Thursday, April 4, 2024

Modeling inner ear development and disease with organoids

10:45 AM

Medical Science 2
3697 W Lecture Hall

This talk is part of the HBCS Seminar Series and features Karl R. Koehler, Ph.D. (Harvard).

Featured Speaker

Karl R. Koehler, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Principal Investigator in Otolaryngology & Plastic and Oral Surgery. F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center
Stem Cell Program, Boston Children’s Hospital

With a doctorate in medical neuroscience and postdoctoral fellowship training from the Indiana University School of Medicine, Dr. Karl Koehler's research focuses on using the organoid culture system as a platform to develop regenerative therapies for the inner ear and various craniofacial tissues. The overall aim of this work is to create new tools to study human sensory organ development, function, and regeneration.

Research in the Koehler Lab focuses on using human organoid systems as a platform to model congenital diseases and develop novel therapies for the inner ear and various craniofacial tissues, including the skin and facial bones.