Teaching plan

Principles of Stem Cell Biology – 26.10.2011

Teaching facilities:

The course takes place in Auditorium GA02 A1.1001 Domus Odontologica at the University of Oslo.

Course organizer: Joel C. Glover - Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research, UiO

Course program:

0830 – 0930 Basics of stem cell biology - Joel C. Glover, Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research, UiO

0930 – 1030 Current clinical applications of stem cells in Norway - Jan E. Brinchmann, Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research, UiO

1030 – 1130 Stem cell epigenetics - Philippe Collas, Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research, UiO

1130 – 1200 Break/Lunch

1200 – 1300 MicroRNAs and stem cell regulation - Jan Oxholm Gordeladze, Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research UiO

1300 – 1400 Human pluripotent stem cells - Susanne Ström, Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research, UiO

1400 – 1415 Break

Current stem cell research:

1415 – 1430 The role of HMGA2 in cancer; EMT and stem cells – Else Munthe, Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research, UiO

1430 – 1445 Impact of DNA repair and neural stem cell proliferation and differentiation Magnar Bjørås, Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research, UiO

1445 – 1500 Neural stem cells from human adult brain Wayne Murrell, Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research, UiO

1500 – 1515 In vivo imaging of bioluminescent and fluorescent mesenchymal stem cells - Jan Øivind Moskaug, Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research, UiO

1515 - 1530 Break

1530 – 1545 A comparative study of embryonal carcinomas and embryonic stem cells: Identification of cancer-specific gene expression against a stemness background - Rolf Skotheim, Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research, UiO

1545 - In vivo tracking of stem and progenitor cells using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) / Generation of serotonergic neurons from human ES cells - Joel C. Glover, Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research, UiO Concluding remarks