Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus: Gene Discovery & Disease

TOPICS FOR 2026

Gene manipulation

·     CRISPR/Cas9 knock-out

·     Antisense Morpholino knock-down

·     mRNA and DNA over-expression

·     Small molecule drug treatment

·     Transgenesis

Experimental Techniques

·     Targeted microinjections

·     Tissue transplantation

·     Organoid generation

·     Dissections and ex vivo organ culture

·     Biomechanics

·     Single cell technologies

Analysis Methods

·     Immuno-fluorescence and labeling

·     mRNA in situ hybridization and hybridization chain reaction (HCR)

·     Bioinformatics and imaging analysis

·     High-resolution confocal, spinning-disc and 2-photon microscopy

·     Time-lapse and live-cell imaging

·     Plate-based imaging and optical coherence tomography

INSTRUCTORS

Rachel Miller, UTHealth Houston, McGovern Medical School

Peter Walentek, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany

INVITED SPEAKERS

Chenbei Chang, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Nicole Edwards, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Kerstin Feistel, University of Hohenheim, Germany

Douglas Houston, The University of Iowa

Soeren Lienkamp, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Roberto Mayor, University College London, UK

Jacques Robert, University of Rochester Medical Center

Jakub Sedzinski, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Kelly Tseng, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Coral Zhou, University of Kansas

For further information and to apply please visit the Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus: Gene Discovery & Disease course website.

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