Stem Cell Intensive

Open to first year Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine graduate students or consent of Instructor. Introductory lectures given by faculty in the Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine interdisciplinary graduate program are intended to provide students with insight into potential rotation labs. Includes some hands-on laboratory exercises covering basic methods of tissue culture, mouse embryo fibroblast (MEF) preparation, embryonic stem and induced pluripotent stem (ES/iPS) cell culture, differentiation, DNA isolation, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), sequencing, flow cytometry, and basic microscopy.