Cell culture medium kit for robust generation of ventral forebrain neural organoids from human pluripotent stem cells.

Robustly generate three-dimensional, patterned brain organoid cultures from human pluripotent stem cells without matrix embedding. STEMdiff™ Dorsal and Ventral Forebrain Organoid Differentiation Kits are serum-free cell culture media that work with AggreWell™-generated embryoid bodies to prevent organoid fusion and enable the scalable generation of over 500 highly reproducible organoids per kit. Adapted from protocols by Sergiu Paşca (F Birey et al. Nature, 2017), these brain-region-specific organoids are three-dimensional in vitro models with a cellular composition and structural organization that is representative of the developing human forebrain.

STEMdiff™ Dorsal Forebrain Organoid Differentiation Kit generates tissue of the early developing dorsal pallium, while STEMdiff™ Ventral Forebrain Organoid Differentiation Kit generates tissue of the early developing ventral subpallium. Organoids generated with these kits can also be co-cultured as assembloids to study brain region interactions (F Birey et al. Nature, 2017). For extended periods of organoid culture (> 50 days), the components required for organoid maintenance are available as STEMdiff™ Neural Organoid Maintenance Kit.