{"id":108,"date":"2023-02-01T18:51:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T18:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2026-08-28T14:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T14:24:59","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/index.php\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#577aa3\">What is it like to be part of SUMO? What are we up to? Snippets &amp; snapshots below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Upcoming conference: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2027 SUMO symposium<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Supervised Morphogenesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Bringing together researchers in an integrated two and a half day symposium featuring key notes, PI presentations, short PD\/PhD presentations, round table discussion and poster sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Time and place: <strong>February 8 &#8211; 10, 2027<\/strong>.<br>Location: <strong>Oslo, Norway<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Link for more information and registration:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.uio.no\/hth\/english\/news-and-events\/events\/2027_SUMO_symposium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.med.uio.no\/hth\/english\/news-and-events\/events\/2027_SUMO_symposium<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conference Flyer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"890\" src=\"https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260825_sumo_flyer.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260825_sumo_flyer.png 695w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260825_sumo_flyer-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025 NOR-MPS \u2013 the annual Nordic Organoid and Microphysiological Systems Convention<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The convention is an annual networking event that brings together Nordic and invited international experts to present their research and to discuss latest developments in the field of microphysiological systems, organoids and organ-on-chip technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.uio.no\/hth\/english\/news-and-events\/events\/2025_NOR_MPS_symposium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.med.uio.no\/hth\/english\/news-and-events\/events\/2025_NOR_MPS_symposium<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2\">Conference on Engineered Living Materials 2024<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Fourth International Conference on Engineered Living Materials (ELMs) will gather the communities of material science, synthetic biology, biotechnology, and biophysics interested in programming and creating materials with life-like capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Engineered Living Materials open new avenues for resource-efficient fabrication of high-performance materials, and envision materials with unprecedented property combinations like integrated multifunctionality, adaptability, resilience, or evolvability. But how can materials be designed to allow sustained cellular survival and function? How can synthetic biology tools be interfaced with materials? How can processing technologies be made compatible with living cells? Which parameters and methods are required to characterize the dynamic behavior of ELMs? What are the requirements for the standardized scale-up of ELM production? What are the potential risks and mitigation strategies for the responsible application of ELMs in the future? New answers to these fundamental questions and many examples of new and functional ELMs are expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The program will also contain representatives from industry, regulatory agencies, and funding bodies to discuss the technical and environmental benefits and expected challenges of a functional marriage of non-living matter and living organisms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The conference is scheduled to take place from September 18th to 20th, 2024 in Saarbrucken, Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-living-materials-2024 wp-block-embed-living-materials-2024\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xzK7VARHaV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livingmaterials2024.de\/\">Engineered Living Materials 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cEngineered Living Materials 2024\u201d \u2014 Living Materials 2024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livingmaterials2024.de\/embed\/#?secret=mSDezVDyWB#?secret=xzK7VARHaV\" data-secret=\"xzK7VARHaV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3\">Annual meeting on Engineered Living Materials<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The European Innovation Council established a portfolio of <a href=\"https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/index.php\/elm-portfolio\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/index.php\/elm-portfolio\/\">7 research consortia working on Engineered Living Materials (ELMs)<\/a>.<br><br>Here is the picture of our first annual meeting in Brussels which did exceeded our expectations! Much to come from this group which aims to set up a European ELM platform.<br><br>From our SUMO consortium, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAA0mlVoB4S957-6Ly0sMhiIZfksFxGQyG8I\"><\/a>Jesse Veenvliet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAAKmo8B5vGPWGoa1WjqAekeATJ3TgyAIfY\"><\/a>Heidi Beate Bentzen and Stefan Krauss were on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240119_ELM-1024x535.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240119_ELM-1024x535.png 1024w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240119_ELM-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240119_ELM-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240119_ELM-1536x802.png 1536w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240119_ELM.png 1587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4\">Getting ready for the TAC<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Meet SUMO Consortium member Ryan Savill (Veenvliet Group) gearing up for his Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC) talk. With spectacular work being done only one year into his PhD, he&#8217;s got absolutely nothing to worry about. Stay tuned for an upcoming preprint on his thrilling research that integrates molecular and phenotypic fingerprints to predict and control morphological variation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image0-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image0-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image0-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image0-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image0-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image0-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5\">First SUMO preprint<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;re very proud that only one year into the SUMO project the first preprint is already out! The Nachman Lab applies machine learning on imaging data to predict gut morphotypes, and shows how global and personalized interventions make morphologically correct gut primordium formation in gastruloids much more reproducible: <strong>Coordination between endoderm progression and gastruloid elongation controls endodermal morphotype choice<\/strong>. Congrats to first author Naama! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2023.02.07.527329v1\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2023.02.07.527329v1\">https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2023.02.07.527329v1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"966\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/F1.large_-966x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-271\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.943359375;width:803px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/F1.large_-966x1024.jpg 966w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/F1.large_-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/F1.large_-768x814.jpg 768w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/F1.large_.jpg 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-6\">First steps towards automated formation of gastruloids<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">One of the major goals of SUMO is to achieve reproducible, automated formation of mouse and human gastruloids that enter organogenesis stages. Meet our new partner-in-crime: a pipetting robot! (Pic courtesy Maria Oksvold)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"885\" src=\"https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1679905154567.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1679905154567.jpg 800w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1679905154567-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1679905154567-768x850.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-7\">SUMO KICK-OFF!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">SUMO (SUpervised MOrphogenesis) is setting the bar high! We aim to challenge the current limitations for realistic <em>in vitro<\/em> organ models by combining gastruloid technology with cutting-edge imaging, genomics, artificial intelligence, and bioengineering.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Meet the fearless Team V1 taking up this challenge (at our kick-off meeting in Berlin):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1677849482621.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1677849482621.jpg 800w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1677849482621-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/supervised-morphogenesis.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1677849482621-768x682.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is it like to be part of SUMO? 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