Course description
The course will give knowledge about basic and more advanced techniques in relation to the culture of human and animal cells. It will contain both a theoretical part in form of lectures and discussions, and a practical part.
The following topics (and some others) will be covered:
- The culturing procedure for different types of cell lines
- Sterile techniques, common contaminations
- Freezing/thawing of cells
- Transfection and generation of stable clones
- Over-expression of recombinant proteins in mammalian cells
- Primary cells
- Stem cells
Requirements and Selection
Entry requirements
Admitted to postgraduate education.
In order to assimilate the content of the course a basic understanding of cell biology and biomedicine is necessary.
The course is an elective course within the third cycle at Sahlgrenska Academy.
Selection
Selection is performed according to the following:
- PhD students at Sahlgrenska Academy,
- PhD students enrolled at another university within a formal collaborative agreement on doctoral education with Sahlgrenska Academy,
- PhD students enrolled at another faculty at the University of Gothenburg or another university in Sweden,
- PhD students enrolled at a university outside Sweden.
Other information
Course coordinator: Elisabeth Thomsson,
elisabeth.thomsson@mpe.sahlgrenska.gu.se
Course administrator: Zerif Olsen, zerif.olsen@gu.se
Course dates: 6-17 October 2025 (scheduled teaching: 6-10 October. Oral and written exam: 17 October; self-studies: 13-16 October)
Number of course places: 20
Course syllabus
SC00005
Department
Core Facilities
Subject
Health Sciences
Type of course
Method course, Subject area course
Keywords
odling av human- och animalceller, the culture of human and animal cells, Sterile techniques, common contaminations, Freezing/thawing