development and stem cell models, including rodent primary cultures of neural progenitor cells (NPCs) obtained from individual embryonic cortices dissected from timed-pregnant wild-type rats, and YAC 128 transgenic mice. More recently, he acquired expertise on human neuroprogenitor cells derived from iPSCs. He has published his research findings in highly respected international journals, including, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Cell Death and Disease, Toxicological Sciences, Transl Psychiatry, and Journal of Internal Medicine. 

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Most neurological disorders have both endogenous and exogenous causes. Currently, many of these disorders are incurable due to the lack or partial understanding of the mechanisms behind the various disease and subsequently limited drug development. The establishment of proper disease models is critical for the identification and understanding of cellular and molecular mechanistic aspects. Brain organoids are made up of 3D self-organizing brain tissue, which are generated from human-derived induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). The use of these models has been proposed to recapitulate various aspects of neurodevelopmental disorders, including the neuronal generation, migration of neurons, and functional cellular networks, which can provide a better understanding into the molecular mechanisms involved in those disorders. To overcome the current limitations of hiPSC-based methods, new and advanced methods are required. This collection procedure will highlight recent methodological advancements in brain organoid technology, including but not limited to genome editing, drug screening, and precise characterization of organoids with the help of cutting-edge technologies. Video-based protocols for recapitulating accurate disease features using functional organoids will be provided with the final objective of generating new therapies for human developmental and neurological disorders.

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