For the mESC media(McCloskey lab protocol): (for total media prepared: 50ml; 100ml) KO DMEM: 40.8ml; 81.6ml 15% KSR: 7.5ml; 15ml 1x Penn-Strep: .5ml; 1ml 2mM L-glutamine: .5ml; 1ml NEAA : .5ml; 1ml LIF: 100ul; 200ul BMP-4 (10ng/ml): 50ul; 100ul Diluted BME: 50ul; 100ul (Add 35ul of sterile filtered BME to 5ml of PBS and syringe filter sterilize. Discard after 2 weeks. Final concentration in the solution is .1mM)
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