Excellence in Biotechnology Training

*NEW COURSE OFFERING* Single Cell RNA-Seq: This in-depth lecture and hands-on laboratory workshop (wet lab & in silica) is ideal for those research and bench scientists who are interested in a comprehensive introduction to single cell RNA-Seq. The core of this workshop is composed of highlighting key aspects of NSG and RNA-seq methodologies, with subsequent introduction into the modern armamentarium of tools to conduct these experiments.

December 10-13, 2018 • Germantown, MD • Preregistration Form

R for Research Scientists: 'R' is a popular statistics software program used widely in various research fields.  This two day lecture and hands-on computer based laboratory workshop is designed to introduce bench scientists to R programming, utilizing the different tools available for scientific data analysis.  Hands-on topics will include Data Types; Import/Export Data; "Manipulation of Tabular Data", "Basic Statistics", and "Visualization using R".

October 9-10, 2018 • Bethesda, MD • Preregistration Form

*NEW COURSE OFFERING* Hepatocytes Derived from Human iPSCs: This four-day workshop is ideal for researchers interested in developing hepatocytes from iPSCs. Team taught by active researchers, participants will have the opportunity to gain a solid foundation in iPSC methods with emphasis on deriving iPSC and differentiating to hepatocytes. Functional assays will be discussed in lectures for assessing hepatocyte differentiation, drug metabolism, and toxicity testing.

October 16-19, 2018 • Bethesda, MD • Preregistration Form

Generating The Neural Lineage From iPSCs: This four-day workshop is ideal for researchers interested in developing neural lineages from iPSCs. Team taught by active researchers, participants will have the opportunity to gain a solid foundation in iPSC methods with emphasis on deriving iPSC and differentiating to different neural lineage. Functional assays will be discussed in lectures for assessing neuronal differentiation. Applications of Neural derived IPSC will be discussed to neuropharmacology, toxicity testing, and therapy.

October 22-25, 2018 • Germantown, MD • Preregistration Form

NGS: Advanced RNA Seq Analysis: This 3-day lecture and computer based laboratory workshop is designed for those interested in advanced bioinformatics analysis techniques for RNA-seq. Topics include: Experimental Design and Approaches; Alignment and de novo assembly; Variant calling, differential transcript expression and RNA editing. Knowledge of command-line and R is required for this workshop.

Oct 30-Nov 1, 2018 • Germantown, MD • Preregistration Form

Gene Editing with CRISPR: This rigorous three day program is ideal for basic research and translational biology scientists who are looking for a balanced theoretical vs. hands-on introduction to CRISPR toolkit. This program will focus on CRISPR principles, strategies for successful project design, available expertise and resources, as well as a wealth of CRISPR technology diverse applications.

November 7-9, 2018 • Germantown, MD • Preregistration Form