 Shaken, Not Stirred: Cell Culture Equipment for the Lab
Nov 25 '07
Equipment for cell culture growth, detection and storage is an essential element of a wet laboratory. The modern laboratory incubator shakers (see some examples below) provide an essential addition to the lab and can make your work less cumbersome. In making a purchasing decision regarding incubator shakers, it is very important to determine how well your culture media will be mixed with the gases in the incubator. So some of the important questions you should ask are: Which mode of shaking fits me the best: reciprocal, orbital, rocking or vortexing? Or maybe you need a programmable agitation controller to easily switch from one mode to another? How precisely is the temperature controlled and is it uniform throughout the incubator? What are your needs: a large, stand-alone shaker or rather a smaller, benchtop one? Are you going to use flasks of one standard size, or would you prefer a shaker which can accommodate different flask sizes? Do you crave for a multifunctional unit, which can also perform hybridization or refrigeration? Last but not least - maintenance: Media spills WILL happen, so preventing contamination is very important (e.g. does a shaker come equipped with UV germicidal lamp?). Answering these questions should help you to make sure that your culture cocktails are well shaken, not just stirred.
Andrzej Pietrzykowski, MD, PhD
Instructor
University of Massachusetts Medical School
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Amerex Instruments, Inc. |
New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc. |
Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH |
Thermo Scientific |
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Chest-Type GYROMAX 767 Incubator Shaker |
Innova 40 Benchtop Incubator Shaker, High-Temperature Model with optional refrigeration |
CERTOMAT BS-T |
80°C Tabletop Incubator Shaker, 90-125V, 50/60 Hz or 180-250V, 50/60 Hz |
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The GYROMAX™ 767 orbital incubator shaker is a chest-type incubator shaker that is mounted on caster wheels. The double-walled construction, with 1.25" of insulation and a triple-paned, evacuated viewing glass window, minimizes heat loss...
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NBS' new benchtop Innova® 40 incubator shakers provide a wide temperature range to handle a multitude of molecular biology, heat induction or culturing techniques, 5°C above ambient to 80°C, or from 15°C below ambient with optional refrigeration module...
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This top loading chest-style, incubator-shaker offers the same performance features as the stackable BS-1, without the stackability. When lab space or procedures demand top loading capability, the BS-T is the solution. The user can easily program all parameters (time, temp, rpm)...
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Forma Incubated Orbital Shakers combine high durability and capacity with unequalled temperature performance and ease of use. The patented triple-counterbalanced heavy-duty mechanism prevents vibration, allowing the unit to run at high speed with heavy, out-of-balance loads...
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767 |
M1299-0080 (4/4") & M1299-0090 (1") |
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30” x 18” platform can accommodate Erlenmeyer flasks up to 6 liters |
Maximum capacity of 250 ml flasks: 25
Capacity with largest flask size: 4 x 3 L |
6 x 5000 ml |
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120V 50/60 hz, other voltages available |
230 V/50 Hz or 115 V/60 Hz |
115V |
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