Organoids: Transforming Disease Modelling into Personalized Medicine
Please join us on Wednesday November 5 and Thursday November 6 at London’s Best Western Lamplighter Inn & Conference Centre for the 2025 Canadian Conference in Organoid Research. This year’s event is proudly hosted by Western University faculty committee members Drs. Chris Pin, Samuel Asfaha, Dean Betts, Van Lu and Trevor Shepherd.
This event aims to bring together leading researchers, clinicians, and industry experts to discuss the latest advancements in patient-derived 3D cell models for studying human health and disease. Based on the nature of organoid research and its applicability to patient-focused care, it is critical to include healthcare providers and policymakers and consider EDI concerns in integrating and using organoids from under-represented populations.
Keynote address will be given by Dr. Hans Clevers and sessions will include speakers from across Canada.
Schedule
Wednesday November 5, 2025 at Lamplighter Inn
7:45 – 8:30AM Registration and Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45AM Introductions and Meeting kick off
8:45 – 10:15AM Organoids in Gastrointestinal Development and Disease
Van Lu, Assistant Professor, University of Western Ontario
Simon Hirota, Professor, University of Calgary
Bruce Vallance, Professor, University of British Columbia
Trainee, TBD from submitted abstracts
10:15 – 10:30AM Rapid Fire Talks
5 trainees selected from submitted abstracts (3 min each)
10:30 – 10:45AM Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00PM Keynote Address: Hans Clevers, Roche
12:30 – 2:30PM Lunch and Poster Session I
2:30 – 4:00PM Organoids for Cancer Research
Véronique Giroux, Associate Professor, Université de Sherbrooke
Franco Vizeacoumar, Professor, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency
François Boudreau, Professor, Université de Sherbrooke
Trainee, TBD from submitted abstracts
4:00 – 4:15PM Coffee Break
4:15 – 5:45PM Technological Advances in Organoid Research
Darcy Wagner, Professor, McGill University
Boyang Zhang, Associate Professor, McMaster University
Jacob Shelley, Assistant Professor, University of Western Ontario
Trainee, TBD from submitted abstracts
Thursday November 6, 2025 at Lamplighter Inn
7:45 – 8:30AM Registration and Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00AM Organoid Development from iPSCs
Amy Wong, Scientist, Sick Kids
Jessica Esseltine, Associate Professor, Memorial University
Kalina Kamenova, Research Director, Genomics4S
Trainee, TBD from submitted abstracts
10:00 – 10:15AM Rapid Fire Talks
5 trainees selected from submitted abstracts (3 min each speaker)
10:15 – 10:45AM Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15PM Organoids for Studying Chronic Disease
Justin Chun, Associate Professor, University of Calgary
Shinichiro Ogawa, Assistant Professor, University Health Network
TBA***
Trainee, TBD from submitted abstracts
12:15 – 2:15PM Lunch and Poster Session
2:15 – 3:45PM Organoids for Studying Neuronal Disease
Liliana Attisano, Professor, University of Toronto
Marcelo Vazquez, Radiobiology Section Head, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Yun Li, Scientist, Sick Kids
Trainee, TBD from submitted abstracts
3:45 – 4:30PM Award Presentations & Closing Remarks
Location
Related Partner
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Krembil Foundation
- Presenting Sponsor
