Cell Transplantation & Biotherapeutics - BMED 560/1

The purpose of this course is to learn procedures including rodent handling, anesthesia, surgically modeling disease, biotherapy delivery, and visualizing/measuring therapeutic efficacy. There will also be an additional focus on experimental design, data collection, and analysis.

Following the completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Effectively handle & restrain mice.
2. Effectively deliver anesthesia & analgesia to mice.
3. Perform mouse survival surgery using aseptic technique.
4. Perform muscle force production experiments with mice using consistent technique
5. Perform fluorescence microscopy & quantitative morphometry
6. Prepare figures to display, and use statistical analysis to draw conclusions from, experimental data
7. Design sound experiments and interpret experimental data