July 2014

JULY 2014

Welcome to our monthly enewsletter, CDI Notebook, focused on keeping you abreast of the latest innovations using CDI's iCell^® and MyCell^® products.

In this issue:
Webinars
Conference News
Application Notes/Protocols
Presentations/Posters
Press

Webinars

Establishing Stem Cell Technology as a Platform to Evaluate Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy (Originally aired Jul 8). Learn how iCell Neurons provide a human model to study drug-induced neurotoxicity during this presentation by Dr. M. Eileen Dolan, PhD, University of Chicago.

Recording>>

Conference News

CDI User Group Meeting (Aug 11 - 13 | Boston). Register and submit an abstract today for our 3^rd annual UGM to focus on the utility of iPSCs as a better model for discovery, toxicity, disease, and regenerative medicine research.

Agenda & Registration>>

European User Group Meeting (Oct 6 | London). Register now for this complimentary conference during which speakers from pharma, academia, and biotechnology will discuss how iCell technology is advancing their research.

Agenda & Registration>>

Application Notes/Protocols

Measuring Neuronal Activity: Extracellular Single-unit Recordings on the Maestro Multielectrode Array. Instructs on using iCell Neurons on an Axion Maestro Multielectrode Array system, providing directions for compound treatments, data acquisition, and analysis of neuronal electrical activity with iCell NeuroAnalyzer, a MATLAB-based script.

Protocol>>

Presentations/Posters

Check out the following presentation and posters, presented at recent meetings, now accessible online:

• Stem Cell-derived In Vitro Models of Receptor Mediated Glucose Regulation (ADA Meeting)

Presentation>>

• Characterization and Functional Applications of Human IPS Cell-derived Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons (ISSCR Meeting)

Poster>>

• Human iPSC-derived Cell Models for Diabetes Research (ADA Meeting)

Poster>>

• Measuring Connectivity in Human iPS Cell-derived Neurons Using Multi-electrode Array
  (ISSCR Meeting)

Poster>>

Press

Banking on iPSCs (The Scientist). Read about the progress of and challenges companies face manufacturing, storing, and distributing iPSC lines.

Article>>

Cellular Dynamics Awarded Patents Covering Derivation of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Fresh or Banked Human Blood Samples (CDI Press Release). Learn about the latest patents to join the CDI portfolio, which further enable CDI to provide a high quality supply of human iPSC-derived cells for basic research, stem cell banking, and cellular therapy development.

Press Release>>