Training Programs
The NIH supports short-term training courses in human embryonic stem cell culture techniques. These training courses, offered at various locations, will include hands-on experience to improve the knowledge and skills of biomedical researchers to maintain, characterize, and utilize human embryonic stem cells in basic research studies. The courses are available to investigators in research areas of interest and to all institutes and centers of the NIH.
NIH-Supported Stem Cell Training Courses 2007–2008
- Essentials of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Culture Techniques
University of Minnesota Stem Cell Institute
Minneapolis, MN
Dates: September 30–October 2, 2008; January 12–14, 2009; April 28–30, 2009 (Quarterly)
Email: firpo001@umn.edu
- Frontiers in Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Pittsburgh Development Center
Dates: TBD (Annually)
Location: Woods Hole, MA
Email: frhesc@pdc.magee.edu
- Human Embryonic Stem Cell Culture Training Course
Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) Research Institute
Orange, CA
Dates: March 3–12, 2009
Email: pschwartz@choc.org
- Human Embryonic Stem Cell Toolbox Workshop
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Dates: February 15–19, 2009
Email: rrrao@vcu.edu
- Human Embryonic Stem Cell Workshop
University of Georgia, Regenerative Bioscience Center
Athens, GA
Dates: TBD
Email: smilton@uga.edu
- Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Comprehensive Training Program
The Scripps Research Institute
Center for Regenerative Medicine
La Jolla, CA
Dates: TBD
Email: jloring@scripps.edu
- Human Multipotent Adult Stem Cell (MAPC) Culture
University of Minnesota Stem Cell Institute
Minneapolis, MN
Dates: TBD
Email: ander607@umn.edu
- Methods in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, ME
Dates: October 14–18, 2008 (Annually)
Email: barbara.donovan@jax.org
- Short-term Course in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Culture
Technion/Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Dates: January 12–16, 2009 (Semiannually)
Email: itskovitz@rambam.health.gov.il
Additional Stem Cell Training Courses