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Organoids is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on all aspects of organoids published quarterly online by MDPI. The editorial board is unique in its global expertise in organoid and organ-on-a-chip research. Publish with peer reviewed confidence, view the editorial board below. 

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Organoids (ISSN 2674-1172) is an open access journal featuring scientific research on organoids. It publishes novel research findings on all aspects of organoid development including stem and progenitor cell differentiation and technological advancements related to their applications in tissue engineering, bioprinting, model organ development and biomedicine. Organoids focuses on publishing research articles, reviews and communications, but other types of paper will also be considered. The purpose of Organoids is to encourage scientists to publish experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. Therefore, there is no restriction on the maximum length of papers. The full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. 

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Coming soon:  Special issue of MDPI Organoids

'Organoid and Organ-on-a-chip Research Advances in 2025'.
A special issue report from WORD+2025 (World Organoid and Organ-on-a-chip Research Day+).

WORD+2025 brings together Organoid and Organ-on-a-chip researchers from around the world.
This year all speakers and poster presenters are invited to share their work in this special issue. 
The format can be as detailed as you need with a minimum of a title, abstract, methods summary, key discussion points and conclusions. Please provide references as needed, visual and graphical representation are very welcome. Your work is invaluable and sharing only strengthens our research community. More info soon.

MDPI Organoids Editorial Board

  •  Dr. Süleyman Ergün Website. Editor-in-Chief

Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Würzburg, 97070 Würzburg, Germany
Interests: vascular morphogenesis; endothelial barrier function angiogenesis; vasculogenesis; tumor vascularization; vascular stem cells; adult stem cells; cardiovascular regeneration Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

  •  Dr. Ernst Wolvetan. Website. Associate Editor

Stem Cell Engineering Group, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Level 4, Building 75, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia Interests: iPS cells; embryonic stem cells; epigenetic regulation of stem cell fate; regenerative medicine; bioreactors; brain organoids.

  •  Dr. Hans Clevers. Website. Advisory Board Member

Roche Pharma R&D (pRED), 4002 Basel, Switzerland
2. Hubrecht Institute, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
3. Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
4. Distinguished Professor, Utrecht University, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands
5. Oncode Institute, 3521 AL Utrecht, The Netherlands
Interests: organoids; stem cells; molecular genetics

  •  Dr. Pedro Baptist. Website. Editorial Board Member

Health Research Institute Aragon (IIS Aragon), Avda San Juan Bosco, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
2. Biomedical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911 Madrid, Spain
Interests: liver bioengineering; liver organoids; hepatic stem/progenitor cells; decellularized liver; hepatoblasts

  •  Dr. Barbara Barboni. Website. Editorial Board Member

Department of Biosciences and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Interests: cell biology; biology of amniotic derived stem cells; tissue regeneration; regenerative medicine; biology of reproduction; ovarian angiogenesis; signal transduction; molecular biology; advanced reproductive biotechnology techniques
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  •  Dr. Nick Barker. Website. Editorial Board Member

A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore 138673, Singapore
2. Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 9201192, Japan
Interests: stem cells; organoid models of homeostasis disease; cancer; Wnt signalling
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  •  Roberto Benelli. Website. Editorial Board Member

SSD Molecular Oncology and e Angiogenesis, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Viale Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Interests: colorectal cancer; tumor microenvironment; immunohistochemistry; intracellular signaling; 3D primary cultures; organoids; EGFR; Akt; Erk; COX2. Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

  •  Ida Biunno. Website. Editorial Board Member

UOS-IRGB-CNR, Via Fantoli 16/15, 20138 Milan, Italy
Interests: proteostasis and cancer; stem cells and cancer; organoids; tissue microarray applications in basic in translational medicine

  •  Dr. Ye-Guang Chen. Website. Editorial Board Member

The State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. Interests: intestinal organoids; gastric organoids; tissue stem cells; Wnt signaling; BMP signaling

  •  Yu-Chih Chen. Website. Editorial Board Member

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
2. Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
3. CMU-Pitt Ph.D. Program in Computational Biology, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
4. Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Interests: single-cell analysis; microfluidics; deep learning
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  •  Cyril Corbe. Website. Editorial Board Member

Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (FATH), Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
Interests: therapy resistance; cancer metabolism; tumor microenvironment; acidosis; organoids; cancer-associated fibroblasts; precision medicine. Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

  •  Dr. Jeremy M. Crook. Website. Editorial Board Member

Arto Hardy Family Biomedical Innovation Hub, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
2. School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
3. Intelligent Polymer Research Institute and Institute of Innovative Materials, AIIM Facility, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Fairy Meadow, NSW 2519, Australia
Interests: biomedical engineering; regenerative medicine (including stem cells); cancer therapy; medical devices; tissue engineering; tissue modelling. Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

  •  Edoardo D'Angelo. Website. Editorial Board Member

Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, First Surgical Clinic, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy
Interests: gastrointestinal cancer; biomarker; liquid biopsy; microRNA; 3D cell culture; 3D tumor model; epithelial to mesenchymal transition; chemoradiotherapy; response to therapy Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

  •  Loretta L. del Mercat. Website. Editorial Board Member

CNR-Institute of Nanotechnology, c/o Campus Ecotekne, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
Interests: optical pH and oxygen sensors; 3D in vitro tumor models; tumor microenvironment; cell metabolism; cell–cell interactions; fluorescence live cell imaging; scientific computing and data processing
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  •  Dr. Luc J. W. van der Laan. Website. Editorial Board Member

Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC Transplant Institute, University Medical Center, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Interests: regenerative medicine; liver transplantation; stem cells; tissue engineering; liver organoids
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  •  Silvia Di Angelantoni. Website. Editorial Board Member

Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “V. Erspamer”, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy
Interests: brain organoids; retinal organoids; microglia; synapses; iPSCs; calcium imaging; microscopy; patch clamp
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  •  Thomas Durcan. Website. Editorial Board Member

The Neuro’s Early Drug Discovery Unit (EDDU), McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
Interests: Parkinson's disease; iPSCs; brain organoids

  •  Takanori Eguchi. Website. Editorial Board Member

Department of Dental Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8525, Japan. Interests: intercellular communication; extracellular vesicles; exosomes; 3D culture systems; cancer; gene regulation; tumor microenvironment. Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

  •  Dr. Nicholas R. Forsyth. Website. Editorial Board Member

Guy Hilton Research Centre, Keele University, Thornburrow Drive, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 7QB, UK
Interests: regenerative medicine; tissue engineering; hypoxia; adult stem cells; pluripotent stem cells; tendon; cartilage; respiratory system
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  •  Guillermo Gomez. Website. Editorial Board Member

Centre for Cancer Biology, SA Pathology and the University of South of Australia, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
Interests: brain tumors; precision oncology; patient-derived organoids; transcriptomics; proteomics; deep learning; microscopy; brain disorders
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  •  Dr. Sorin Hostiuc. Website. Editorial Board Member

Department of Legal Medicine and Bioethics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Carol Davila University” of Medicine and Pharmacy, RO-020021 Bucharest, Romania. Interests: pathology; bioethics; sudden cardiac death; forensic; research ethics; telocytes; stem cells; organoids
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  •  Dr. Stephanie C. Joachim. Website. Editorial Board Member

Experimental Eye Research Institute, University Eye Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44892 Bochum, Germany
Interests: glaucoma; age-related macular degeneration; retinal diseases; retinal organ culture models; autoimmunity; neuroprotection
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  •  Dr. Christian Jörgensen. Website. Editorial Board Member

IRMB, University of Montpellier, INSERM, 34295 Montpellier, France
2. Clinical Immunology and Osteoarticular Disease Therapeutic Unit, Department of Rheumatology, CHU, 34295 Montpellier, France
Interests: mesenchymal stem cells; niche; tissue homeostasis
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  •  Andreas Kurtz. Website. Editorial Board Member

BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
Interests: stem cells; cell data management, extracellular matrix; kidney organoids; regenerative medicine; ethics of organoids
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  •  Dr. Jong-Young Kwak. Website. Editorial Board Member

Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Worldcup-Ro 164, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
2. 3D Immune System Imaging Core Center, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
3. Immune-Network Pioneer Research Center, Ajou University Medical Center, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
Interests: 3D culture; immune microenvironment; functional polymer
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  •  Dr. Stefan Liebau. Website. Editorial Board Member

Institute of Neuroanatomy & Developmental Biology INDB, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Österbergstr. 3, 72074 Tubingen, Germany
Interests: pluripotent stem cells; neurosensory systems; stem cell differentiation; neuroplasticity; neurogenesis; retinal organoids; gene therapy; organ-on-chip. Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

  •  David Pamies. Website. Editorial Board Member

Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Lausanne, CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
Interests: neurology; neurotoxicology; developmental neurotoxicology; organoids; in vitro brain models; glioblastoma
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  •  Dr. Bahram Parvin. Website. Editorial Board Member

Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
Interests: high content screening of organoid models; tumor-stroma interactions
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  •  Samuel Peña-Llopis. Website. Editorial Board Member

Translational Genomics in Solid Tumors, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, D-45147 Essen, Germany
Interests: translational genomics; molecular genetics; epigenetics; metastasis; patient-derived organoids; preclinical models; renal cell carcinoma; uveal melanoma

  •  Dr. Valentina Russo. Website. Editorial Board Member

Faculty of Bioscience and Agro-Food and Environmental Technology, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Via Renato Balzarini 1, 64100 Teramo, Italy. Interests: regenerative medicine; tissue engineering; amniotic-derived stem cells
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  •  Dr. Gun Yong Sung. Website. Editorial Board Member

Interdisciplinary Program of Nano-Medical Device Engineering, Graduate School, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Republic of Korea
2. Major in Materials Science & Engineering, School of FutureConvergence, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Republic of Korea
3. Integrative Materials Research Institute, School of Future Convergence, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Republic of Korea
Interests: organ-on-a-chip; skin-on-a-chip; aged skin model; atopic dermatitis skin model; kidney-on-a-chip; multi-organs on chips; microphysiological system for multi-organs; artificial organs

  •  Toshio Takahash. Website. Editorial Board Member

Suntory Foundation for Life Sciences, Bioorganic Research Institute, Kyoto 619-0284, Japan
Interests: intestinal organoid; stem cell; signaling; non-neuronal acetylcholine; acetylcholine receptor
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  •  Eva Tomaskovic-Crook. Website. Editorial Board Member

ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, AIIM Facility, University of Wollongong, Wollongong 2500, Australia. Interests: stem cell biology; cancer cell biology; neurobiology; biomaterials; electroceuticals; organoids; tissue engineering; bioprinting; regenerative medicine; gene and molecular therapy
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  •  Dr. Elizabeth Vinca. Website. Editorial Board Member

Department of Infectious Diseases, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
2. Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL), Royal Melbourne Hospital at the Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
Interests: wnt signalling; frizzled; cancer; organoids; infectious disease; host–pathogen interactions
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  •  Jan Wijnholds. Website. Editorial Board Member

Department of Ophthalmology, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
Interests: retinal degeneration; AAV gene therapy; crumbs homologue 1; CRB1; scRNAseq
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  •  Philipp Wörsdörfe. Website. Editorial Board Member

Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Würzburg, Koellikerstr. 6, 97070 Würzburg, Germany
Interests: organoids; pluripotent stem cells; vascularization; cellular reprogramming; gap junctions
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  •  Dr. Holm Zaehres. Website. Editorial Board Member

Stem Cell Engineering Lab, Institute of Anatomy, Ruhr University Bochum, Medical Faculty, 44801 Bochum, Germany
Interests: cellular reprogramming; human induced pluripotent stem cells; organoids; neural and skeletal muscle disease modelling; genome editing.