Stefan Krauss Deiml M.D. is professor and director of the Centre of Excellence Hybrid Technology Hub at the Institute of Medical Biology, University of Oslo and the Oslo University Hospital (https://www.med.uio.no/hth/english/). He has a background in medicine, developmental biology, developmental signaling and micro-physiological systems. His discovery of the key vertebrate signal Shh was identified as one of the 24 Milestones in Development by the journal Nature. He is currently focusing on applying morphogenetic signaling to advance organoid development, stem cell-based embryo models and integration on-chip. He coordinates the European Innovation Council funded project Supervised Morphogenesis (SUMO; https://supervised-morphogenesis.eu) and heads the Norwegian NAM emerging technology program. Stefan Krauss has published 141 peer reviewed articles (including in Cell, Nature and Nature Journals) and 8 patents.