Yes, they can – you can make a lab environment within the normal range for human fetal development, therefore causing the brains to develop consciousness in the same way, for the same reasons. Therefore, there exists at least one scenario in which this can occur.
There's not much difference between the way that brain tissue develops in fetal development and in current lab environments.
There's not much difference between the way that brain tissue develops in fetal development and in current lab environments.