Join Dr. Thomas Hartung as he explores the emerging field of Organoid Intelligence (OI). Learn how engineered human brain organoids exhibit neurological functions, including, memory, learning, and cognition.

‍

Key Learnings:

‍

1. The Origin of OI – How Dr. Hartung and Lena Manova’s pandemic-era collaboration sparked the concept of organoid intelligence, using microelectrode arrays to communicate with brain organoids.

2. Applications in Learning & Drug Discovery – How OI can model human learning and accelerate pharmacology and toxicology by improving predictive power in drug development.

3. Comparative Learning Mechanisms – Why the human brain remains far more efficient and adaptable than AI.

4. Ethical Considerations – The bioethical landscape of OI and how researchers are ensuring responsible exploration.

5. Future Prospects – A vision of “cognition in a dish,” unlocking breakthroughs in brain-machine interfaces and biological computing.

‍

Speaker

‍

Thomas Hartung, MD PhD, is professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Whiting School of Engineering, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., and University of Konstanz, Germany; he also is Director of Centers for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) in the US and Europe and Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in AI. He authored 690+ scientific publications with 50,000+ citations (h-index 119) and his COURSERA toxicology classes had 20,000+ active learners.