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Can we, the Cell Culture People, learn from Project Management? 👀

2025-03-25|Categories: Blog|

Chart with a time plan for an experiment, with cell culture flasks and plates, cell numbers, passage numbers and planned measurements.

Yes, we can. Here is why. 👉

A project is “a piece of planned work or an activity that is finished over a period of time and intended to achieve a particular purpose” according to #CambridgeDictionary. 📚📚

Well, they could be talking about experiments, right? 😊

After all, an experiment has to be

– planned 📝

– executed 🎯

– and finished within a certain period of time. 📅

But there is more to it. ☝

In project management it is said that “1 […]

Spring Equinox – 🌷 The beautiful connection between astronomy and cell biology 🌷

2025-03-20|Categories: Blog|

A bouquet of purple crocus flowers in a green meadow, with more white, yellow and purple crocus in the background.

Melting snow, blooming flowers, sprouting greenery caused by the tilt of the earth’s axis. The sun’s rays hit the northern hemisphere at a steeper angle ☀🌍, resulting in longer daylight, warmer temperatures, buzzing insects 🦗, hungry bees 🐝 and chirping birds 🐦. Reproductive systems awaken 💞, as more food is available the following months, ensuring better survival of offspring 🐣🐥.

The earth moves around the sun at a speed of 30 km/s and with an inclined axis. This […]

The Fabric of New Ideas and Inspiring Collaborations: 🌟 The Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration Meeting 2025 🌟

2025-03-11|Categories: Blog|

Adelheid Weidinger and Asmita Banerjee, co-founders of lablife.video at the annual meeting of the Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration 2025

The 19th Annual Meeting of the Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration 2025 took place in the 200-year-old domed hall of the Technical University Vienna (“#Kuppelsaal”) with its impressive wooden construction with exposed arched trusses by de L’Orme. 🏛️

How to describe the Cluster Meeting? Meeting old friends, making new friends, catching up and staying tuned. The #friendly and #positive atmosphere of the Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration meeting always creates #space for discussions and […]

Bad practices with citations 👎🙁

2025-02-25|Categories: Blog|

A street or a highway ending in the middle of the universe or even a stellar black hole, surrounded by stars and saying “citations leading nowhere”.

It was back then in my PhD days. I was in the middle of writing my thesis, when I stumbled upon something really interesting. In a publication, a researcher had cited a study where a mysterious subpopulation was found among a certain cell population. I was puzzled 😳. So far, I had never heard of this subpopulation, although, at this point, I had an almost exhaustive collection of publications about that […]

What does Valentine’s Day have to do with Cell Confluency? 🔬❤️❓

2025-02-14|Categories: Blog|

Cartoon image of adherent cells in culture on blue-green background. Happy Cellentine’s Day is written on top with a pink heart.

“I have to split my cells. But I don’t have time.”

“C’mon! Split them tomorrow, a few hours won’t make a difference!”

Oops! 😱

Cells are social creatures, and as with us humans, cell-cell-interactions and communication affect functionality and development.

Spatial proximity, the number of contacts, the concentration of particles released, all play a role in the functionality and the happiness-score 😉 of your cells.

Changes in cell density lead to immediate changes in the cell’s metabolism, such as glucose uptake, […]

Women and Girls in Science – We still have work ahead of us! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

2025-02-11|Categories: Blog|

silhouette of woman absorbed in thought, rising or setting sun in background, blue and orange sky, moon, stars and a comet.

🌟 Can you imagine having to use the back entrance of a university building, because the front entrance is not for you?

🌟 Can you imagine sitting in the auditorium with fellow students, knowing that you are not welcome?

🌟 Can you hold back your tears when your scientific curiosity is ridiculed?

🌟 Can you hear the stifled laughter of colleagues when you point out a wrong train of thought?

🌟 Can you picture the contempt of other researchers when […]

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