# Organoids ## Organoid cryopreservation * [Cryopreservation of human cortical organoids using vitrification](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.08.647634v1) * [Functional recovery of the adult murine hippocampus after cryopreservation by vitrification](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.22.634384v3) ## Retinal organoids * [Optogenetic activation of vascularized human retinal organoids](https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2800276&utm_source=chatgpt.com) (2024) * [Retinal organoids from pluripotent stem cells efficiently recapitulate retinogenesis](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4834051/) See [[biosight]] for more information. ## Other [Harnessing synthetic biology to engineer organoids and tissues](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11684341/) this has a good overview of prospective techniques for programmable developmental biology, cell-cell adhesion, multi-state genetic circuits to control morphology, optogenetic chimeric receptors, synNotch receptor system, synthetic diffusive morphogen system using a synthetic receptor "such as MESA", synthetic cell-cell adhesion molecules, multi-fate synthetic circuits, juxtacrine signaling, diffusible morphogens, differential cell adhesion, etc. [Patterning of brain organoids derived from human pluripotent stem cells](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9167774/) See also [[morphogenesis]] for patterned control of organoid development. see also [[bioprinting]]