“Deciphering Human Glioblastoma Invasion into Brain Organoids”

Rolf Bjerkvig, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen
Thurs. May 26, 2022
4:15 – 4:40 p.m.
Washington Room, Hotel Roanoke
Abstract: Brain organoids represent a promising tool for modeling neurological diseases. In this presentation we show that rat brain organoids can be used as an ex vivo avatar co-culture system to decipher glioblastoma invasion parameters. Finally, we showed how this model can be used to assess therapeutic interventions directed toward neuronal-glioma synaptic communication.