Facility Details

Provides resources for disseminating human pluripotent stem cell technology within UPenn and surrounding research communities.  Our services include derivation of patient specific iPSCs, genome engineering of stem cell lines using CRISPR/Cas9 technology, and lineage specific differentiation of iPSCs/hESCs in 2D and 3D organoid culture. Core has large collection of patient derived iPSC lines and cell lines of gastrointestinal tract (esophageal, pancreatic and intestinal) available to users. Committed to training investigators in stem cell culture techniques and providing quality tested stem cell reagents to users.