by Olwen Reina | Mar 20, 2016 | Cell Culture Techniques
Basement membrane products like Matrigel® and Geltrex™ act as a substrate or physical support for cultured cells helping to create more in vivo-like extracellular matrices. Basement membranes are found ubiquitously in the body. They play a role in a many key cellular...
by Olwen Reina | Jul 3, 2016 | Cell Culture Techniques
There is nothing more tragic than walking into your tissue culture room only to find a researcher curled up on the floor, clasping a flask, and wailing that their cells have been contaminated. It’s a fate I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy! Hopefully it has...
by Olwen Reina | Jun 3, 2016 | Cell Culture Techniques
Your tissue culture hood, cell culture hood, biosafety cabinet (or BSC), the hood-y thing in your tissue culture room or whatever you like to call it, is a precious tool that requires occasional love. Here we’ll teach you how to correctly clean your hood and...