“I'm really glad I could connect with researchers involved in tackling so many issues in medicine from across the world. The friendliness & outstanding organization was second-to-none.Southampton University, UK & Comprehensive Cancer Center François Baclesse, France
“Energising cutting edge organoid and organ-on-a-chip science from across the globe. It is truly one that feels most connected out of many other conferences.AstraZeneca & GSK, Sweden & UK.
UK Organoid & Organ-on-a-Chip Society Founders.
Dr Mhairi Morris, Loughborough University.
Dr Rhiannon David, AstraZeneca.
Dr Tamas Korcsmaros, Imperial College London.
Dr Lisa Mohamet, GSK.
Dr Stefaan Verbruggen, Queen Mary University London.
Dr Emma Shepherd, Aston University.
Dr Paul Holloway, Oxford University.
Dr Cathy Vickers, NC3RS.
& Miles Rackliff, WORC.Community.
WORC Friends
Researcher Spotlights From WORD+ EventsCelebrating the researchers, speakers and friends who make WORD+ a special community.
Meet the WORD+2027 speakers
Meet the WORC Community
Researchers, collaborators, speakers and friends brought together through WORD+ — sharing science, ideas and connections across the organoid, organ-on-a-chip and NAM community.
Associate Professor Antonella Dost
Employer: University of Copenhagen / reNEW
Professor Marianna Kruithof-de Julio
Employer: University of Bern / OnconiX AG
Professor Tamas Korcsmaros
Employer: Imperial College London – Organoid Facility
Professor Peter Loskill
Employer: University of Tübingen / 3R-Center Tübingen
Dr Louis-Bastien Weiswald
Employer: Comprehensive Cancer Center François Baclesse
Dr Kathryn Bowles
Employer: UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh
Dr Eleanor Murphy
Employer: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford
Dr Alice Pollard
Employer: Imperial College London / MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
Professor Giovanni Blandino
Employer: Regina Elena National Cancer Institute (IRE)
Professor Stefan Krauss Deiml
Employer: University of Oslo / Oslo University Hospital
Dr Mattia FM Gerli
Employer: UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Dr Giovanni Giuseppe Giobbe
Employer: UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Dr Julia Hesse
Employer: University Hospital Düsseldorf / Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Dr Mohammad Islam
Employer: Navigate Precision Biology / University of Dundee
Professor Elzbieta Jastrzebska
Employer: Warsaw University of Technology / CEZAMAT
Dr Magdalena Kasendra
Employer: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Professor Martin Knight
Employer: Queen Mary University of London
Professor Kerstin Schneeberger-Verjaal
Employer: Utrecht University / Hubrecht Institute
Professor Hazel Screen
Employer: Queen Mary University of London
Professor Lena Smirnova
Employer: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Professor Maurice Whelan
Employer: European Commission Joint Research Centre
