AN INDUSTRY consortium has been launched to optimise media and processes in order to manufacture stem cells and natural killer cells at volume. Based at the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM), a Canadian non-profit organisation, the consortium includes…
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Scalable bioreactor reduces experiment turnaround times
A NEW automated bioreactor system for parallel cell culture or fermentation has been launched by TAP Biosystems. Ambr 250 consists of a workstation which can automate independent parallel control of 12 or 24 single-use 250ml bioreactors for cell culture or…
Biomimetic 3D models of the human central nervous system
TAP Biosystems is collaborating with scientists at the Open University (OU), in Milton Keynes, UK to produce robust 3D human central nervous system (CNS) tissue models for use in drug discovery and pre-clinical testing. The collaboration will run for three…
Micro bioreactor ‘is valid’ scale-down model
RESEARCHERS at a leading US biopharma company have concluded that the Ambr micro bioreactor is a realistic scale-down model for conventional two-litre bioreactors, reports Tap Biosystems. Writing in the journal Cytotechnology, the scientists recounted their trials to replicate the characteristics…
Automating stem cell handling in Parisian labs
TAP Biosystems reports that I-Stem, the Institute for Stem cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic diseases, has selected two of its lab automation systems for installation at its headquarters at Evry, on the southern edge of Paris. The Tap CompacT…
Acronym of the week
WE’RE all used to seeing acronyms and abbreviations used – and sometimes abused – in the names of items of lab equipment and the names of scientific instrument companies. Sometimes these are quite clever, and make us smile. Sometimes they…
Bioreactor will grow stem cell lines at Georgia Tech
TAP Biosystems reports that Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, has selected its Ambr bioreactor system to conduct research aimed at determining the optimum process conditions for economical manufacturing of stem cells. Ambr will be used at the university’s new Stem…
3D cell culture made simple
A NEW system which promises to make consistent and reproducible 3D cell culture a simple procedure has been launched by Tap Biosystems. The new Raft system includes a custom microplate and heater together with reagents and a protocol to follow…
New features for live cell imager
THE LATEST Cell-IQ software from TAP Biosystems enables walk-away monitoring, recording, and quantification of changes in cell morphology with up to three different fluorescent dyes. This makes it ideal for scientists seeking flexibility within a single stem cell imaging system,…