This work describes two methods for studying organ development, an improved xenotransplantation setup on chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) from avian embryos that allows for vascularization of cultured embryonic organs and organoids and a novel fixed z-direction organ culture method with modified experimental conditions that allows for high-resolution time-lapse confocal imaging.
Kaisto, S., Saarela, U., Dönges, L., Raykhel, I., Skovorodkin, I., Vainio, S. J. Optimization of Renal Organoid and Organotypic Culture for Vascularization, Extended Development, and Improved Microscopy Imaging. J. Vis. Exp. (157), e60995, doi:10.3791/60995 (2020).