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Stem Cell Biology
Units: 4
Quarter: Winter
Location: The Burnham Institute for Medical Research
CMM250:  STEM CELL BIOLOGY AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS
A COLLABORATIVE COURSE TAUGHT BY STEM CELL RESEARCHERS AT UCSD, THE BURNHAM INST, SCRIPPS RES INS, AND THE SALK INST
WINTER, 2007, TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS 8:00 – 10:00 am
Course Directors: GOLDSTEIN, MERCOLA, BELMONTE, DING, DEVEREAUX 
Course Objectives: To provide a comprehensive knowledge in stem cell biology and its application to human disease for students funded by stem cell training grants and for HHMI med-into-Grad students, and for medical students who are interested in translational research.
Date     Topic Speaker
Jan 9th INTRODUCTION TO STEM CELL RESEARCH-BIOLOGY, MEDICINE, ENGINEERING  LARRY GOLDSTEIN, PhD
      WHAT ARE STEM CELLS AND WHY DO WE CARE? UCSD
11-Jan MTF 273 II. EMBRYONIC STEM CELL DERIVATION BELMONTE, PhD
      IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS IN ANIMALS AND HUMANS SCRIPPS
16-Jan MTF 274 III. THE REPROGRAMMING PROBLEM:  STUDIES OF CLONED ANIMALS  BELMONTE, PhD
      IN VITRO DIFFERENTIATION OF PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS SCRIPPS
18-Jan MTF 273 IV. LINEAGE SEGREGATION FROM PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS  MERCOLA, PhD
        BURNHAM
23-Jan MTF 273 V. HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS:  IDENTIFICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, PURIFICATION.  THE NICHE. KAUSHANSKY, MD
      THE DEBATE ABOUT PLASTICITY OF HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS UCSD
25-Jan MTF 273 VI. CANCER STEM CELLS JAMISON, PhD
        UCSD
30-Jan MTF 273 VII. NEURONAL STEM CELLS:  IDENTIFICATION,  CHARACTERIZATION, AND TYPES IN THE BRAIN FRED GAGE
      THE DEBATE ABOUT PLASTICITY OF NEURAL STEM CELLS SALK
1-Feb MTF 274 VIII. USING NEURONAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTS TO MODEL NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES GOLDSTEIN
      LOU GEHRIG’S  ALZHEIMER’S, AND PARKINSON’S DISEASES.  SPINAL CORD INJURY.   UCSD
6-Feb MTF 273 IX. PANCREATIC STEM CELLS-DO THEY OR DON’T THEY EXIST? HAYEK
          Arthritis: Role of MAP kinase pathway in inflammatory arthritis  DEVEREAUX
8-Feb MTF 273 X. MESENCHYMAL AND EPITHELIAL STEM CELLS-WHAT ELSE IS IN BONE MARROW? GOLDSTEIN
         
15-Feb MTF 273 XII. SKIN STEM CELLS:  IDENTIFICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND PURIFICATION, AND PLASTICITY JAMORA
      SKIN CELL ENGRAFTMENT IN ANIMAL MODELS, SKIN CELL TRANSPLANTS FOR BURNS UCSD
20-Feb MTF 273 XII. MUSCLE STEM CELLS:  IDENTIFICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND PURIFICATION HOGAN
  USING DIFFERENT TYPES OF STEM CELLS TO TEST TREATMENTS IN ANIMAL MODELS OF MUSCLE DISEASE  
22-Feb MTF 273 XII. CARDIAC STEM CELLS:  IDENTIFICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND PURIFICATION SYLVIA EVANS, PhD
      CLINICAL TRIALS USING DIVERSE TYPES OF STEM CELLS IN ACUTE HEART AND OTHER DISEASES IN HUMANS UCSD
27-Feb MTF 273 XII. GERM-LINE STEM CELLS:  IDENTIFICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND PURIFICATION KATHY JONES, PhD
      THE GERM-LINE STEM CELL NICHE, GENERATING GERM LINE CELLS IN VITRO SALK
4 SESSIONS MTF 273 XII. SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF STEM CELL THERAPIES STAFF
      THE GERM-LINE STEM CELL NICHE, GENERATING GERM LINE CELLS IN VITRO  

 

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