10th Annual Albert of Einstein College of Medicine
Transgenic Course
December 11, 2004 - December 17, 2004
SCHEDULE
Saturday, December 11
TIME   AGENDA ITEM   INSTRUCTORS/PRESENTERS   BUILDING FLOOR ROOM
1:00 PM   Welcome - Lab Orientation   Drs. Jeffrey Pollard, Winfried Edelmann      
        and Paula Cohen   Chanin 5th 525
1:30 PM   Lab: Introduction to Laboratory, Basic Techniques, Glass, Needles        
    Microdrop Culture, Media Prep, Pipettes, Oviduct Isolation,     Chanin 6th 607 & 638B
    Preparation for Microinjection and pronuclear injection demonstration            
6:00 PM   Dinner    
7:00 PM   Lab: Microinjection Demo, Oviduct Isolation, Mouth        
    Pipeting, Viewing Transgenic/Gene Targeting Videos       Chanin 6th 607 & 638B
Sunday, December 12
TIME   AGENDA ITEM   INSTRUCTORS/PRESENTERS   BUILDING FLOOR ROOM
           
9:00 AM   Daily Orientation       Chanin 5th 525
    Lab: Demonstration Oviduct and Uterine Transfers        
9:15 AM   Oviduct Isolation, Uterine Flushing, Pronuclear Injection, Lentivirus Injection       Chanin 6th 607 & 638B
           
12:00 N   Humane Mouse Handing Demonstration   Dr. Larry Herbst   Chanin 6th 638A
1:00 PM   Lunch       Chanin 5th 525
           
2:00 PM   Lab: Demonstration Oviduct and Uterine Transfers       Chanin 6th 607 & 638B
  Oviduct Isolation, Uterine Flushing, Pronuclear Injection, Lentivirus Injection            
           
4:00 PM   Lecture: Early Embryonic Development   Dr. Robin Lovell-Badge      
        Chanin 5th 525
6:00 PM   Dinner            
           
7:00 PM   Lab: Pronuclear Injection, Blastocyst Microinjection       Chanin 6th 607 & 638B
Monday, December 13
TIME   AGENDA ITEM   INSTRUCTORS/PRESENTERS   BUILDING FLOOR ROOM
           
9:00 AM   Lecture:   TransgenicTechnology   Dr. Phillippe Soriano   Chanin 5th 525
           
10:00 AM   Lab: Embryo Isolation ; Microinjection       Chanin 6th 607 & 638B
           
12:00 N   Seminar: "Signaling pathways in early vascular development"   Dr. Janet Rossant   Forchheimer 3rd  Lecture Hall
1:00 PM   Lunch: Round Table (Genetraps)       Chanin 5th 525
           
2:00 PM   Lab: Post Implantation, Embryo Isolation       Chanin 6th 607 & 638B
    Seminar:  "Defining the specificity of receptor tyrosine kinase signaling        
3:00 PM   during development"   Dr. Phillippe Soriano   Forchheimer 3rd  Lecture Hall
4:00 PM   Lab: Tetraploid and Morulae Aggregation, Electrofusion   Dr. Janet Rossant   Chanin 5th 525
5:00 PM   Lecture: Development of Extraembryonic Tissue   Dr. Janet Rossant   Chanin 5th 525
6:00 PM   Dinner            
           
7:00 PM   Lab: Blastocyst, Oocyte Microinjection       Chanin 6th 607 & 638B
Tuesday, December 14
TIME   AGENDA ITEM   INSTRUCTORS/PRESENTERS   BUILDING FLOOR ROOM
             
9:00 AM   Lecture: Regulated Genetic Systems   Dr. Franco DeMayo   Chanin 5th 525
           
10:00 AM   Lab:Post Implantation Embryo Isolation   Dr. Janet Rossant   Chanin 6th 607 & 638B
           
12:00 PM   Seminar:  "How the differences between the sexes are initiated"   Dr. Robin Lovell-Badge   Forchheimer  1st Lecture Hall
1:00 PM   Lunch: Round Table (Regulated Systems)       Chanin 5th 525
           
2:00 PM   Lab:Post Implantation Embryo Isolation   Dr. Janet Rossant   Chanin 6th 607 & 638B
           
3:00 PM   Seminar:  "Indian hedgehog signaling is a progesterone regulated pathway controlling uterine physiology"   Dr. Franco DeMayo   Forchheimer  3rd  Lecture Hall
           
4:00 PM   Lab: Blastocysts Microinjection; Oocyte Microinjection, ES Cell Culture       Chanin 6th 607 & 638B
           
5:00 PM   Lecture: ES Cells   Dr. Winifred Edelmann   Chanin 5th  525
               
6:00 PM   Dinner            
           
7:00 PM   Lab : Continued       Chanin 6th 607 & 638B
Wednesday, December 15
TIME   AGENDA ITEM   INSTRUCTORS/PRESENTERS   BUILDING FLOOR ROOM
             
9:00 AM   Lecture:Mouse Genetics   Dr. Monica Justice   Chanin 5th 525
             
9:30 AM   Lab:Embryo Isolation, etc.        Chanin 6th 607 & 638B
             
12:00 PM   Seminar:  "Using mouse mutagenesis to define gene function and model   Dr. Monica Justice   Forchheimer 1st Lecture Hall
    human disease"        
1:00 PM   Lunch       Chanin 5th 525
    Lab: Pronuclear Injection, Blastocysts Microinjection, ES Cell     Chanin 6th 607 & 638B
2:00 PM   Culture, IVF            
             
3:00 PM   Seminar: "Genetic regulation of urogenital development"   Dr. Richard Behringer   Forchheimer 3rd  Lecture
                 
             
4:00 PM   Lab:  Continued       Chanin 6th 607 & 638B
             
5:00 PM   Lecture:Uterine preparation for implantation    Dr. Colin Stewart   Chanin 5th  525
6:00 PM   Dinner       Chanin 5th 525
           
7:00 PM   Lab: Blastocysts, Oocyte Microinjection       Chanin 6th 607 & 638B
Thursday, December 16
TIME   AGENDA ITEM   INSTRUCTORS/PRESENTERS   BUILDING FLOOR ROOM
           
9:00 AM   Lab: ES Cell Culture, IVF       Chanin 5th 525
           
12:00 N   Seminar:  "Molecular genetics of mouse limb development"   Dr. Lee Niswander   Forchheimer 3rd Lecture Hall
1:00 PM   Lunch: Whole Genome Mutagenesis       Chanin 5th 525
           
3:00 PM   Lab:Pronuclear Injection, Blastocysts Microinjection, ES cell manipulation       Chanin   525
           
5:00 PM   Lecture: Stem Cells   Dr. Colin Stewart   Chanin 5th  525
6:00 PM   Dinner       Chanin 5th 525
           
7:00 PM   Lab: Blastocysts, Oocyte Microinjection       Chanin 6th 607 & 638B
Friday, December 17
TIME   AGENDA ITEM   INSTRUCTORS/PRESENTERS   BUILDING FLOOR ROOM
             
9:00 AM   Daily Orientation       Chanin 5th 525
    Vasectomy and Ovariectomy Demonstration, Ovarian Transplants          
10:00 AM   Lab: ES Cell, Blastocysts Microinjection, Embryo,  Freezing       Chanin 6th 607 & 638B
SYMPOSIUM "The Power of Mouse Genetics to study human disease"
1:00 PM   "Mismatch repair proteins, meiosis and mice: Understanding the "complexity"   Dr. Paula Cohen   Forchheimer 3rd Lecture Hall
    of mammalian recombination"          
             
2:00 PM   "Modeling metastasis in pediatric sarcoma"   Dr. Glen Merlino   Forchheimer 3rd Lecture Hall
             
3:00 PM   Coffee Break          
             
3:30 PM   "Modeling cancer in the mouse"   Dr. Ron DePihno   Forchheimer 3rd Lecture Hall
8:00 PM   Course Dinner @             
Course Organizers
Jeffrey W. Pollard
Paula Cohen
Winifred Edelmann
Ken Chen
Course Instructors
Harry Hou
Marc Vargas
Christina Montana
Uwe Werling
Additional Instructions:
Jim Lee
Bo Jin