As a CELLutions SUMMIT delegate you're invited to attend a Hands-On Workshop organized by the Tissue Engineering Resource Center (TERC) at Tufts University.

DAY 1

2^nd Annual, Stem Cell Workshop

8 – 8:30am Registration and breakfast

8:30 – 9:30am Introduction and Safety

9:30 – 10:30am Basic cell culture: thawing, culturing, passaging, freezing MSC’s

• Group 1
• Group 2
• Group 3
• Group 4

10:30 – 11:30am Cell seeding of 3-D systems

• Groups 1 & 2
• Groups 3 & 4

11:30 – 12:00pm Stem cells isolation from bone marrow

• Groups 1 & 2

Embrionic stem cells – culture

• Groups 3 & 4

12:00 – 12:30pm Same topics, switch groups

1:00 – 3:00pm Medium, Differentiaton Systems, Pellet cultures, Assays, Scaffolds

• Groups 1 & 2

Scaffold fabrication/Elecrospinning

• Groups 3 & 4: (from 1 to 2:30pm)
• Groups 3 & 4: (from 2:30 to 3pm)

3:00 – 5:00pm Same topics, switch groups

7:45am Breakfast

8:00 – 10:00am Confocal microscopy in tissue engineering, 2 hrs; 8:00 – 10:00am

• Groups 1 & 2:

Genetic analysis: RT-PCR, 1 hour; 8:00 – 9:00am

• Groups 3 & 4

Continuous cultures: bioreactors, 1 hour; 9:00 – 10:00am

• Groups 3 & 4

10:00 – 12:00pm Confocal microscopy in tissue engineering, 2 hrs; 10:00 – 12:00pm

• Groups 3 & 4

Genetic analysis: RT-PCR, 1 hour; 10:00 – 11:00am

• Groups 1 & 2

Continuous cultures: bioreactors, 1 hour; 11:00 – 12:00pm

• Groups 1 & 2

1:00 – 4:30pm Afternoon speakers

 

Time (PM)	Speaker	Room	Topic
1:00 -1:30	Irene Abrams	136	Legalities of Stem Cells
1:30-2:00	David Kaplan	166	Disease Models
2:00-2:30	Jonathan Garlick	166	Immunofluorescence and 3D Skin Models
2:30-3:00	Daniel Irimia	166	Microfluidic Systems and Cell Migration
3:00-3:30	Laurence Daheron	166	Lentiviral Transfection Systems
3:30-4:00	Young-sup Yoon	166	Stem Cells for Myocardial Repairs
4:00-4:30	Hans Klingemann	166	Stem Cells from Cord and Placenta Tissue

For more information, contact Laura Mirabito