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Stacks of bacterial agar plates on a shelf in a laboratory incubator.
Improving Data Reliability Through Incubator Monitoring 
Discover a guide for optimizing COincubator monitoring.
Improving Data Reliability Through Incubator Monitoring 
Improving Data Reliability Through Incubator Monitoring 

Discover a guide for optimizing COincubator monitoring.

Discover a guide for optimizing COincubator monitoring.

cell culture, microbiology

Discover How to Verify Plasmid Quality with the Agilent Fragment Analyzer System
Analyzing Plasmids with Automated Electrophoresis
Agilent | Mar 13, 2023 | 1 min read
Verifying plasmid quality is critical for molecular biology and biomanufacturing applications.
Discover How to Improve Fluid Filtration for Solution Sterilization
More Effective and Efficient Fluid Filtration for Solution Sterilization
Pall Corporation | Jan 30, 2023 | 1 min read
Receive a free new Acro® 500 Filter Capsule, offering a high effective filtration area, maximum transmission of active ingredients, and broad liquid compatibility.
a newly hatched mosquito sits on top of water, with its discarded cocoon floating below
In Vitro Malaria Sporozoite Production May Lead to Cheaper Vaccines
Katherine Irving | Jan 20, 2023 | 4 min read
A method for culturing the infectious stage of the Plasmodium lifecycle could increase malaria vaccine production efficiency by tenfold, study authors say.
Scientist working in a biosafety cabinet
Cell Culture Conquests: Finding and Defeating the Invisible Enemy
The Scientist and MilliporeSigma | Dec 8, 2022 | 3 min read
Cutting-edge reagents, kits, and techniques provide a robust solution to cell culture mycoplasma contamination.
Slime mold colony with volcano-like fruiting bodies
Cancer-like Slime Mold Growth Hints at Multicellularity’s Origins
Natalia Mesa, PhD | Apr 4, 2022 | 4 min read
The poorly understood Fonticula alba, a relative of fungi and animals, hunts bacteria with a mechanism that resembles cancer and fungal growth.
Don Ingber discusses how organ-on-a-chip technology helps identify, study, and combat viral variants that could cause the next pandemic.
The Scientist Speaks - Preventing the Next Pandemic With Organ Chips
Nele Haelterman, PhD | Mar 30, 2022 | 1 min read
Don Ingber discusses how organ-on-a-chip technology helps identify, study, and combat viral variants that could cause the next pandemic.
The advantages of 3-D cell culture
The Advantages of 3-D Cell Culture
MilliporeSigma | Mar 29, 2022 | 1 min read
3-D cell culture narrows the gap between in vitro and in vivo.
Are your cell lines what you think they are?
Are Your Cell Lines What You Think They Are?
MilliporeSigma | Mar 29, 2022 | 1 min read
Learn how to identify contamination and authenticate your cell lines.
Why might cells die or fail to thrive in culture?
Why Might Cells Die or Fail to Thrive in Culture?
MilliporeSigma | Mar 29, 2022 | 1 min read
Learn more about cell culture best practices.
Salmonella living within macrophages can survive antibiotic treatment and potentially give rise to resistance by two different mechanisms that slow or arrest their growth.
Bacteria Go Dormant to Survive Antibiotics and Restart Infections
Niki Spahich, PhD | Mar 7, 2022 | 3 min read
In Salmonella, two seemingly similar antibiotic survival strategies result from very different molecular mechanisms.
Learn How to Reduce Mycoplasma Contamination of Cell Cultures
Safeguarding Precious Cell Lines from Mycoplasma Contamination
Sartorius | Sep 2, 2021 | 1 min read
Discover typical routes of mycoplasma contamination and strategies to prevent contamination in the cell culture room.
Stomach Acid & Heartburn Drugs Linked with COVID-19 Outcomes
Ashley Yeager | Oct 7, 2020 | 6 min read
While sick with COVID-19, President Trump is taking an antacid. Doctors have been exploring whether these medicines can treat SARS-CoV-2 infections, and the results are mixed.
Cells’ Response to SARS-CoV-2 Different from Flu, RSV
Abby Olena, PhD | Mar 31, 2020 | 4 min read
The host transcriptional signature elicited by the coronavirus appears to be less robust and lacks the induction of key antiviral genes.
a photo of ampules stored in wire racks
Scripps Acquires Pfizer’s Massive Microbial Library
Jef Akst | Jan 9, 2020 | 5 min read
The East Coast campus of the research institute received shipments of freeze-dried or frozen samples of more than 210,000 microbial strains, which scientists plan to mine for potentially useful natural products.
Archaea Family Tree Blossoms, Thanks to Genomics
Amber Dance | Jun 1, 2018 | 10+ min read
Identification of new archaea species elucidates the domain’s unique  biology and sheds light on its relationship to eukaryotes.
Most Gut Microbes Can Be Cultured
Jyoti Madhusoodanan | May 4, 2016 | 3 min read
Contrary to the popular thought that many species are “unculturable,” the majority of bacteria known to populate the human gut can be grown in the lab, scientists show.
Becoming Acculturated
Jeffrey M. Perkel | May 1, 2016 | 8 min read
Techniques for deep dives into the microbial dark matter
Lost Colonies
Anna Azvolinsky | Oct 1, 2015 | 10+ min read
Next-generation sequencing has identified scores of new microorganisms, but getting even abundant bacterial species to grow in the lab has proven challenging.
Cultural Riches
Anna Azvolinsky | Sep 30, 2015 | 1 min read
Researchers devise new techniques to facilitate growing bacteria collected from the environment.
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