Virtual PSC to Neural & Diff Course

Online professional development training from STEMCELL Technologies guides participants through the complete workflow of directing pluripotent stem cells toward neural fates in vitro. The self-paced virtual curriculum covers maintenance of human PSC cultures, embryoid body or monolayer neural induction, patterning into regional neural progenitors, and maturation into neurons and glial cell types.

Live virtual demonstrations walk through media preparation, coating protocols, and morphological assessment of neural rosettes and neural progenitor cells, while recorded lectures explain signaling pathway modulation including dual SMAD inhibition, Wnt, SHH, and FGF pathways. Participants receive protocol worksheets, troubleshooting guides, and access to a community forum moderated by STEMCELL Technologies application scientists.

The course suits graduate students, postdocs, and core facility staff who want standardized neural differentiation training without traveling to a wet-lab facility. Course access is granted for 12 months from enrollment, allowing repeated review of recorded demonstrations and downloadable protocol PDFs.