Spring 2027

Fundamentals of STEM Cell and Regenerative Biology

Fundamentals of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology provides a foundation for understanding biological, mechanistic, and experimental concepts in stem cell and regenerative biology.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Deneen WellikJeremy NanceOwen Tamplin +1 more

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.83 GPA, 95.8% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 96.8% A/AB (n=31 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify the characteristics of embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, and adult stem cells from cardiac, blood, neural, endodermal, and vascular tissues

  • Identify experimental technologies used to investigate stem cells

  • Present scientific articles assigned by the instructor

  • Moderate a scientific discussion among their peers

  • Critique and discuss scientific articles

  • Formulate hypotheses and propose experiments as future directions that could follow from the discussed articles

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Prerequisites

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BIOCORE 383,BIOCHEM 501,BIOCHEM 507,GENETICS 466,GENETICS 467,ZOOLOGY 570, or graduate/professional standing

CRB 640

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 96.8% A/AB (n=31 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 96.8% A/AB (n=31 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.83 GPA, 95.8% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 96.8% A/AB (n=31 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.83 GPA, 95.8% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 96.8% A/AB (n=31 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

DENEEN WELLIK is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JEREMY NANCE is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

OWEN TAMPLIN is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

VALENTINA LO SARDO is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.83 GPA, 95.8% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 96.8% A/AB (n=31 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Characteristics of embryonic, induced pluripotent, and adult stem cells from cardiac, blood, neural, endodermal, and vascular tissues.
  • Experimental technologies used to investigate stem cells.
  • Hypothesis formulation and experiment proposal in stem cell research.

Skills

  • Identifying characteristics of various stem cell types including embryonic, induced pluripotent, and adult stem cells from specific tissues.
  • Identifying experimental technologies used to investigate stem cells.
  • Presenting scientific articles.
  • Moderating scientific discussions among peers.
  • Critiquing and discussing scientific articles.
  • Formulating hypotheses and proposing experiments based on discussed articles.

Grades

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CRB 640 · Spring 2027

Fundamentals of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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