Human Embryonic Stem Cells - Michigan Center for hES Cell Research

Attn:�UM faculty and staff,

The Michigan Center for hES Cell Research is planning to offer a training course on the culture of Human Embryonic Stem Cells.

Applicants must have prior tissue culture experience, and be willing to allocate 4 consecutive days to the training course.� The proposed training will take place in our facilities Room 3671 BSRB at the end of January 2010 from 10—3 pm (TENTATIVELY: 25—28) The course will provide you with extensive training in the culture and maintenance of hES cells in their pluripotent state, and assessment of pluripotency.

The cost to you will be $1000.�� This price includes the use of the cells, tissue culture supplies and necessary media components.� We will limit the number of trainees to four.

Our History

The Michigan Center for hES Cell Research was established in 2002 within the Center for Organogenesis with generous funding from the Medical School�s Endowment for the Basic Sciences.

In 2003, the Center was awarded an Exploratory Center Grant for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research from the National Institutes of Health (1 P20 GM069985-01) to expand and further support hES cell research at the University. Upon completion of the Medical School�s Biomedical Science Research Building in 2006, the Center relocated to this new state of the art facility. BSRB building

Our Goals

The goal of the hES Cell Center is to provide training, technologies, and education in human embryonic stem cell biology.

We are a tissue culture Core Facility established to maintain hES cell lines, provide quality control and share expertise, protocols, and reagents within the U of M scientific community. The Core will also be engaged in basic research under the direction of the Core Director.
The Core Facility provides coursework and hands on training in the culture of human embryonic stem cells for faculty, staff, and students.
Graduate coursework, seminar programs, and an annual symposium have been established as educational opportunities for the scientific community.
Education of the general public on the facts and potential benefits of human embryonic stem cell research is also part of our goal. The Center participates in community outreach and provides educational opportunities through a variety of programs.

More than 40 scientists are active participants in the Center for hES Cell Research. The research ranges in scope from studies of the fundamental biology of stem cells and the human embryo, to understanding the development of all the organ systems in the body, to therapeutics and bioengineering of tissues and organs.