Cell culture

Weekly reads: Vertex hold, new type of cell division in fish, CAR-T

May 8, 2022 May 7, 2022 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / Leave a Comment

I remember the first time I ever witnessed human cell division first hand and it was really excitement. I was working as a part-time tech in the Lane Lab at UC San Diego School of Medicine. We studied heart disease and grew human umbilical cord endothelial cell cultures. It was striking to see a plate …

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What is Matrigel, why a shortage, & alternatives?

March 1, 2022 February 28, 2022 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

Stem cell research relies on some unusual reagents at times including a cell culture product called Matrigel. One of the challenges with such reagents is that if they suddenly are back-ordered it could bring some research to a halt. Matrigel has been in short supply for the last year or so. These products also tend …

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