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ArticleAnalytical chemistry2025

Label-Free Detection of Biochemical Changes during Cortical Organoid Maturation via Raman Spectroscopy and Machine Learning.

Giulia Bruno, Michal Lipinski, Koseki J Kobayashi-Kirschvink, Christian Tentellino, Peter T C So, Jeon Woong Kang, Francesco De Angelis

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Article in Analytical chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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7 authors.

Giulia BrunoIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6259-2318
Michal LipinskiBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
Koseki J Kobayashi-KirschvinkG. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Christian TentellinoIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5974-8764
Peter T C SoG. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Jeon Woong KangG. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2012-9023
Francesco De AngelisIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6053-2488

Funding

Wide-Field Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR) multiphoton (MP) tissue imagingP41EB015871 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SO, PETER T. · 2012 to 2021
$11.3M
Single-cell label-free identification of senescence by Raman microscopy and spatial genomicsUG3CA275687 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SO, PETER T. · 2022 to 2023
$1.1M
NCI NIH HHS UG3 CA275687NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB015871
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human cerebral organoids have become valuable tools in neurodevelopment research, holding promise for investigating neurological diseases and reducing drug development costs. However, clinical translation and large-scale production of brain organoids face challenges due to invasive methodologies such as immunohistochemistry and omics that are traditionally used for their investigation. These hinder real-time monitoring of organoids and highlight the need for a nondestructive approach to promote resource-efficient production and standardization and enable dynamic studies for drug testing and developmental monitoring. Here, we propose a label-free methodology utilizing Raman spectroscopy (RS) and machine learning to discern cortical organoid maturation stages and to observe their biochemical variations. We validated the method's robustness by analyzing both pluripotent stem cell-derived organoids and embryonic stem cell-derived organoids, revealing also significant biochemical variability between the two. This finding paves the way for the use of RS for longitudinal studies to observe dynamic changes in brain organoids, offering a promising tool for advancing our understanding of brain development and accelerating drug discovery.

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Machine LearningOrganoidsSpectrum Analysis, RamanHumansPluripotent Stem Cells

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PMID39993137
PMCPMC11912127

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