Quality Control of Cell Lines

Wednesday, 27 June 2012 at 09:00

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Quality control is often low on the agenda of cell culture scientists. Perhaps the most important aspect is cell line authentication, the main topic of this lecture.

John Masters, Professor, University College London

John Masters

John Masters is Professor of Experimental Pathology at UCL and Editor-in-Chief of Cell Biology and Toxicology and has edited 7 volumes of Human Cell Culture (Springer). He chaired an ATCC Standard Development Committee developing a standard using STR profiling for the authentication of human cell lines, which in January 2012 became accredited by ANSI (American National Standards Institute).