Health Science Research Institute Germans Trias i Pujol 2 articles published in JoVE Bioengineering Simultaneous Electrical and Mechanical Stimulation to Enhance Cells' Cardiomyogenic Potential Aida Llucià-Valldeperas1,2, Ramon Bragós3, Antoni Bayés-Genís1,4,5,6 1Insuficiencia Cardiaca y Regeneración Cardiaca (ICREC) Research Program, Health Science Research Institute Germans Trias i Pujol, 2Amsterdam Universitair Medisch Centrum (UMC), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Pulmonology and Physiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, 3Electronic and Biomedical Instrumentation Group, Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 4Cardiology Service, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, 5Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 6Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) Cardiovascular, Instituto de Salud Carlos III Here we present a protocol for training a cell population using electrical and mechanical stimuli emulating cardiac physiology. This electromechanical stimulation enhances the cardiomyogenic potential of the treated cells and is a promising strategy for further cell therapy, disease modeling, and drug screening. Immunology and Infection Generation of Recombinant Human IgG Monoclonal Antibodies from Immortalized Sorted B Cells Gisela Nogales-Gadea*1,2, Abhishek Saxena*1, Carolin Hoffmann*1, Judith Hounjet1, Daniëlle Coenen1, Peter Molenaar1, Mario Losen1, Pilar Martinez-Martinez1 1School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, 2Department of Neurosciences, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol Synthesis of human monoclonal antibodies is the first step in studies aimed at unraveling the pathophysiological mechanisms of auto-antibody-mediated immune responses. We have developed a protocol to generate recombinant human immunoglobulin G (IgG) monoclonal antibodies from blood sorted B cells, including B-cell isolation, antibody cloning and in vitro synthesis.
