Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer
June 1, 2026 - June 21, 2026
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Application Deadline: March 13, 2026
Instructors:
Danelle Devenport, Princeton University
Loydie Jerome-Majewska, McGill University, Canada
Co-Instructors:
Matthew Anderson, NCI-Frederick, Frederick, MD
Katherine Fantauzzo, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
This lecture and laboratory course is designed for scientists, typically at the early principal investigator, postdoctoral or graduate stages, interested in using mouse models to study mammalian development, stem cells and cancer. The lecture portion of the course, taught by leaders in the field, provides the conceptual basis for contemporary research in embryogenesis, organogenesis in development and disease, embryonic, adult and induced pluripotent stem cells and cancer biology.
The laboratory and workshop portions of the course provide hands-on introduction to engineering of mouse models, stem cell technologies and tissue analyses.
Experimental techniques include:
- CRISPR/Cas9 editing and allele design
- Zygote microinjection and embryo transfer
- Isolation, culture, manipulation of pre and post-implantation embryos
- Zygote and embryo electroporation
- In vivo electroporation for somatic cancer modeling
- Embryo roller bottle culture
- In vitro fertilization
- Fluorescent RNA in situ hybridization
- Immunofluorescence
- Skeletal preparation
- Live imaging and confocal microscopy
Last Updated 03/10/2026