Cytocentric Blog
Cytocentric Visionaries: Robert Elliott
Dr. Robert Elliott, MD PhD, is a Surgeon for Diseases and Cancer of the Breast. He is also Director of the Elliott Breast Cancer Research and Treatment Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana....
Controlling Relative Humidity
Relative Humidity in Xvivo System Incubators New Concepts and Practices with the Risk-based Approach We are all taught to do cell biology in room air conditions with room air CO2 incubators. This is technology that hasn’t changed in 60 years. We filled up...
Death to Cleanrooms
Death to Cleanrooms Cleanrooms can be eliminated for biopharmaceutical manufacturing, if the goal of 100% closed processing can be achieved. Learn why properly conditioned isolators are replacing cleanrooms. This bold statement is from Pharma’s Almanac...
Cytocentric Visionaries: Adrien Moya p2
Cytocentric Visionaries: Dr. Adrien Moya, University of Miami Part 2: Focusing on Cell Fate In Part One of this two-part interview, we talk with Dr. Moya about his recent paper on the importance of proper glucose and oxygen levels for MSC in...
Interviews with outstanding researchers that are changing, at a fundamental level, our understanding of the in vitro world.
Why Optimize MSC Cell Culture Conditions
Why Optimize MSC Cell Culture Conditions? Feed a Fibroblast, Starve a Stem Cell A new publication in Stem Cell Research & Therapy (open access) from Alan Wells’ group at University of Pittsburgh has some highly relevant findings...
Cytocentric Visionaries Shannon Mumenthaler p2
Cytocentric Visionaries: Shannon Mumenthaler, University of Southern California Part Two: Oxygen, Cell Morphology, and Time In Part One of this two-part interview, we talked with Dr. Shannon Mumenthaler about her latest...
Cytocentric Visionaries Shannon Mumenthaler p1
Cytocentric Visionaries: Shannon Mumenthaler, University of Southern California Part One: Context is Everything, for Cells and for Scientists Dr. Shannon Mumenthaler is an Assistant Professor of Research Medicine and Lab Director of the...
Lonzas CytoSMART Lab for Cell Growth under Hypoxia
Lonza's CytoSMART Lab for Cell Growth under Hypoxia Full-time Control of Conditions during Cell Handling Enhances the Expansion of Human MSC for Stem Cell Therapies Research Interest BioSpherix's scientific laboratory explores Cytocentric™...
Cytocentric Visionaries Hal Broxmeyer
Cytocentric Visionaries: Hal Broxmeyer, Indiana University How the Shock of Room Air Oxygen Reduces Stem Cell Yields Dr. Hal Broxmeyer is a Distinguished Professor, Professor of Microbiology/Immunology and Co-Leader of the Program on...
Why the Lasker Awards are So Important This Year
Why the Lasker Awards are So Important This Year It’s All About the Oxygen The Lasker Awards were won this year by a trio of incredibly important figures in physiologic oxygen research; William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe, and Gregg...
Why Should We Care About Vitro Pericellular Oxygen?
Why Should We Care About In Vitro Pericellular Oxygen? An important new publication in Stem Cells and Development by Tiwari et al in Australia has brought a critically important in vitro oxygen diffusion issue to the...
How to Clean a Closed Environment for Cells
How to Clean a Closed Environment for Cells Resisting the Misting In a closed cell environment like a barrier isolator, there are few routes for disinfectants to leave and no way for contaminants to float in. In an open laboratory, you can...
Cytocentric Visionaries Jan Jensen p3
Cytocentric Visionaries: Jan Jensen, Trailhead BioSystems Part Three: Full-time Oxygen Control and Aseptic Conditions are Critical for Automated Protocol Optimization In Part Two, we discussed Trailhead’s unbiased system of cell signaling...
Cytocentric Visionaries Jan Jensen p2
Cytocentric Visionaries: Jan Jensen, Trailhead BioSystems Part Two: Controlling Stray Cell Fates in Culture In Part One, we discussed Trailhead’s unbiased system of cell signaling optimization for differentiation. Here we continue our...