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Curi Bio is attending EU-METAHEART Training School & International Conference 2026. Request a meeting here:
Curi Bio is attending 2026 UW Center for Translational Muscle Research (CTMR) Annual Symposium. Request a meeting here:
Curi Bio is attending ODC26 SEOUL. Request a meeting here:
Curi Bio is attending the 62nd Interagency Botulism Research Coordinating Committee Meeting. Request a meeting here:
Curi Bio is attending SPS 2026. Request a meeting here:
Curi Bio is attending iMPSS 2026. Request a meeting here:
Curi Bio is attending EASD 2026. Request a meeting here:
Curi Bio is attending WMS 2026. Request a meeting here:
Curi Bio is attending iMND Meeting 2026. Request a meeting here:
Curi Bio is attending 53rd European Muscle Conference. Request a meeting here:
Curi Bio is attending 21st Congress of The Korean Society of Sarcopenia. Request a meeting here:
Curi Bio is attending Global Bio Conference 2026. Request a meeting here:
Curi Bio is attending 2026 RRPV General Membership Meeting. Request a meeting here:
Curi Bio is attending CPHI 2026 (Convention on Pharmaceutical Ingredients Worldwide). Request a meeting here:
Curi Bio is attending and presenting at the SMB 2026 in Victoria BC Canada. Request a meeting here.
Curi Bio is attending and presenting at AHA BCVS 2026. Request a meeting with Nelsa Estrella here.
Curi Bio is attending ICNMD 2026 in Florence, Italy. Request a meeting with Hamed Ghazizadeh here.
Curi BIo will be attending ESTIV 2026. Request a meeting with Mohammad Khoonkari here.
Curi Bio will be co-hosting the NAMs Industry Mixer at BIO Convention 2026 in San Diego, CA.
Schedule a meeting with the Curi Bio Team in Denmark. Request a meeting with Hamed and Christos here.
Curi Bio will be presenting at the DTMC of 2026.
Curi Bio will be presenting at the ECM Pharmacology Congress of 2026.
Curi Bio will be presenting at the 2026 PNS Annual Meeting.
Curi Bio will be presenting at the New Directions 2026 conference.
Curi Bio will be presenting at the Bit Bio User Exchange 2026.
Curi Bio’s team will be exhibiting at MPS World Summit 2026!
Visit the team at Booth 121 and schedule an on-site demo for an exclusive look at what’s new!
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Curi Bio’s Nelsa Estrella and Byran Koci will be attending ASGCT 2026!
Visit the team at Booth #701!
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Curi Bio’s Dr. Hamed Ghazizadeh will be attending ISCT 2026!
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Curi Bio’s Dr. Mohammad Khoonkari will be attending Olympiad in Cardiovascular Medicine 2026!
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Curi Bio’s Korea team will be attending Bio Korea 2026!
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Curi Bio is heading to Finland!
The Curi Bio team, Hamed Ghazizadeh and Mohammad Khoonkari will be in Helsinki, Finland from April 24th – 27th.
Hamed Ghazizadeh
Mohammad Khoonkari
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Curi Bio’s CBO and Co-founder, Elliot Fisher, will be presenting at Life Science Innovation Northwest 2026!
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Curi Bio is heading to Germany!
The Curi Bio team, Hamed Ghazizadeh and Mohammad Khoonkari will be in South Germany and in Berlin from April 20th – 24th.
Hamed Ghazizadeh
Mohammad Khoonkari
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The Neuromuscular Junction (NMJ) is the critical electrophysiological interface between motor neurons and skeletal muscle, and its proper function is vital to human health. Functional disruptions at this synapse are central to debilitating genetic diseases like ALS, SMA, and Myasthenia Gravis, as well as the effects of life-threatening neurotoxins. Historically, researchers have had to choose between animal models which are limited by species-specific physiology and simplified 2D cultures that lack the structural and functional complexity of human tissues. This persistent translational gap has slowed therapeutic discovery and limited the reliability of potency testing.
In this webinar, Curi Bio introduces a human 3D engineered neuromuscular junction platform designed to overcome these limitations. Built on the Mantarray™ ecosystem, this human-relevant system integrates iPSC-derived motor neuron neurospheres with 3D engineered skeletal muscle tissues in a scalable 24-well format. The platform enables rapid assembly of functional neuromuscular co-cultures within approximately 3 weeks, making advanced tissue models accessible without specialized tissue-engineering expertise.
We will delve into the technical innovations driving this platform, including:
Optogenetic Functional Sensing: How blue-light activation of motor neurons enables real-time, specific measurement of synaptic transmission and neuron-mediated muscle contraction.
Structural Maturity: Evidence from immunohistochemistry showing in mature morphology, including co-localization of axons, myotubes, and acetylcholine receptors.
Innervation-Driven Maturation: RNA-seq transcriptomics and force-frequency data demonstrating that innervation drives advanced skeletal muscle maturity and MyHC isoform shifts.
High-Throughput Potency Assays: Validation of the system as a robust, ethical alternative to animal lethality tests, with Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) potency measurements showing superior sensitivity and minimal variability.
Flexible Disease Modeling: Lentiviral delivery of Channelrhodopsin-2 enables rapid integration of diverse motor neuron cell lines, facilitating scalable modeling of neuromuscular diseases such as ALS and SMA.
Join Dr. Jacob W. Fleming and Dr. Thomas Leahy to learn how you can leverage these advanced 3D neuromuscular junction models to generate decision-driving data for your research and therapeutic discovery pipelines.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 8:00-9:00am PDT (11:00am EDT / 5:00pm CEST)
Curi Bio is heading to Denmark and Sweden!
The Curi Bio team, Hamed Ghazizadeh, Christos Michas, and Travis Moerk will be in Denmark and Sweden from April 7th – 9th.
Hamed Ghazizadeh
Christos Michas
Travis Moerk
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Curi Bio’s Dr. Greg Luerman will be presenting at the ORS 2026 Annual Meeting!
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Curi Bio’s Dr. Hamed Ghazizadeh and Dr. Mohammad Khoonkari will be sponsoring and presenting at the Lama-2 Conference 2026!
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Curi Bio’s Dr. Nicholas Geisse will be presenting at the 2026 Next-Wave Obesity Therapeutics & Drug Development Summit Europe Meeting!
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Curi Bio team members, Dr. Nicholas Geisse, Elliot Fisher, Bryan Koci, and Dr. Christal Worthen, will be exhibiting at the 2026 SOT Annual Meeting!
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