Stem Cell Training Courses

NHLBI-UMN MAPC Training Program
Minneapolis, MN USA
Held approximately every six weeks

UCSF Human Embryonic Stem Cell Training Program
San Francisco, CA USA
Flexible dates

UMN hESC Training Program: Essentials of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Culture Techniques
Minneapolis, MN USA
Training dates: Jan. 29-31, 2008; April 8-10, 2008; July 22-24, 2008

WiCell Research Institute Technical Classes
Madison, WI USA

Introduction to Human Embryonic Stem Cell Culture (Three days)
Held approximately monthly
Feeder Independent Culture Course- TeSR1 (One day)
Follows each introductory course; approximately monthly
From Human Embryonic Stem Cells to Embryoid Bodies (Two days)
Next courses: Feb. 14-15, 2008 and May 8-9, 2008

Children’s Hospital of Orange County Research Institute
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Culture Training Course
March 4-13, 2008
March 3-12, 2009
Orange, CA USA

Rutgers University - Stem Cell Research Center
Hands-On Human Embryonic and Neural Stem Cell Training Course
March 24-28, 2008 (Next Course Fall 2008)
Piscataway, NJ USA
Limited availability

Frontiers in Human Stem Cell Research
and Training Course in hESC Culture and Application
Part 1: April 19, 2008
Part 2: April 20, 2008
Part 3: April 21-23, 2008
Beijing, China

The JDRF Center for Beta Cell Therapy in Diabetes Training Course:
Strategies in Directed Differentiation of ES Cells into Mature Cell Types for Therapy
May 28-30, 2008
Gentofte, Denmark

Frontiers in Human Embryonic Stem Cells
May 30- June 8, 2008
Woods Hole, MA USA
Applications due: March 28, 2008

Centre for Stem Cell Biology Training Programme:
Working with Human Embryonic Stem Cells 2008
July 8-10, 2008
Sheffield, UK
Application deadline: April 25, 2008. Early application advised
In association with one-day international symposium

Centre for Stem Cell Biology GMP Workshop:
Clinical Stem Cells: How Do We Progress?
July 17, 2008
Sheffield, UK
Early application advised

The Jackson Laboratory
Methods in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Oct. 15-18, 2008
Early application advised

Courses and Seminar/Meeting Series

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings and Courses
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor, NY USA

European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Courses and Workshops
Held throughout Europe
Biannual deadline for applications
Feb. 1 and Aug. 1

European Science Foundation (ESF) Research Conferences
Held throughout Europe

FASEB Summer Resarch Conferences
Various locations in the USA

Gordon Conferences
Scientific conferences for biological, chemical and physical sciences.

The Jackson Laboratory Courses, Meetings and Workshops
Bar Harbor, ME USA

Keystone Symposia
Various locations

Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) Courses and Programs
Woodshole, MA USA

The Wellcome Trust Courses and Conferences
Cambridge, UK
Advanced laboratory-based courses at the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus or in association with international organizations

Updated: March 24, 2008