Modeling Human Development: Gene Networks, Organoids, and AI Tools
An ISSCR Webinar
Program Description: Join us for a special webinar featuring the ISSCR AI and Digital Biology Symposium Poster Award Winners as they share their award-winning research. Discover innovative approaches using high-throughput models, AI, and computational biology to advance our understanding of human development. Hear from rising leaders and stay at the forefront of stem cell science.
The webinar will take place on 26 February 2026 at 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST
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Registration Details
Registration for this webinar is open to all audiences.
As an ISSCR member benefit, members are invited to register at no cost.
The registration fee for non-members is $150.00 USD.
Non-members from countries identified by the World Bank as "low- and low-middle income countries"
receive a 50% reduction on registration rates. Eligible countries can be found here.
Registration will close 3 hours prior to the beginning of the webinar
The webinar will be hosted via Zoom. Registrants will receive an email reminder with the webinar link one day, and one hour prior to the event.
Moderator
Christina Theodoris, MD, PhD
Gladstone Institutes, USA
Presenters
Zejun Fan
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
Poster Title: DEEPBLASTOID: A DEEP LEARNING-BASED HIGH-THROUGHPUT EVALUATION FOR HUMAN BLASTOIDS USING BRIGHTFIELD IMAGES
Weiqi Lyu
University of California, San Diego; Altos Labs Inc., USA
Poster Title: INFERRING TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS DRIVING CELL FATE DECISIONS IN EARLY-STAGE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT USING TERATOMA AS A MODEL
Janice Reid, PhD
QIMR Berghofer, Australia
Poster Title: DEVELOPING CARDIAC-SPECIFIC PERTUBATION DATASETS FOR ML/AI-GUIDED CARDIAC DRUG DISCOVERY