Sean Ghassem-Zadeh, from Shelton, CT, is a Combined Dental Program student majoring in Biological Sciences. In high school, he was editor of the school newspaper, president of the Student Council, and captain of the varsity tennis team.
Summer 2008: Optimizing Osteoblast Cell Culture for the Study of Dlx Gene Function
By Sean Ghassem-Zadeh
With the high volume of research involving in vitro studies and the need to optimize specific types of cell cultures, multiple companies have produced various Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) products that can aid cell culture processes. With numerous companies producing multiple lots of FBS, which are obtained from an isolated population of fetal calves, a further investigation is needed to determine the best product for a desired cell culture (in this case calvaria and bone marrow cultures). Continue reading