Stem Cells Transl Med
October 2021
In its 2019 report, The Skilled Technical Workforce: Crafting America's Science and Engineering Enterprise, the National Science Board recommended a national charge to create a skilled technical workforce (STW) driven by science and engineering. The RegenMed Development Organization (ReMDO), through its RegeneratOR Workforce Development Initiative, has taken on this challenge beginning with an assessment of regenerative medicine (RM) biomanufacturing knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) needed for successful employment. While STW often refers only to associate degree or other prebaccalaureate prepared technicians, the RM biomanufacturing survey included responses related to baccalaureate prepared technicians.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Regenerative Medicine Manufacturing Society (RMMS) is the first and only professional society dedicated toward advancing manufacturing solutions for the field of regenerative medicine. RMMS's vision is to provide greater patient access to regenerative medicine therapies through innovative manufacturing solutions. Our mission is to identify unmet needs and gaps in regenerative medicine manufacturing and catalyze the generation of new ideas and solutions by working with private and public stakeholders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeurobiol Learn Mem
November 2013
The transcription factor CREB is an important regulator of many adaptive processes in neurons, including sleep, cellular homeostasis, and memory formation. The Drosophila dCREB2 family includes multiple protein isoforms generated from a single gene. Overexpression of an activator or blocker isoform has been shown to enhance or block memory formation, but the molecular mechanisms underlying these phenomena remain unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCREB-responsive transcription has an important role in adaptive responses in all cells and tissue. In the nervous system, it has an essential and well established role in long-term memory formation throughout a diverse set of organisms. Activation of this transcription factor correlates with long-term memory formation and disruption of its activity interferes with this process.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHuman stem and progenitor cells offer an innovative way to study early events in development. An exciting new opportunity for these cells is their application to study the underlying developmental consequences of genetic diseases. Because many diseases, ranging from leukemias to developmental disorders, are caused by single-gene defects, stem and progenitor cells that carry disease-causing genetic mutations are invaluable in understanding and treating disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe general transcription factor TFIIB is a highly conserved and essential component of the eukaryotic RNA polymerase II (pol II) transcription initiation machinery. It consists of a single polypeptide with two conserved structural domains: an amino-terminal zinc ribbon structure (TFIIB(ZR)) and a carboxy-terminal core (TFIIB(CORE)). We have analyzed the role of the amino-terminal region of human TFIIB in transcription in vivo and in vitro.
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