CorEuStem • COST Action CA20140

The European Network for Stem Cell Core Facilities

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The CorEuStem COST Action

The COST Action CorEuStem – The European Network for Stem Cell Core Facilities is comprised by experts in stem cell biology, differentiation, organoids and gene editing technologies with the aim of developing an efficient and effective consortium for harmonizing procedures and protocols across Europe and beyond. CorEuStem consortium seeks to become a Pan European reference point for stakeholders in stem cell biology and associated technologies.

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Introduction to the Action

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Objectives

The main objective of the CorEuStem is to develop an efficient and effective consortium for harmonizing procedures,  protocols and tools to provide efficient benchmarking, quality control and intensive training.

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Challenge

One of the major challenges for core facilities is to keep track, evaluate and implement cutting-edge technologies. Core facilities strive to standardize, evaluate, adopt and implement new technologies in the field of hPSCs, organoid biology and gene editing

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Background

In the past 12 years, experimental approaches used in biomedical research have been reshaped by the discovery of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), the development of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology and the possibility of generating in vitro organ-like structures called organoids.

Structure

Meet our Working Groups

WG1 will define the set of protocols to be evaluated and to be put in common from the reprogramming, iPSC maintenance and culture, 2D differentiation and 3D organoids.
WG2 will define the set of protocols, reagents, and procedures to be put in common for the network regarding gene editing and CRISPR/CAS technologies.
WG3 will evaluate, and benchmark the protocols, reagents and procedures used across facilities. WG3 will be the framework that enables this comparison, identifying and establishing standardized best practice with respect to general and quality control procedures, thereby facilitating harmonization through dissemination and adoption.
WG4 will plan, design, develop and organise the training events, workshops on human development activities required for the network.
The objective of WG5 will be to build, grow and strengthen the ties between members of the CorEuStem Action as well as attracting new members.
WG6 will manage and work transversally to integrate and evolve the different technologies and actions in the network, the interactions.

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We would like to invite all CorEuStem members to the webinar “Modelling Human Disease using iPSC and Genome Engineering” 🗓 Date: December 19th, 2024 🕚 Time: 10:00 AM (CET) 👩‍🔬 Speaker: Dr. Andrea Rossi – Group Leader, Environmental Adaptation and Cellular Resilience Laboratory. Head of the Genome Engineering and Model Development (GEMD) Core Unit at...

WG2 is pleased to announce a Q&A session on Crisper Cas9 Genome Engineering, where you can get answers to all your questions and engage directly with experts from different research institutes:  Narasimha Telugu, Ralf Kühn, Justin McDonough, Bernhard Schmierer, Carol Jennifer and Pia Johansson. Date: December 5th Time: 4:00 pm CET Location: Zoom Whether you’re looking for clarity on...

We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming CorEuStem WG2 webinar: 🗓 Date: December 12th, 2024🕚 Time: 11:00 CET👩‍🔬 Speaker: Vanessa QUILLAUD-CHENOUARD, Post-doctorate researcher🌍 Affiliation: Nantes Université, INSERM, Center for Research in Transplantation and Translational Immunology (UMR 1064), Nantes, France About the speaker:Vanessa Quillaud-Chenouard holds a PhD in molecular biology and is currently a post-doctorate researcher at the Center for Research in Transplantation...

Last September, the second WG4 hands-on training event took place at Erasmus Medical Centre, attracting experts to discuss innovative tissue modelling methodologies, from hematopoietic stem cell differentiation to advanced brain organoid models. The event opened with a welcome address by the host Mehrnaz Ghazvini (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands), followed by insightful presentations from Andrea Ditadi...

Last October 9th the core group of CorEuStem COST Action got together in Riga, Latvia. Hosted by Professor Una Riekstina, WG4 co-leader, the meeting covered the sustainability of the Core Facilities Network to upcoming years, upcoming activities and manuscripts planned for the last year of the Action, and potential grant applications for the future.

CorEuStem COST Action CA20140 would like to call the attention to all members, Core Facilities and R&D partners to save the date on CorEuStem 2025: Pioneering the Future of Stem Cell Core Facilities in Europe that will take place on May 29-30th, 2025 at Human Technopole (HT) in Milan, Italy. The European Network for Stem...