iPS cell generation - a practical approach

Date

Jan 3, 2011

Time

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Speaker

Christian Unger

Affiliation

Centre for Stem Cell Biology, University of Sheffield, UK

Language

en

Main Topic

Medizin

Other Topics

Biologie, Medizin

Host

Sebastian Brenner and Manfred Gahr

Description

About Christian Unger Dr. Christian Unger studies cellular reprogramming at the Centre for Stem Cell Biology in Sheffield. In 2003 he started to work on human ES cells, their genetic modification and hematopoietic differentiation at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. With the more recent discovery of induced pluripotency much of his time is devoted to analyse specific aspects of iPS cell generation. More recently he aims to use reprogrammed cells to model cancer development. iPS related publications 1) Na J, Plews J, Li J, Wongtrakoongate P, Tuuri T, Feki A, Andrews PW and Unger C. Molecular mechanisms of pluripotency and reprogramming. Stem Cell Res Ther. 2010 Oct 25;1(4):33. 2) Unger C*, Gao S*, Cohen M, Jaconi M, Bergstrom R, Holm F, Galan A, Sanchez E, Irion O, Dubuisson JB, Giry-Laterriere M, Salmon P, Simon C, Hovatta O, Feki A. Immortalized human skin fibroblast feeder cells support growth and maintenance of both human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells. Hum Reprod. 2009 Oct;24(10):2567-81.

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