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In vitro biology
In vitro biology is the study of cells, tissues, and organs from various organisms including plants, animals, and humans. When performed in vitro, these studies are performed outside of the living organism, in a laboratory.
APR 17, 2018 | 8:00 AM
DATE: April 17, 2018TIME: 8:00AM PST, 11:00AM ESTRecently, much research has focused on obtaining 3D brain organoids in an attempt to better recapitulate brain development and function...
APR 11, 2018 | 7:30 AM
Advancements and innovation in in vitro diagnostic device (IVD) development are important for the success of personalized medicine. This is highlighted by the dramatic increase in the number...
MAR 28, 2018 | 10:00 AM
DATE: March 28, 2018TIME: 10:00am PDT, 01:00pm EDTPrimary cells are derived from various tissues typically via dissection, enzymatic dissociation, and subsequent culture in media specif...
MAR 14, 2018 | 6:00 AM
Complex animal behavior is produced by dynamic interactions between discrete regions of the brain. As such, defining functional connections between brain regions is critical in gaining a full...
MAR 01, 2018 | 12:00 AM
The isolation of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and the discovery of human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) reprogramming have sparked a renaissance in stem cell biology, in vitro di...
FEB 01, 2018 | 8:00 AM
For academic, biotech, and pharmaceutical scientists who are screening clones or performing high throughput protein purification, the goal is to automate the sample processing without sacrifi...
JAN 31, 2018 | 8:00 AM
One of the goals of the “3Rs principle” is to replace in vivo testing methodologies with in vitro procedures on human cells, followed by computational systems biology modelling to...
JAN 01, 2018 | 10:00 AM
The capacity to generate disease-relevant cell populations from human pluripotent stem cells has tremendous potential for shedding light on human disease mechanisms. I will discuss basic prin...
DEC 12, 2017 | 10:00 AM
DATE: December 12, 2017TIME: 10:00AM PTSince their discovery, dendritic cells (DCs) have demonstrated a central role in the development of effective immune responses. Their unique abili...
DEC 01, 2017 | 12:00 AM
The use of pluripotent stem cells is dramatically altering the R&D landscape, providing new insights into both the basic biology of disease progression and novel cell types for pharmaceut...
NOV 16, 2017 | 10:00 AM
DATE: November 16, 2017TIME: 10:00am PST, 1:00pm EST, Neuronal networks play a fundamental role in the brain, with many diseases linked to disruptions in network activity. Cell-ba...
NOV 16, 2017 | 9:00 AM
DATE: November 16, 2017TIME: 9:00AM PT, 12:00PM ETThe wide use of 2D monolayer cultures for cancer drug discovery reflects the technical ease of implementation for drug screening, and t...
