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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 5.
Published in final edited form as: Neuron. 2020 Jun 1;107(3):436–453.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.05.014
Neural induction medium (d0 - d7)
mTesr Custom StemCell Technologies;
PenStrep (100x) 1x Life Technologies; 15070063
SB431542 10 μM Stemgent; 04-0010
LDN193189 250nM Stemgent; 04-0074
Retinoic acid 100nM Sigma-Aldrich; R2625
 
Basal medium
DMEM/F12, GlutaMAX ThermoFisher; 10565018
PenStrep (100x) 1x Life Technologies; 15070063
2-Mercaptoethanol (1000x) 1x Life Technologies; 21985023
MEM non-essential amino acids (NEAA) solution (100x) 1x Life Technologies; 11140-050
 
N2 medium (d8 - 11)
Basal medium
N2 supplement (100x) 1x Life Technologies; 15070063
Retinoic acid 100nM Sigma-Aldrich; R2625
Smoothened agonist (SAG) 1μM EMD Millipore; 566660
 
N2B27 medium (d12 - 19)
Basal medium
N2 supplement (100x) 1x Life Technologies; 15070063
B27 Supplement without VitA (50x) 1x Life Technologies; 12587-010
Insulin solution, human 25μg/mL Sigma-Aldrich; 19278
Retinoic acid 100nM Sigma-Aldrich; R2625
Smoothened agonist (SAG) 1μM EMD Millipore; 566660
 
PDGF medium (d20 – sort)
Basal medium
N2 supplement (100x) 1x Life Technologies; 15070063
B27 Supplement without VitA (50x) 1x Life Technologies; 12587-010
Insulin solution, human 25μ/mL Sigma-Aldrich; 19278
PDGFaa 10ng/mL R&D Systems; 221-AA-050
IGF-1 10ng/mL R&D Systems; 291-G1-200
HGF 5ng/mL R&D Systems; 294-HG-025
NT3 10ng/mL EMD Millipore; GF031
T3 60ng/mL Sigma-Aldrich; T2877
Biotin 100ng/mL Sigma-Aldrich; 4639
cAMP 1μM Sigma-Aldrich; D0260
 
Glial medium (post-sort)
Basal medium
N2 supplement (100x) 1x Life Technologies; 15070063
B27 Supplement without VitA (50x) 1x Life Technologies; 12587-010
Insulin solution, human 25μg/mL Sigma-Aldrich; 19278
T3 60ng/mL Sigma-Aldrich T2877
Biotin 100ng/mL Sigma-Aldrich 4639
cAMP 1μM Sigma-Aldrich D0260
HEPES 10mM Sigma-Aldrich H4034
Ascorbic acid 20μg/mL Sigma-Aldrich A4403