Cell culture is an essential tool in cellular and molecular biology research. It refers to several techniques and resources in which animal or plant cells are extracted from an organism and grown under controlled conditions in an artificial environment. That allows scientists to study or manipulate cells for research, diagnose infections, test the effectiveness of new drugs, or explore the normal physiology and biochemistry of the cells.
Cell Culture and Growth
Getting accurate, consistent and reproducible results depends on having the cell culture products and equipment you need to do your job effectively. That’s why Avantor® carries your preferred products from brands you trust.
Keep your cells fit and happy by providing them optimal growth conditions. Select cell culture plastics and nutrients you can rely on. Ensure sterility as well as precise temperature and gas control during incubation and handling. Introduce genes, siRNA or CRISPR/Cas constructs using best in class transfection reagents.
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Cell Culture and Growth
No matter where you focus your efforts in cell culture, Avantor has a comprehensive range of cell biology products and supplies to meet your needs. From flasks and cell strainers to harvesting and storage solutions, we deliver high-quality cell biology supplies for your lab. From cell culture media, sera, cytokines and growth factors, and transfection reagents to consumables.
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For more than 25 years, Corning has delivered innovations that have advanced the science of 3D cell culture. Pioneering the development of novel tools providing easier access to in vivo-like 3D models.
Our J.T.Baker premium robotic tips are used for automated, precise liquid-handling. They are designed for use with the most popular third-party robotic workstations.
Grow
Set your lab up for success by stocking the best products for cell cultivation from brands you trust. Get optimal cell growth for your experiments by sourcing cell culture products from brands you trust
Find the more used antibiotic mixtures for cell and tissue culture.
Recommended reagent for use as selection agent.
Cell culture buffers
Select from the most common buffers used to provide an energy source, maintain proper pH levels, and keep ideal osmotic pressure.
Cell culture media
View our comprehensive offering of Cell Culture Media.
Sera
Choose from a wide variety of origin-certified and quality-controlled sera for your general or specific cell culture applications.
Supplements and additives
Cell culture media supplements compensate for characteristics the base medium lacks in providing maximum cell growth conditions.
Serological pipets
Reusable glass or disposable polystyrene, serological pipettes aspirate and release milliliter liquid amounts accurately and easily.
Cell culture dishes
Single or multi-well sterile dishes provide a stable surface for cell proliferation and distortion-free microscopic observation when performing cell cultures.
Cell culture flasks
See our variety of cell culture flasks for cell cultivation in your lab including vented, plug-seal, sterile, cleanroom-assembled and more.
Cells taken directly from living tissue or organs and established for growth in vitro.
CO₂ incubators
We offer CO₂ Incubators that maintain adequate interior moisture to prevent cultures from drying out.
Transfect
Find the supplies you need to ensure successful transfection processes.
We offer extensive selection of kits to purify plasmid DNA.
Automatic cell counters
Choose from our selection of electronic cell counters appropriate for a variety of cell types.
Microscopes
Select a Microscope from the top manufacturers in the industry.
Trypan Blue
The most common stain used in cell count and viability assays.
UV/Vis spectrophotometers
We offer UV-VIS and VIS spectrophotometers for a variety of applications.
Electroporators
View all the best-in-class Electroporators we offer.
Electroporation cuvettes
A full line of Electroporation Cuvettes to meet your needs.
Transfection reagents
See our wide offering of Transfection Reagents.
Harvest
Maintain high viability and maximize sample recovery while efficiently separating and purifying biomolecules with harvest products and supplies
Biological safety cabinets
See our full line of Biological Safety Cabinets.
Cell scrapers
Maximize sample recovery by utilizing cell scrapers designed to gently remove cells when harvesting samples in western or enzyme assays.
Trypsin and other dissociation reagents used to detach cells from cell culture vessels.
Tangential flow systems
Designed to efficiently separate and purify biomolecules and to concentrate and desalt sample solutions.
Tangential flow cassettes
Used in a wide range of biological fields, the tangential flow cassettes guarantee high flow rates, low hold-up volumes, and low protein binding.
Store
You can successfully cryopreserve your cultured cells, maintain optimal cell health and prevent damage using the following products and cell-specific culture protocols.
Freezing Media
Extensive offering of vials and accessories for cryo-storage.
Cryogenic storage vessels
High performance solutions for the safe handling and long term storage of liquid nitrogen and other liquid gases.
Cryogenic freezers
Provide sensitive medical and scientific materials protective storage for cells and tissues.
What is Cell Culture?
The Purpose and Application of Cell Culture
The molecular and cellular biology fields depend on cell culture to provide specific cell types for researchers to study. For example, cell culture technology allows scientists to study how drugs and toxic compounds can affect cells. Cell culture in biotechnology is critical to developing and manufacturing large-scale biological compounds, including vaccines and therapeutic proteins.
Cellular agriculture is another industry that relies on cell culture. Scientists can develop new products and techniques for producing current agricultural products through cell culture technology.
Advantages of Cell Culture
One of the most important benefits of cell culture techniques allows researchers to obtain consistent and reproducible results. Cells in a physicochemical environment can be accurately controlled to eliminate interference from genetic or environmental variables.
We carry everything you need to conduct advanced, high-quality research from discovery to delivery.
From cell culture plates and dishes to cell culture media, bottles and flasks, we set your science in motion.