MCELS: Advances in Basic Research and Translational Opportunities
March 26-28, 2025 | OMNI Hilton Head Resort
One of the grand challenges facing our scientific community is to develop the capability to design, engineer and produce complex, multi-cellular engineered living systems (M-CELS).
These systems might arise from guided differentiation of a cluster of pluripotent stem cells, drawing upon the capabilities to apply chemical, physical, or electrical cues to direct co-differentiation, as well as the intrinsic, natural capabilities of cell populations to produce functional interactions through emergence. Or they can be engineered, by first producing a high-level conceptual design, leading to the specification of components consisting of cell clusters, each comprised of phenotypically distinct cell types. This symposium will bring together experts from a variety of domains, including developmental biology, microphysiological systems, synthetic biology, tissue engineering, biobots, and computational modeling. The MCEL series of meetings has evolved into a hallmark global event that delves into the latest advancements and applications in multi-cellular biological systems and related fields.
CONTACT:
Darlene Ray
MCELS2025@mit.edu
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Jonathan Babb (MIT)
Mo Ebrahimkhani (University of Pittsburgh)
Roger Kamm (MIT)
Melissa Kemp (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Jennifer Lewis (Harvard University)
Milica Radisic (University of Toronto)
Rashmi Mohanty (MIT)
Nuria Montserrat (IBEC)
Taher Saif (UIUC)
Ron Weiss (MIT)
AGENDA
DAY 1, Room Palmetto Ballroom
Session |
Speaker |
Talk Title |
|
| 9:00 – 9:45 | Keynote | Mark Skyler-Scott | |
| Session 1 | Advanced technologies for engineering multicellular living systems | ||
| 9:45 – 10:15 | Speaker 1 | Thomas Hartung | |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Speaker 2 | Zev Gartner | |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Coffee break | ||
| Session 2 | From organoids to organs | ||
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Speaker 1 | Takanori Takebe | |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Speaker 2 | Jennifer Lewis | |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Short talks/Sponsor talks-1 | ||
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Short talks/Sponsor talks-2 | ||
| 12:30 – 1:45 | Lunch and poster session | ||
| Session 3 | Self-organization of tissues & modeling tissue organization | ||
| 1:45 – 2:15 | Speaker 1 | Melissa Lambeth Kemp | |
| 2:15 – 2:45 | Speaker 2 | Leonardo Morsut | |
| 2:45 – 3:00 | Short talks/Sponsor talks-1 | ||
| 3:00 – 3:15 | Short talks/Sponsor talks-2 | ||
| 3:15 – 3:45 | Coffee break | ||
| Session 4 | In vitro vascular systems | ||
| 3:45 – 4:15 | Speaker 1 | Manu Platt | |
| 4:15 – 4:45 | Speaker 2 | Christopher Hughes | |
| 4:15 – 5:00 | Short talks/Sponsor talks-1 | ||
| 4:45 – 5:15 | Short talks/Sponsor talks-2 | ||
| 5:15 – 6:00 | DEI Career Panel | ||
| 6:00 – | Dinner | ||
DAY 2, Room Palmetto Ballroom
Session |
Speaker |
Talk Title |
|
| 9:00 – 9:45 | Keynote (morning) | Kimberly Homan | |
| Session 5 | Cell and tissue mechanics | ||
| 9:45 – 10:15 | Speaker 1 | Valerie Horsley | |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Speaker 2 | Tracy Hookway | |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Coffee break (Room May 1 & 2) | ||
| Session 6 | Modeling embryogenesis | ||
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Speaker 1 | Mo Ebrahimkhani | |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Speaker 2 | Jianping Fu | |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Short talks/Sponsor talks-1 | ||
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Short talks/Sponsor talks-2 | ||
| 12:30 – 2:00 | Lunch (May 1 & 2) and poster session (Sabal 1 & 2) | ||
| 2:00 – 2:45 | Keynote (afternoon) | Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic | |
| 2:45 – 3:15 | Ethics, Societal Considerations, & Policies | Insoo Hyun | |
| 3:15 – 3:45 | Coffee break (Room May 1 & 2) | ||
| Session 8 | Disease modeling | ||
| 3:45 – 4:15 | Speaker 1 | Milica Radisic | |
| 4:15 – 4:45 | Speaker 2 | Shuichi Takayama | |
| 4:45 – 5:00 | Short talks/Sponsor talks-1 | ||
| 5:00 – 5:15 | Short talks/Sponsor talks-2 | ||
| 5:15 – 5:45 | NSF program manager | ||
DAY 3, Room Palmetto Ballroom
Session |
Speaker |
Talk Title |
|
| 9:00 – 9:45 | Keynote | Alysson Muotri | |
| Session 9 | In vitro cardiac and skeletal muscle | ||
| 9:45 – 10:15 | Speaker 1 | Ritu Raman | |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Speaker 2 | Oscar Abilez | |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee break (Room May 1 & 2) | ||
| Session 10 | Organ on chip | ||
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Speaker 1 | Ankur Singh | |
| 11:45 – 12:15 | Speaker 2 | Linda Griffith | |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Short talks/Sponsor talks-1 | ||
| 12:15 – 12:45 | Short talks/Sponsor talks-2 | ||
IMPORTANT DATES:
Abstract submission: 1/6/2025
Submit an Abstract
Notification of acceptance: 01/27/25
Early registration: 02/07/2025
Register
Late registration: Onsite
Conference dates: March 26-28, 2025