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Associated Content
Best Practices – Cell Culture Techniques
Culturing cells in the laboratory is not a trivial task and success is dependent on a number of factors ranging from having the proper equipment, sterile technique, culture media, and conditions, to utilizing the appropriate protocols for handling the cells during passaging and freezing/thawing....Continued
The Rotea Counterflow Centrifugation System Offers a Versatile, Closed System Solution for Cell Therapy Processing
The Rotea system provides a flexible, cost-effective solution for cell therapy processing. Its closed single-use kit permits smooth transition from research through commercial manufacturing. Excellent support is also included with a field application scientist available to guide users through the system and the software to create a protocol for their specific applications....Continued
Demystifying the FBS Selection Process – A guide for evaluating product quality, origination and cost consideration
In this podcast, we talked with Chris Scanlon, Global Marketing Development Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific about how to effectively evaluate which FBS product is right for each application. This includes weighing product quality levels and country of origin. Chris also shares strategies for maximizing purchasing options and new FBS products on the horizon....Continued
Best Practices for Rapid High Titer Protein Expression
Rich Altman and Matt McKenna, Field Application Scientists supporting the Expi Protein Expression Systems at Thermo Fisher Scientific talk about maximizing protein expression and achieving high titer in Expi expression systems....Continued
Media Optimization Strategies for Modifying Monoclonal Antibody Quality Attributes
Ways in which media components can be leveraged to achieve desired monoclonal antibody quality attributes and strategies for creating media formulations that provide good productivity as well as the desired quality profile....Continued
Best Practices for Being Productive and Staying Connected While Out of the Lab
Working from home can be very challenging, particularly if your work normally takes place in a lab. We were fortunate to have six cell culture researchers, who are part of Gibco’s Cell Culture Heroes program, ... Continued
Cool Tool – New BenchStable™ Media Provides Flexibility and Convenience While Helping the Planet
Researchers looking for reduced cold storage space requirements and easier access to media on their bench top, now have an answer. Recently launched Gibco™ BenchStable™ media are specifically engineered for room-temperature storage. This permits flexible ... Continued
Spheroid Cell Culture – Practical solutions for frequently asked questions
The past decade has seen an increase in publications recognizing the value of culturing cells in three dimensions (3D) and the use of these 3D cell culture models has shown utility in many areas of ... Continued
Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor—the Good, the Bad and the Stable
A guest article by the Research & Development team at Thermo Fisher Scientific What is Fibroblast Growth Factor? In order to answer this question, first let’s discuss the definition of fibroblast. Fibroblasts are the type of cell ... Continued
Using cell culture models of endocrine resistance to improve triple positive breast cancer treatment options.
Gibco Cell Culture Hero, Dr. Hillary Stires discusses her work researching better treatment options for triple positive breast cancer patients. She explains how the use of cell culture modeling helps drive her research. She also talks about her experience as a cell culture hero and her passion for the scicomm movement on social media platforms....Continued
A New Dimension of Cell Culture: The Rise of Spheroid Culture Systems
In this article, we discuss the evolution of spheroid culture systems, methodologies of spheroid formation, spheroid culture challenges and relevant solutions. Historically, much of the knowledge we have on cellular processes is from experiments where cells ... Continued
Eliminate Contamination and Improve Efficiency with Gibco™ One Shot FBS
Fetal bovine serum is a widely used cell culture media supplement for the successful in vitro culture of many cell types. FBS is a rich source of nutrients, hormones, lipids, adhesion factors in addition to ... Continued
Intelligently Designed Cell Culture Dishes Address Common Cell Culture Scientists’ Complaints
The EasYDish, launched earlier this month, by Thermo Fisher Scientific has some unique, smart design features to improve handling, stacking and transporting of cell cultures in the lab....Continued
Cell Culture Basics Virtual Lab
The Cell Culture Basics virtual training lab is an introduction to cell culture, covering many topics including Basic principles of cell culture, Preparing a new cell culture, Performing a cell passage, and Cryopreservation.
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Achieve gram per liter protein yields in a transient CHO system
Introduction CHO cells are the predominant host for biotherapeutic protein expression, with roughly 70% of licensed biologics manufactured in CHO. Multiple attributes make CHO cells desirable for bioproduction including the ability to adapt to high-density suspension ... Continued
Improve lentiviral production using Lipofectamine 3000 reagent
LentiVirus is extremely versatile and efficient transfection method to work in more biologically relevant cells. However, they can be difficult to produce. Invitrogen™ Lipofectamine™ 3000 Transfection Reagent can help improve lentivirus production. In addition to being ... Continued
Improving Live Cell Fluorescence Imaging
Introduction Live cell fluorescence imaging provides the opportunity to study cellular function, however there can be challenges with the ability to image weak fluorophors without damaging the health of your cells. During this Ask the Experts session, ... Continued
Directed Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells
Introduction The promise of human pluripotent stem cells will be realized only when these cells are successfully coaxed into different cell types found in the human body, through the process of directed differentiation. This is critical ... Continued
Transient Protein Production in Mammalian Cells
Introduction This Ask the Expert will address questions in regards to transient protein production in mammalian cells. Mammalian transient expression allows for the rapid generation, purification, and characterization of milligram to gram quantities of secreted or ... Continued
PSC Stress Management: Minimizing the Impact of Stress on Pluripotent Stem Cell Health in a Range of Workflows
Introduction Have you ever wished you had a safety net for your pluripotent stem cells, suffering loss of a cell line during processes such as cryopreservation, electroporation, or single cell passaging? While stem cells have a ... Continued
Efficient cell specific differentiation systems for iPSC
Introduction The promise of human pluripotent stem cells will be realized only when these cells are successfully coaxed into different cell types found in the human body, through the process of directed differentiation. This is critical ... Continued
Options for Identification and Characterization of Pluripotent Stem Cells
Introduction The vast advances in technologies for the efficient generation of footprint-free induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) have led to the creation of several iPSC lines from varying sources, genetic backgrounds, and derivations in different medias ... Continued
10 Things You Should Know About Dry Shippers Before Shipping High Value Biologics
As the biotech world has grown, the need to ship high value cell- and tissue-based materials has increased exponentially. An invaluable tool in the quest to move material in a safe and effective manner is ... Continued
Pluripotent stem cell (PSC) culture
Introduction Pluripotent stem cell (PSC) culture has evolved over the past decade, just as stem cell researcher needs have been changing and the market has been growing. Initial culture conditions for stem cells used FBS and mouse ... Continued