Stem Cell Training for scientists and student

The impact of human embryonic stem cells (hESC) on developmental and cell therapy research will be immeasurable over the ensuing decades. The University of Georgia has provided more than $1 million in equipment to the hESC core facility in support of hESC activities at this institution, and collaborators at the Whitehead Institute have invested similarly in the training and research of hESC. The Human Embryonic Stem Cells Toolbox workshop will continue to bring scientists with training in embryology, developmental biology, tissue engineering, or cell biology together to learn the intricate details, the “how to” and theory of hESC's self renewal from UGA's faculty of experts. UGA animal and dairy scientists have conducted seven HEST workshops. About a third of the participants have come from Southeast or Southern institutions including Emory, Georgia Tech, Morehouse School of Medicine, Baylor School of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia and North Carolina University, as well as companies headquartered in Georgia and Alabama. Other participants have come from India, Korea, Japan, Mexico, Canada and Demark. In the future the HEST workshop will be conducted at both the University of Georgia and the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.