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The Stem Cell Podcast

Episode:

Ep. 289: “Heart-Forming Organoids” Featuring Dr. Robert Zweigerdt

Category:

Science & Medicine

Duration:

01:26:43

Publish Date:

2025-03-04 20:00:58

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Dr. Robert Zweigerdt is a Principal Investigator at Hannover Medical School, where his lab focuses on cardiac differentiation and the scalable culture of PSCs. He talks about regulating the lineage-specific differentiation of hPSCs and generating heart-forming organoids that mirror developmental cardiogenesis. He also discusses the importance of mentorship and the benefits of an international research group.

The Stem Cell Science Round Up

Dissecting Mouse Embryo Models – Researchers used deep learning to classify and dissect the experimental variability of stem cell-derived embryo models.

Human Brain Evolution – Scientists used CRISPR interference to characterize human accelerated regions of the human genome and their chimpanzee orthologues.

Preventing Skin Scarring – Verteporfin, a YAP inhibitor, promotes scarless healing and wound regeneration in pigs.

Modeling Pulmonary Fibrosis – Induced respiratory airway progenitors provide a model for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis drug discovery and validation.

Image courtesy of Dr. Robert Zweigerdt