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: April 8–10, 2008; July 22–24, 2008 (Quarterly)
  Email: firpo001@umn.edu
• Frontiers in Human Embryonic Stem Cells
  Pittsburgh Development Center
  Magee-Womens Research Institute
  Pittsburgh, PA
  Dates: May 30–June 8, 2008 (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 County, CA
  Dates: March 4–13, 2008; March 3–12, 2009
  Email: pschwartz@choc.org
• Human Embryonic Stem Cell Toolbox Workshop
  Virginia Commonwealth University
  Richmond, VA
  Dates: TBD
  Email: sstice@arches.uga.edu
• University of Georgia, Regenerative Bioscience Center
  Athens, GA
  Dates: April/May 2008
  Email: sstice@charter.net
• Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Comprehensive Training Program
  The Scripps Research Institute
  Center for Regenerative Medicine
  La Jolla, CA
  Dates: September 9–18, 2008
  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: TBD (Annually)
  Email: toni.joerres@jax.org
• Short-term Course in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Culture
  Technion/Johns Hopkins University
  Baltimore, MD
  Dates: June 16–20, 2008 (Semiannually)
  Email: itskovitz@rambam.health.gov.il

Additional Stem Cell Training Courses

• A Hands-On Human Embryonic and Neural Stem Cell Training Course
  Rutgers University—Stem Cell Research Center
  Piscataway, NJ
  Dates: March 24–28th, 2008 (Next course: Fall 2008)
  Limited availability
• Introduction to Human Embryonic Stem Cell Culture Methods
  WiCell Research Institute, Inc.
  University of Wisconsin
  Madison, Wisconsin
  Dates: TBD
• New South Wales Stem Cell Network
  University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
  Dates: TBD
  Email: s.diller@unsw.edu.au
• Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine
  Hydra, Greece
  Dates: TBD