Originating from the Biogenouest unifying project, the OuestOÏD network brings together nearly 70 players from the Greater West involved in fundamental and applied research on organoids and other 3D models.

Since January 2025, a working group has been formed to continue the scientific animation of the network, with the support of GIS Biogenouest.

Coming soon:

• November 21, 2025: Jean-Michel Escoffre (iBrain, Tours) : “Delivery of therapeutic molecules by sonoporation in a mouse model of liver metastases from colorectal cancer”

Previous seminars:

• October 9th 2025 : Ludivine Percevault (ANSES, Ploufragan):“Relevance of porcine intestinal organoids as an alternative to animal experimentation: application to the study of host-virus interactions during porcine coronavirus infection.” 
• September 11, 2025 : Olivier De Wever (Cancer Research Institute Ghent, Belgium): “Aging shapes tissue dynamics, drug response and cellular dissemination in three-dimensional cancer models »

• June 12, 2025 : Karine Reynaud (INRAE, Tours-Nouzilly): Oviduct spheroids and organoids: new models for better understanding fertility
• April 24, 2025 : Gregory Menchon (OSS, Université Rennes): Application of the spheroid model in the development of therapeutic ASOs targeting melanoma et Devina Ung (iBrain, Tours): Functional exploration of genetic variants and their early cortical and synaptic impact in understanding Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

The WestOÏD working group:

Yannick Arlot (IGDR, Rennes)

Maud Contrant (ANSES, Ploufragan) 

Gaëlle Friocourt (LATIM, Brest) 

Anne Gaignerie (MicroPICell/ION, Nantes)

Laurent Griscom (BIM3D, Rennes)

Sophie Lelièvre (ICO, Angers)

Grégory Menchon (OSS, Rennes)

Devina Ung (IBrain, Tours)

Bénédicte Martin (Biogenouest)