Seminar | Using wildlife organoids to study viral tropism and cross-species adaptation

Speaker: Karl Kochanowski, IRTA-CReSA (Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal) Title: Using wildlife organoids to study viral tropism and cross-species adaptation Karl Kochanowski focuses on identifying animal species susceptible to existing and emerging viruses, with the aim of predicting and containing disease outbreaks. 🔹 About MPS_NOVA EU Twinning Project MPS_NOVA is an EU Horizon Twinning project led by ITQB NOVA in collaboration with NOVA Medical School (NMS). The project aims to establish a European Hub of Excellence in Microphysiological Systems (MPS), using pluripotent stem cell technologies to enhance biomedical research at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (NOVA). MPS_NOVA is at the forefront of chronic disease modeling and host-microbe interaction studies, leveraging cutting-edge human-relevant systems like Organ-on-a-Chip devices and organoids. 📩 Follow us on YouTube and LinkedIn (mps-nova-twinning), and visit our website https://mpsnova.itqb.unl.pt/ for updates!