XVIII th PRACTICAL COURSE ON BASIC STEM CELL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY APPLICATIONS NOVEMBER 5-9, 2012 KOU-KOGEM CHAIRMAN: PROF. ERDAL KARAÖZ SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE PROF.. ERTAN URAL ASSOC.PROF. MURAT KASAP ASSOC.PROF. GÜRALP ÖZKOÇ ASSIST.PROF. AYLA EKER SARIBOYACI ASSIST.PROF. GÜLÇĠN GACAR ASSIST.PROF. GÖKHAN DURUKSU ASSIST.PROF. GÜRLER AKPINAR DR. PINAR ÇETĠNALP DEMĠRCAN MSc. AYÇA AKSOY MSc. Z. SEDA ÜNAL MSc. ÖZLEM SAĞLAM MSc. GÜLAY ERMAN Bio. CANSU SUBAġI Lab. ALPASLAN OKÇU Bio. FATMA EYÜBOĞLU Bio. GĠZEM TURAÇ Res.Assist. ÇĠĞDEM ĠNCĠ Bio. BÜġRA ÖNCEL Bio. AYġEGÜL BAĞLAR SPONSORS
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: LOCATION: Limited to 20 (participants will be separated into 2 and 3 groups) KOU-CENTER FOR STEM CELL AND GENE THERAPIES RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, UMUTTEPE CAMPUS, IZMIT/KOCAELI / TURKEY KOU-KÖK HÜCRE VE GEN TEDAVĠLERĠ ARAġTIRMA VE UYGULAMA MERKEZĠ, TIP FAK. MORFOLOJĠ BĠNASI, UMUTTEPE YERLEġKESĠ, ĠZMĠT/KOCAELĠ ACCOMMODATION: PASHA PALAS HOTEL (4 STAR) (TEL. +90-262 311 00 11) COURSE FEE: Academic members, Specialist : 1500 TL Assistant, Biologist, Student : 1250 TL Representative of firms : 1500 TL Services included in the registartion fees; Course program and book, name tag, certificate, symposium bag, gala dinner, tea-coffee services and lunches during the Course PREREQUISITE: CERTIFICATE: ADMISSION: CONTACT: All life science researchers and students can participate our course Successful participants are issued with a certificate by Kocaeli University KOGEM and Continuing Education Centre (bilingual/ Eng.-Tur.). An additional Flow-Cytometry training certificate will be issued by BD compony. Please contact by e-mail (ekaraoz@hotmail.com) Prof.Dr. Erdal Karaöz Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Kök Hücre ve Gen Tedavileri AraĢtırma ve Uygulama Merkezi. Tıp Fakültesi Morfoloji Binası, Kat.1. Umuttepe YerleĢkesi, Üçtepeler/Ġzmit/Kocaeli Tel: +90-262-3038685 ekaraoz@hotmail.com http://kogem.kocaeli.edu.tr
COURSE PROGRAM DAY 1-05.11.12 MONDAY 08.30-09.00 : Registration 09.00-09.30 : Introductory Lecture Prof. E. Karaöz 09.30-10.20 : Stem Cell Biology and Mesenchymal Prof. E. Karaöz Stem Cells (MSCs) 10.30-11.20 : Technical Properties of the Stem Cell Culture Assist.Prof. A.E. Sarıboyacı Lab.and Aseptic Conditions and Basic Stem Cell Laboratory Techniques: Primary, suspension, monolayer and 3D cultures 11:30-12:00 : Isolation of stem cells from bone marrow and Prof.E. Karaöz adipose tissue for clinical applications 12.00-12.30 : Isolation techniques of rat MSCs from bone marrow and adipose tissue Lab. Alpaslan okçu 13.30-17.00 : HANDS ON APPLICATION (KOGEM/STEM CELL LABS) Isolation and culture of MSCs from rat bone marrow Isolation and culture of MSCs from human adipose tissue (E.KARAÖZ, A.E.SARIBOYACI, A.AKSOY, A.OKÇU, G.TURAÇ, Ç.ĠNCĠ) Isolation techniques of human and rodent MSCs from peripheral/cord blood/bone marrow/compact bone- negative/positive selection; EasySep, RosetteSep, RoboSep, StemSep. (E.KARAÖZ, A.AKSOY, A.OKÇU) Isolation of MSCs from human bone marrow (E.KARAÖZ, A.OKÇU, A.AKSOY, F.EYÜBOĞLU)
DAY 2-06.11.12 TUESDAY 09.00-09.50 : Subculturing, Cell Counting Techniques MSc.A.Okçu and Cryopreservation techniques 10.00-10.50 : Characterization of MSCs and Evaluation of Assist.Prof.G.Gacar Apoptosis by Flow Cytometry 11.00-11.30 : Cell cycle by Flow Cytometry Bio. G.Erman 11.30-12.00 : ELISA applications in stem cell studies MSc. Z.S. Ünal 12.00-12.30 : Toxicology and apoptosis applications of Bio. ġ.taģdemir stem cell studies 13.30-15.00 : HANDS ON APPLICATION (KOGEM/CELL CULTURE LABS) Sub-culture, cell counting techniques, cryopreservation (freeze-thaw) techniques (E.KARAÖZ, A.E.SARIBOYACI, A.AKSOY, A.OKÇU, G.TURAÇ, Ç.ĠNCĠ) 15.00-16.00 : APPLICATION (KOGEM/ FLOW-CYTOMETRY LAB.) Flow cytometry practical applications (immunophenotypic analysis of MSCs from human adipose tissue and apoptosis detection through Annexin V) (G.GACAR, G.ERMAN) 16.00-17.00 : APPLICATION (KOGEM/STEM CELL LAB II) ELISA/ Insulin detection (Z.S. ÜNAL, Ö.SAĞLAM) 17.00-18.0 : APPLICATION (KOGEM/STEM CELL LAB II) Toxicology and apoptosis applications of stem cell studies (E.KARAÖZ, A.AKSOY, A.OKÇU, ġ.taġdemġr)
DAY 3-07.11.12 WEDNESDAY 09.00-09.50 : Western Blotting Assoc.Prof. M. Kasap 10.00-10.30 : Cell Proliferation Index and Viability Tests Dr. P.Ç.Demircan (MTT,XTT,WST1) 10.40-11.20 : Tecan microplate readers and applications Bio. Esra Ada 11:20-12:00 : Stem Cells and Proteomics Dr. G. Akpınar 12.00-12.30 : Telomeraze Enzyme Activity and Telomere Length Dr. G. Duruksu 13.00-15.00 : APPLICATION (KOGEM/MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LAB I and II) Aplication and Assesment of MTT and WST Tests (A.AKSOY, A.OKÇU) Tecan microplate readers and applications (E.ADA, A.AKSOY, A.OKÇU) 14.00-17.00 : APPLICATION (KOGEM/MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LAB I and II) Protein isolation SDS-PAGE and Western blotting (M.KASAP, G.DURUKSU, G.AKPINAR, Z.S.ÜNAL, Ö.SAĞLAM,) Introduction of proteomix lab. (M.KASAP, G.AKPINAR) DAY 4-27.09.12 THURSDAY 09.00-09.50 : Stem cell- Gene transfer tecniques Assist.Prof. G.Duruksu 10.00-10.30 : RNA Isolation, cdna Synthesis and PCR Assist.Prof.G. Gacar 10.50-11.30 : Gel Electrophoresis, Imaging Systems and Analyzing MSc. Ö. Sağlam 11.30-12.00 : Real Time PCR Bio. Ö.Köse 12.00-12.30 :Co-culture tecniques Assist.Prof. G.Duruksu 13.30-16.00 : APPLICATION (KOGEM/ MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LAB I and II) RNA isolation and cdna synthesis, PCR and analysis of PCR products Agarose gel elektrophoretic analyses of RNA and DNA (G.GACAR, G.DURUKSU, Z.S. ÜNAL, Ö.SAĞLAM, A:BAĞLAR) 16.00-17.00 : APPLICATION (KOGEM/ STEM CELL LAB II) Gene transfer applications (Transformation of GFP gene into MSCs and screening under fluoresence microscope) (G.DURUKSU, A:BAĞLAR) Real Time PCR application (Z.S. ÜNAL, Ö.SAĞLAM, Ö.KÖSE) 16.00-17.00 : UYGULAMA (KOGEM/ STEM CELL LAB I) Co-culture tecniques ( E.KARAÖZ, A.AKSOY,A.OKÇU)
GALA DINNER DAY 5-09.11.12 FRIDAY 10.00-10.50 : In-vitro Differentiation Techniques Msc. A. Aksoy 10.50-11.40 : Overview of Tissue Engineering Applications Assist.Prof.G. Özkoç 11.50-12.30 : Immunohistochemical techniques in cell culture Bio. C.SubaĢı 13.30-14.30 : APPLICATION (KOGEM/CELL CULTURE LABS) Application of in-vitro differentiation techniques (E.KARAÖZ, A.E.SARIBOYACI, A.AKSOY, A.OKÇU) Seeding of MSCs on scaffolds in tissue engineering studies (E.KARAÖZ, A.E.SARIBOYACI, A.AKSOY, A.OKÇU, B.ÖNCEL) 14.30-15.30 : APPLICATION (KOGEM/CELL CULTURE LAB I) Microscopic examination of stem cells in primary culture 15.30-16.30 : CERTIFICATE CEREMONY