The CU Boulder Stem Cell AV名湿 and Technology Resource Center offers CU AV名湿ers and Industries the following services:

Biosafety Cabinets (24/7)

  • Biosafety Cabinet with lab supplies and some consumables
  • Biosafety Cabinet without lab supplies and consumables

*It is allowed to work with any human cell line except human Embryonic Fibroblast or human Embryonic Stem Cells.

    iPSC lines

    • Thaw iPSCs听
    • Expand and Freeze iPSCs
    • Mycoplasma Testing
    • Surface Stem Cell Markers听
    • Trilineage Differentiation Assay

    iPSC-Derived NPC(neural) and Neuronal Stem Cell听lines

    • Thawing Assay
    • Expansion & Freezing
    • Mycoplasma Testing
    • Surface Stem Cell Markers Assay

    Miscellaneous

    • Cell Proliferation Assay
    • Media changes听
    • Live culture of iPSC lines
    • Fresh Matrigel/Vitronectin/Geltrex pre-coated plates听
    • Generating iPSC cell pellet for RNA/DNA extraction
    • Monthly Core usage charge

    iPS Cell Line Request

    The Core has several established human Fluorescently and Fluorescently Tagged Human Induced Pluripotent Cell Lines听for purchase for research purposes.听Please contact the director for available cell lines.

    Other Cell Services

    • 24/7 Remote Cell Culture Monitoring (Olympus Provi CM20)
    • Co2 Shaker with remote controller-Organoid's derivation
    • Nucleofector 2b Device 鈥 Transfection system
    • Evos M7000 Training
    • Olympus IX83 Microscope Training
    • Olympus CKX53 Microscope Training
    • Olympus Provi CM20 Training
    • Neon 听NxT Transfection System Training
    • Amaxa Nucleofector System Training
    • Consulting

    Incubators

    • Monthly rent
    • Normoxic and Hypoxic Conditions
    • Organoids Derivation
    • Automatic Cell Tracking

    Fluorescence Microscopes (24/7)

    • Inverted Fluorescence Scanner Microscope (Olympus IX83) with live-cell time-lapse capabilities (Live and fixed cell imaging in monolayer or suspensions, organoids, embryos, organotypic slides, etc.)
    • Sterile dissection hood equipped with a dissecting Olympus CKX53 microscope and heated/CO2听stage for work with live cultures and live/fixed images.
    • Evos 7000 Microscope听with live-cell time-lapse capabilities (Live and fixed cell imaging in monolayer or suspensions, organoids, embryos, organotypic slides, etc.) (1.2X, 2X, 4X, 20X, 40X, 60X, 100X)

    Biorepository

    • Vial or box for 100 Cryoviales (Price per month or year)

    Reagents from ThermoFisher听(up to 15听% discount. The final cost already includes shipping costs)

    • Media
    • Kits
    • Supplements
    • Serum
    • Matrices
    • Cytokines
    • Small molecules
    • Free samples
    • Free demos

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    Reagents from STEMCELL Technologies听听(up to 15听% discount. The final cost already includes shipping costs)

    Kits and services through Synthego Company (up to 10% discount on products and some services).

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    Synthego-Synthetic sgRNA Kits:听

    • High-efficiency guide RNAs for knockout and knock-in edits
      • , design top-scoring guide RNAs for gene knockout
      • , a free online tool that provides an easy knockout score
    • Gene Knockout Kits v2
      • Using our multi-guide design approach for protein-coding genes in human and mouse genome
    • Arrayed CRISPR Screening Libraries听
      • Available in custom, pre-designed, and whole human/mouse genome gene sets

    Synthego-Standard Edits:

    • Human iPSCs, ESCs, and Immortalized Cell Lines听
      • Fragment deletion听
      • Knock-ins up to 2,000 bp (Tag / Region Insertion)听
      • Single nucleotide variant changes (SNV)
      • Single, Double, and Triple Gene Knock-out (KO)

    Look听听to see Synthego's industry-leading guarantees for our cell-editing services.

    Type of Edit

    Description

    Deliverable Type听

    Turn Around Time

    Gene KO听

    Creating a gene KO using a synthetic guide to make a functional protein knockout. Single, double, triple gene KOs are supported.

    Pool

    8 鈥 10 weeks

    Clone

    16-20 weeks

    SNV Change

    Changing a single nucleotide variant (SNV) or single nucleotide polymorphism. It can be either a nucleotide or amino acid change.

    Pool

    10 鈥 12 weeks

    Clone

    16-20 weeks

    Small Tag/ Insertion

    Insert a small tag (100 bp or less) into a genome region.听

    Pool

    10 鈥 12 weeks

    Clone

    16-20 weeks

    Large Tag / Region Insertion

    Insert a large tag or region of interest (2,000 bp or less) into a targeted genome region.听

    Pool

    16-20 weeks

    Clone

    20-28 weeks

    Synthego-Standard Deliverables for Engineered Cell Projects:听

    鈼徧2 independent biological clones or 2 cell pools (2 vials of each: 0.5M cells per vial)

    鈼徧2 vials of wild-type isogenic cells mock-transfected pools, passage matched (0.5M cells per vial)

    鈼徧鼼enotypic Analysis and Editing Summary Report听

    鈼徧鼵ertificate of Analysis

    Synthego-Additional Information:

    • Learn more about our听听and听
    • Target Discovery with听

    For pricing information or a quote for a specific project(s), please email听Lucia.GayossoMiranda@colorado.edu听with the following details:听Cell Line,听Knock-out, or Knock-iN. If听Knock-out, please specify the gene name; if听Knock-in, 听type of edit: (i.e., SNV, Myc tag, GFP, etc.). Note: times and dates you are available for a discussion

    Professional Development

    • hiPSC training: Over 36听hours of training course.听

    It is focused on working with hiPSC in basic and translational research. Lecture topics and hands-on training include iPSC generation and characterization, growth, maintenance, cryopreservation, thawing of hiPSCs, and generation of iPSC-derived cell lines and organoids.

    Custom Services

    Please contact the Core director if you require custom services not listed above. We will do our best to accommodate you!