Laboratory Incubators

Incubators are necessary equipment for any laboratory conducting cell culture and tissue culture work. Incubators protect cells from changes in temperature, humidity, CO2 and O2. Temperature can be regulated by water or air jackets. Constant humidity is maintained by a humidity water trough and fans enable O2 circulation. Modular and standard CO2 incubators are controlled with thermal conductivity or IR sensors. Incubation can be combined with hybridization in hybridization oven or mixing in incubator shakers or water baths. Important features to consider when purchasing an incubator are prevention of sample desiccation and evaporation of media, prevention of contamination and easy decontamination, energy efficiency, variable oxygen control, and temperature, humidity and CO2 control.