Bio-X sponsored Tissue Culture Workshop for Faculty and Students
Offered by Dr. Christopher Jacobs 

The objective of the workshop is to familiarize the non biologist to the art of tissue culture.  We will cover care and basic feeding of basic robust cell lines, best practice and behavior for shared facilities, sterile techniques, identifying contamination, storing cells, RNA and DNA isolation, bioassays, and gel electrophoresis.

Dates/Place: August 13 - 17th, 2007, Clark Center Teaching Lab
Time: 8:00AM-12noon daily (students) or 1:00-5:00PM (faculty/staff)

Program:
Monday: Introduction, measurement, sterile technique, and safety
Tuesday :Cell culture maintenance, feeding, subculture, cell counting, viability
Wednesday: Cell proliferation and cell seeded scaffolds
Thursday: RNA/DNA isolation
Friday: Gels, PCR, ELISA

This is a basic course for students in fields outside of the life-sciences.To register: Please complete the registration form and send to:
Jill Sakata, Ph.D. , jsakata@stanford.edu, Bio-X Education and Fellowship Manager. Registration open at 8:00am Monday, July 16, 2007.
Registration deadline is Friday, July 27, 2007.