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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

culture, identification, bone marrow, hematopoietic cells, stem cell

College

Life Sciences

Department

Microbiology and Molecular Biology

Abstract

Successfully culturing and identifying bone marrow cells is a critical skill when doing stem cell, or hematopoietic research. This skill was especially important in Dr. Sandra Burnett’s research lab, with whom I conducted this research. Since the proper culture and identification of the cells was a vital part of any results or conclusions that were made in the lab, we deemed it imperative to determine whether or not we would be able to develop training protocols that would result in better and more consistent results. I strongly believed that this project would immediately impact our current and future research using the MAFIA model (transgenic mice exhibiting macrophage depletion) and our bone marrow transplant research by allowing us to simplify the data collection process and establish a training regimen for future student and faculty researchers. This will aid BYU and other researchers and educators across the country who study hematopoieses using similar methods.

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