Differentiating Non-Transgenic and Transgenic Human Pluripotent Stem Cells into Neural Progenitor Cells

Source: Cvetkovic, C., et al. Synaptic Microcircuit Modeling with 3D Cocultures of Astrocytes and Neurons from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. J. Vis. Exp. (2018). This video demonstrates the generation of neural progenitor cells from non-transgenic and transgenic human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs). hPSCs are differentiated into neural progenitor cells using a neuronal differentiation medium. While differentiation is induced in non-transgenic cells using small molecules, the transgenic hPSCs are differentiated by adding an antibiotic that induces the promoter for a neuronal differentiation-specific transcription factor.