Tools for Optimizing Human Immune Cell Research
Obtaining consistent and reliable results when culturing immune cells can be challenging. Watch this webinar to discover how to obtain high yields of functional T cells, NK cells, B cells, dendritic cells, and macrophages for your research applications. The speaker, Evan Karas, also explains how to expand primary T cells without feeders or serum.
Advances in Point-of-Care Cell Engineering—What Are You Feeding Your CAR T Cells?
In this webinar, Dr. Julian J. Lum discusses key factors to consider when choosing metabolic assays and how they can be used to assess cell function. Additionally, he discusses the metabolic characteristics of different commercially available cell culture media formulations as well as the importance of assessing the array of media products and their impact on metabolism.
New Tools for the Ex Vivo Expansion of Human Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells
The development of standardized ex vivo HSPC expansion methods is needed to generate clinically relevant cell numbers for transplantation. This webinar will review key concepts in human HSPC biology, including standardized methods and recently demonstrated strategies for expanding HSPCs in culture. Additionally, STEMCELL products for the entire workflow of HSPC expansion will be covered, from isolation to expansion and differentiation, and analysis.
Implementing the Colony-Forming Unit (CFU) Assay As a Potency Assay for Hematopoietic Cell Therapy Products
Assessing the functional potency of cells for use in cell therapy research presents unique challenges. For hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) in particular, potency can be measured in vitro by assessing the ability of these cells to differentiate into progenitor cells using the colony-forming unit (CFU) assay. Validating the CFU assay as a potency assay requires demonstrating its specificity, accuracy, precision, linearity, and reproducibility. Once validated, the CFU assay can assess the quality and consistency of prospective hematopoietic cell therapy products (HCTPs) at multiple stages of the processing and manufacturing workflow.
Join Dr. Colin Hammond and learn about the regulatory guidance around the potency testing of HCTPs and how to validate the CFU assay as a potency assay that can be integrated into cell therapy manufacturing workflows.