Practical Course

European Molecular Biology Organization

 

Anatomy and embryology

of the mouse

 

 

 

 

 



11 - 19 September | 2010 | Split |Croatia

Programme (FINAL)

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Our Practical Course has a busy hands-on programme. Each day starts with a lecture, followed by practical work until lunch. Lunch is followed by more practical laboratory work after lunch, until 5 pm, when students can join special interest groups. These groups provide the opportunity for the participants to get more skilled in specific procedures and discuss their work with experts. Two afternoons will be dedicated to the presentations of the participants’ research.

 

Time

Saturday, Sep 11

Sunday, Sep 12

Monday, Sep 13

Tuesday, Sep 14

Wednesday, Sep 15

08:30 - 09:30

Arrival and registration

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome and Introduction

Lecture: S. Volarević, Regulation of the p53 tumour suppressor by ribosomal proteins

Lecture: N. Dear, Forward and reverse genetic approaches to elucidating gene function in the mouse

Lecture: I. Kalajzic, Use of transgenic models to understand differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells

Lecture: H. Takayanagi, Mouse genetics in osteoimmunology

09:30 - 10:00

Break

Break

Break

Break

10:00 - 11:00

Groups AB – 2C: Mouse handling and dissection, basic behavioural phenotyping (V. Katavić)

Group A – 4K: Early mouse development (M. Mallo)

Group B – 4A: Open cardiac surgery (I. Grković )

Group B – 4K: Early mouse development (M. Mallo)

Group A – 4A: Open cardiac surgery (I. Grković )

Groups AB – 2C: Mouse anatomy, basic surgical procedures (V. Katavić)

11:00 - 12:00

12:00 - 13:00

 

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

Participants’ presentations

 

 

 

 

Sightseeing and Dinner

Lecture: I. Dikic, Mouse models in ubiquitin networks – relevance to human diseases

Group A – 4A: Visual markers of mesenchymal differentiation (I. Kalajzic)

Group B – 4K: Late mouse development – Skeletal staining of mouse embryos (M. Mallo)

Group A: Late mouse development – Skeletal staining of mouse embryos (M. Mallo)

Group B: Visual markers of mesenchymal differentiation (I. Kalajzic)

15:00 - 16:00

Break

16:00 - 17:00

Lecture: A. Marušić, Anatomy of the mouse

Participants’ presentations

17:00 - 18:30

Lecture: M. Mallo, Old Hox genes playing new tricks to build the mouse skeleton

18:30 - 19:30

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

 

 

Time

Thursday, Sep 16

Friday, Sep 17

Saturday, Sep 18

Sunday, Sep 19

08:30 - 09:30

Lecture: I. Barbaric, Embryonic stem cells/induced pluripotent stem cells - tools for developmental studies, disease modelling and regenerative medicine

Lecture: B. Polić, The role of activating and inhibitory receptors in the development and effector functions of NK cells

Lecture: D. Grčević, What can we learn from mouse models of human diseases?

Round Table Discussion

 

Best presentation award

09:30 - 10:00

Break

Break

Break

Break

10:00 - 11:00

Group A – 4A: Cryosections: Standard staining and immuno-hystochemistry (M. Heffer-Lauc)

Group B – 4K: Colon cancer models: tissue collection and analysis (J. Terzić)

Group A – 4K: Isolation of blastocysts and embryo transfer (B. Polić)

Group B – 4A: Cryosections: Standard staining and immuno-hystochemistry (M. Heffer-Lauc)

Group B – 4K: Isolation of blastocysts and embryo transfer (B. Polić)

Group A – 4H: Demonstration – spinal nerve ligation (D. Sapunar)

Special Interest Groups

Questionnaires and Discussion

 

Groups AB – 4K/2C: Special Interest Groups

 

Departure/Lunch

11:00 - 12:00

12:00 - 13:00

 

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

Group A – 4K: Colon cancer models: tissue collection and analysis (J. Terzić)

Group B – 4A: Surgical approach to CNS (M. Heffer-Lauc)

Group A – 4A: Surgical approach to CNS (M. Heffer-Lauc)

Group B – 4H: Demonstration – spinal nerve ligation (D. Sapunar)

Special Interest Groups

Groups AB – 4K/2C: Special Interest Groups

15:00 - 16:00

16:00 - 17:00

17:00 - 18:30

18:30 - 19:30

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

 

Lectures will include:

Ivana Barbaric, Sheffield, UK:

Embryonic stem cells/induced pluripotent stem cells - tools for developmental studies, disease modelling and regenerative medicine

Neil Dear, Leeds, UK:

Forward and reverse genetic approaches to elucidating gene function in the mouse

Ivan Đikić, Frankfurt, Germany:

Mouse models in ubiquitin networks – relevance to human diseases

Danka Grčević, Zagreb, Croatia:

What can we learn from mouse models of human diseases?

Ivo Kalajzić, Farmington, CT, USA:

Use of transgenic models to understand differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells

Moises Mallo, Oeiras, Portugal:

Old Hox genes playing new tricks to build the mouse skeleton

Bojan Polić, Rijeka, Croatia:

The role of activating and inhibitory receptors in the development and effector functions of NK cells

Hiroshi Takanayagi, Tokyo, Japan:

Mouse genetics in osteoimmunology

Siniša Volarević, Rijeka, Croatia:

Regulation of the p53 tumor suppressor by ribosomal proteins

A special lecture will be devoted to responsible research involving laboratory animals, including the 3R principles of animal research.

Practical work will include:

Isolation of embryos E8.5, 9.5 and 11.5 (including isolation of yolk sac for genotyping)

Staging of embryo’s age

Basic histochemical staining techniques for embryos – bone, LacZ.

Analgaesia and surgery and in mice

Bleeding – tail vein and terminal cardiac or retroorbital puncture

Terminal formaldehyde perfusion

Default necropsy and identifying major organs

Cryosectioning

Injection - i.v. (tail vein), s.c., i.m., i.p.

Basic surgical procedures in mice

Isolation and analysis of important cell populations, e.g. bone marrow, culturing fibroblasts from skin

Adoptive transfer of hematopoietic cells

Visualizing of GFP-tagged tissues from transgenic mice

Xenografts – i.v., s.c., into flanks

   
   

 

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