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Recommended for:
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• Scientists studying neural stem cells using mouse or rat as a model
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Components:
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LECTURE TOPICS
• Neural stem cell biology and neurosphere and adherent monolayer culture systems
• Phenotypic and functional characterization of neural stem and progenitor cells
• Differentiation protocols for neural stem cells
• Guest lecture by Associate Professor Brent Reynolds, Department of Neurosurgery and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida
PRACTICAL LABORATORY SESSIONS
• Identification of different tissue regions in the E14 and adult mouse CNS, including the subventricular zone (SVZ)
• Microdissection of tissue from embryonic and adult mouse CNS
• Dissociation techniques for CNS tissue
• Set-up of neurosphere cultures from the embryonic mouse subventricular zone
• Dissociation techniques for neurosphere cultures
• Observation of good and poor neurosphere cultures derived from mouse and rat CNS
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Contains:
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REGISTRATION INCLUDES
• Dinner with STEMCELL Technologies' experts
• Lunch and refreshments
• Course booklet and electronic versions of instructional material
• Certificate issued upon successful completion of the training course
• Post laboratory Q&A and quiz
WHERE
STEMCELL Technologies
Suite 400 1618 Station Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada
V6A 1B6
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