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The Graduate School’s Cancer Biology Cluster, the Carcinogenesis T32 CA009560, and the Lurie Cancer Center’s Basic Research Programs are pleased to present this student-run
nanocourse.

ORGANOIDS AND MICROFLUIDICS IN CANCER RESEARCH

12:45 p.m. - Introduction
Monica Laronda, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology)

1:00 p.m. - Bringing it to the Bedside: Using Organoid and Microfluidic Models to Answer Clinical Questions
Mary Towner, MD, FACOG
Gynecology/Oncology Fellow

1:30 p.m. - New Microphysiological Systems to Study Multi-Organ Diseases of the Female Reproductive Tract
Julie Kim, PhD
Susy Y. Hung Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the
Division of Reproductive Science in Medicine

2:05 p.m. - Break

2:15 p.m. - Microengineered Biomimicry of Human Physiological Systems
Dan Huh, PhD
Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania

2:50 p.m. - Harnessing Endothelial Properties to Block Metastasis
Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD
Chair, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Stephen Walter Ranson Professor of Cell Biology

3:25 p.m. - Conclusion
Monica Laronda, PhD