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"Generation and characterization of vestibular inner ear organoids from human pluripotent stem cells"
PDF: raw/sources/vandervalk 2025 generation and characterization of vestibular.pdf Article: Nature Protocols 21:391 428, Feb 2026
CRISPR screens in human neural organoids and assembloids
This paper is best understood as an engineering, imaging, or perturbation protocol layered onto organoid culture for CRISPR screening in neural organoids and assembloids. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it turns neural organoids and assembloids into pooled CRISPR screening systems.
Generating and characterizing human telencephalic brain organoids from stem cell-derived single neural rosettes
This paper is best understood as a stepwise derivation and maturation protocol for single rosette telencephalic brain organoid generation and characterization. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it starts from single neural rosettes to tighten telencephalic brain organoid generation.
Production of human blood-generating heart-forming organoids and sample preparation for advanced imaging
This paper is best understood as an engineering, imaging, or perturbation protocol layered onto organoid culture for blood generating heart forming organoids and advanced imaging. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it extends heart forming organoids toward blood generation and pairs them with scalable clearing and imaging preparation.
"An integrated transcriptomic cell atlas of human neural organoids"
PDF: raw/sources/he 2024 an integrated transcriptomic cell atlas.pdf Article: Nature
Generating human bone marrow organoids for disease modeling and drug discovery
This paper is best understood as a multi lineage developmental organoid protocol for bone marrow organoid generation for disease modeling and screening. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it creates a bone marrow niche model with vascular, stromal, and hematopoietic elements.
Generation and long-term culture of human cerebellar organoids from pluripotent stem cells
This paper is best understood as a stepwise derivation and maturation protocol for human cerebellar organoid generation and long term culture. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it uses dual SMAD plus WNT and FGF8b patterning to generate cerebellar organoids with both rhombic lip and ventricular zone progenitors and support long term Purkinje cell maturation.
Generation of ‘semi-guided’ cortical organoids with complex neural oscillations
This paper is best understood as an engineering, imaging, or perturbation protocol layered onto organoid culture for semi guided cortical organoids with electrophysiology workflows. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it positions semi guided cortical organoids as a reproducible platform for oscillations, calcium imaging, and MEA readouts.
Host circuit engagement of human cortical organoids transplanted in rodents
This paper is best understood as a transplantation or host engagement protocol for cortical organoid transplantation and host circuit integration. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it uses transplantation to test whether cortical organoids engage host neural circuits in vivo.
A distal lung organoid model to study interstitial lung disease, viral infection and human lung development
This paper is best understood as a multi lineage developmental organoid protocol for distal lung organoid differentiation and maintenance. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it positions distal lung organoids as a disease, infection, and developmental model in one workflow.
Generation of proximal tubule-enhanced kidney organoids from human pluripotent stem cells
This paper is best understood as a stepwise derivation and maturation protocol for kidney organoid generation with improved proximal tubules. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it optimizes kidney differentiation toward stronger proximal tubule representation.
Protocol for generating reproducible miniaturized controlled midbrain organoids
This paper is best understood as a stepwise derivation and maturation protocol for miniaturized controlled midbrain organoid generation for screening workflows. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it miniaturizes midbrain organoids into controlled, necrosis limited units that are compatible with higher throughput screening.
"Functional, metabolic and transcriptional maturation of human pancreatic islets derived from stem cells"
PDF: raw/sources/balboa 2022 functional metabolic and transcriptional.pdf Article: Nature Biotechnology
Generation and characterization of hair-bearing skin organoids from human pluripotent stem cells
This paper is best understood as a multi lineage developmental organoid protocol for hair bearing skin organoid generation and characterization. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it builds skin organoids with appendages and sensory features rather than a simple epithelial sheet.
Transplantation of intestinal organoids into a mouse model of colitis
This paper is best understood as a transplantation or host engagement protocol for intestinal organoid transplantation in colitis repair model. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it moves intestinal organoids into an in vivo repair context using a colitis model.
"Generation of insulin-producing pancreatic β cells from multiple human stem cell lines"
PDF: raw/sources/hogrebe 2021 generation of insulin producing pancreatic.pdf Article: Nature Protocols
"Human sensorimotor organoids derived from healthy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis stem cells form neuromuscular junctions"
PDF: raw/sources/pereira 2021 human sensorimotor organoids derived.pdf Article: Nature Communications
A robust protocol for the generation of human midbrain organoids
This paper is best understood as a stepwise derivation and maturation protocol for robust human midbrain organoid generation from neuroepithelial stem cells. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it derives midbrain organoids from patterned neuroepithelial stem cells with reproducible dopaminergic and glial composition.
Controlling the polarity of human gastrointestinal organoids to investigate epithelial biology and infectious diseases
This paper is best understood as a functional assay extension layered onto organoid culture for polarity control for gastrointestinal and colon organoid experiments. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it re engineers epithelial polarity so apical biology becomes experimentally accessible.
Engineering human hepato-biliary-pancreatic organoids from pluripotent stem cells
This paper is best understood as a multi lineage developmental organoid protocol for multi lineage hepato biliary pancreatic organoid engineering. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it models a foregut midgut boundary by fusing anterior and posterior spheroids into a hepato biliary pancreatic organoid.
Generation and long-term culture of advanced cerebral organoids for studying later stages of neural development
This paper is best understood as a stepwise derivation and maturation protocol for advanced long term cerebral organoid culture. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it pushes cerebral organoids toward later stage neural development and longer maturation windows.
Generation of caudal-type serotonin neurons and hindbrain-fate organoids from hPSCs
This paper is best understood as a stepwise derivation and maturation protocol for caudal hindbrain organoid generation with serotonin neuron enrichment. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it patterns ventral hindbrain progenitors toward caudal serotonin neurons and adapts the system into hindbrain like organoids.
Generation of heart-forming organoids from human pluripotent stem cells
This paper is best understood as a multi lineage developmental organoid protocol for heart forming organoid generation from hPSCs. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it captures early cardiac morphogenesis in a structured heart forming organoid model.
Intestinal organoid cocultures with microbes
This paper is best understood as a functional assay extension layered onto organoid culture for colon and intestinal organoid microbial coculture workflows. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it adds lumenal microinjection, 2D exposure, and microbial viability workflows to intestinal organoids.
Long-term culture, genetic manipulation and xenotransplantation of human normal and breast cancer organoids
This paper is best understood as an engineering, imaging, or perturbation protocol layered onto organoid culture for breast organoid derivation, engineering, and xenotransplantation. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it extends breast organoids into long term culture, genetic manipulation, and xenotransplantation.
"Cell stress in cortical organoids impairs molecular subtype specification"
PDF: raw/sources/bhaduri 2020 cell stress in cortical.pdf Article: Nature
Brainstem Organoids From Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
This paper is best understood as a stepwise derivation and maturation protocol for brainstem organoid generation with midbrain and hindbrain progenitors. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it builds a brainstem organoid workflow that combines midbrain and hindbrain progenitors with dopaminergic, noradrenergic, cholinergic, and neural crest linked populations.
Establishment of human fetal hepatocyte organoids and CRISPR-Cas9-based gene knockin and knockout in organoid cultures from human liver
This paper is best understood as an engineering, imaging, or perturbation protocol layered onto organoid culture for liver organoid establishment plus CRISPR editing. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it combines liver organoid establishment with knockin and knockout workflows.
Establishment of patient-derived cancer organoids for drug-screening applications
This paper is best understood as a primary tissue or patient derived organoid culture protocol for patient derived cancer organoids for screening. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it focuses on robust establishment of patient derived cancer organoids for downstream drug screening workflows.
Human iPSC-Derived Hippocampal Spheroids: An Innovative Tool for Stratifying Alzheimer Disease Patient-Specific Cellular Phenotypes and Developing Therapies
This paper is best understood as a stepwise derivation and maturation protocol for hippocampal spheroid generation from hiPSCs for disease modeling. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it creates free floating hippocampal spheroids from human iPSCs that preserve hippocampal marker identity and support early Alzheimer related phenotype readouts.
"Engineering of human brain organoids with a functional vascular-like system"
PDF: raw/sources/cakir 2019 engineering of human brain.pdf Article: Nature Methods
"Flow-enhanced vascularization and maturation of kidney organoids in vitro"
PDF: raw/sources/homan 2019 flow enhanced vascularization and maturation.pdf Article: Nature Methods
"Generation of blood vessel organoids from human pluripotent stem cells"
PDF: raw/sources/wimmer 2019 generation of blood vessel organoids.pdf Article: Nature Protocols
"Generation of complex human organoid models including vascular networks by incorporation of mesodermal progenitor cells"
PDF: raw/sources/worsdorfer 2019 generation of complex human organoid.pdf Article: Scientific Reports
"Individual brain organoids reproducibly form cell diversity of the human cerebral cortex"
PDF: raw/sources/velasco 2019 individual brain organoids reproducibly.pdf Article: Nature
"Organoid single-cell genomic atlas uncovers human-specific features of brain development"
PDF: raw/sources/kanton 2019 organoid single cell genomic atlas.pdf Article: Nature
"Reliability of human cortical organoid generation"
PDF: raw/sources/yoon 2019 reliability of human cortical.pdf Article: Nature Methods
Generation of lung organoids from human pluripotent stem cells in vitro
This paper is best understood as a stepwise derivation and maturation protocol for foundational lung organoid generation from hPSCs. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it offers a baseline pluripotent stem cell route into lung organoid generation.
Tumor organoid-T-cell coculture systems
This paper is best understood as a functional assay extension layered onto organoid culture for tumor organoid immune coculture workflow. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it turns tumor organoids into an immune interaction assay by adding T cell coculture workflows.
Generation and assembly of human brain region-specific three-dimensional cultures
This paper is best understood as a stepwise derivation and maturation protocol for region specific brain organoids and assembloids. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it builds dorsal and ventral forebrain spheroids and then assembles them to study migration and circuit formation.
Generation of human antral and fundic gastric organoids from pluripotent stem cells
This paper is best understood as a stepwise derivation and maturation protocol for gastric antral and fundic organoid generation from hPSCs. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it separates gastric differentiation into antral and fundic trajectories from pluripotent stem cells.
"Generation of inner ear organoids containing functional hair cells from human pluripotent stem cells"
PDF: raw/sources/koehler 2017 generation of inner ear organoids.pdf Article: Nature Biotechnology
Culture and establishment of self-renewing human and mouse adult liver and pancreas 3D organoids and their genetic manipulation
This paper is best understood as an engineering, imaging, or perturbation protocol layered onto organoid culture for adult liver and pancreas organoid culture and genetic manipulation. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it establishes expandable adult liver and pancreas organoids and pairs them with genetic manipulation.
Generation of kidney organoids from human pluripotent stem cells
This paper is best understood as a stepwise derivation and maturation protocol for classic nephron rich kidney organoid protocol. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it details a widely used kidney workflow that brings multiple renal progenitor populations into the same culture.
Generation of nephron progenitor cells and kidney organoids from human pluripotent stem cells
This paper is best understood as a stepwise derivation and maturation protocol for high efficiency nephron progenitor and kidney organoid generation. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it prioritizes high efficiency nephron progenitor generation as a cleaner entry into kidney organoid production.
Organoid culture systems for prostate epithelial and cancer tissue
This paper is best understood as a primary tissue or patient derived organoid culture protocol for prostate epithelial and cancer organoid establishment. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it shows how healthy and cancer prostate organoids can be expanded from primary material rather than only stem cell differentiation.
"Generation of a ciliary margin-like stem cell niche from self-organizing human retinal tissue"
PDF: raw/sources/kuwahara 2015 generation of a ciliary.pdf Article: Nature Communications
Generation of cerebral organoids from human pluripotent stem cells
This paper is best understood as a stepwise derivation and maturation protocol for foundational cerebral organoid generation from hPSCs. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it establishes the classic unguided cerebral organoid workflow with broad regional self organization.
The generation of kidney organoids by differentiation of human pluripotent cells to ureteric bud progenitor-like cells
This paper is best understood as a stepwise derivation and maturation protocol for ureteric bud progenitor like route for kidney organoid generation. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it uses a ureteric bud progenitor route and chimeric culture logic rather than a nephron only strategy.
Generating human intestinal tissue from pluripotent stem cells in vitro
This paper is best understood as a stepwise derivation and maturation protocol for foundational intestinal organoid generation from hPSCs. Its main distinctive contribution in this corpus is that it builds a stepwise hPSC to endoderm to mid/hindgut route that turns gut spheroids into intestinal organoids.