RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Internet-Connected Cortical Organoids for Project-Based Stem Cell and Neuroscience Education
JF eneuro
JO eNeuro
FD Society for Neuroscience
SP ENEURO.0308-23.2023
DO 10.1523/ENEURO.0308-23.2023
VO 10
IS 12
A1 Elliott, Matthew A. T.
A1 Schweiger, Hunter E.
A1 Robbins, Ash
A1 Vera-Choqqueccota, Samira
A1 Ehrlich, Drew
A1 Hernandez, Sebastian
A1 Voitiuk, Kateryna
A1 Geng, Jinghui
A1 Sevetson, Jess L.
A1 Core, Cordero
A1 Rosen, Yohei M.
A1 Teodorescu, Mircea
A1 Wagner, Nico O.
A1 Haussler, David
A1 Mostajo-Radji, Mohammed A.
YR 2023
UL http://www.eneuro.org/content/10/12/ENEURO.0308-23.2023.abstract
AB The introduction of Internet-connected technologies to the classroom has the potential to revolutionize STEM education by allowing students to perform experiments in complex models that are unattainable in traditional teaching laboratories. By connecting laboratory equipment to the cloud, we introduce students to experimentation in pluripotent stem cell (PSC)-derived cortical organoids in two different settings: using microscopy to monitor organoid growth in an introductory tissue culture course and using high-density (HD) multielectrode arrays (MEAs) to perform neuronal stimulation and recording in an advanced neuroscience mathematics course. We demonstrate that this approach develops interest in stem cell and neuroscience in the students of both courses. All together, we propose cloud technologies as an effective and scalable approach for complex project-based university training.