Tips & tricks for iPSC/hESC to oligodendrocyte differentiation
| Dates: | 16 May 2024 |
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| Times: | 12:00 - 13:00 |
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| What is it: | Webinar |
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| Organiser: | External organiser |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Dr Rana Fetit, Dr. Rebecca Northeast |
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Oligodendrocytes are a highly important component of the central nervous system as they make up the insulating sheath of axons. As such, many researchers work on oligodendrocytes cultures differentiated from human iPSCs or ESCs to study demyelinating diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Oligodendrocytes are the end product of a cell lineage, thus creating stable cultures through directed differentiation can be tricky!
This webinar is led Dr. Rana Fetit from the University of Edinburgh, who has many years of neuronal iPSC culture and organoid culture, with a particular focus in oligo differentiation.
This talk will cover:
- - How to maintain iPSCs/ESCs.
- - Generating neurospheres and differentiating them into oligodendrocyte progenitors (OPCs) and Oligodendrocytes.
- - Potential applications.
- - Detailed Q&A with Dr. Fetit will follow.
Hosted by Dr. Rebecca Northeast, Product Manager.
Speakers
Dr Rana Fetit
Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh
Dr. Rebecca Northeast
Role: Product Manager
Organisation: Proteintech
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