Feb 17–20, 2026 | Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA, United States
Scientific Organizers:
Jun Wu, Jianping Fu, and Miki Ebisuya
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Scientific Organizers: Jun Wu, Jianping Fu, and Miki Ebisuya
Jun Wu, PhD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Jianping Fu, PhD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Miki Ebisuya, PhD
TU Dresden
***Meeting program subject to change.
Available Formats: = Livestream = In Person = On DemandTuesday, February 17, 2026
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Talk Title to be Announced
Spatial Multiomics Map of Trophoblast Development in Early Pregnancy
Advancing Trophoblast Organoid Models through a Comprehensive Investigation of Placental Development across Pregnancy
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Ex Utero Embryogenesis: from Naive Pluripotent Cells to Bona Fide Synthetic Embryo Models
Self-Patterning of Human Stem Cells into Post-Implantation Lineages
Creating High-Fidelity Mouse and Human Embryo Models with Reprogrammed ESCs
Developing Increasingly Complex Human Embryo-Like Structures using Stem Cells
Bioengineering Human Embryo and Organ Models
Uncovering Patient-Specific Disease Mysteries with Stem Cells and Organ Chips
Building Robust in vitro Systems to Study Early Human Development
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Deciphering Early Mammalian Development Using Stem Cell-Based Models
Naive Human PSCs Model Pre- to Post-Implantation Development
Adjusting the Timing of Mammalian Development
Talk Title to be Announced
Optogenetic Manipulation and Cross-Species Comparison of Stem Cell Models
Control Theory and Optogenetic Manipulation of in vitro Models
Optogenetic Manipulation and Systems Biology
Friday, February 20, 2026
Building a Spinal Cord: The Embryonic Development of the Vertebrate Neural Tube
Engineering Vascularized Organoids to Decode Human Organogenesis
The Primitive Endoderm Supports Lineage Plasticity to Enable Regulative Development
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