Trypsinization – the State of High Vulnerability 💥

During trypsinization, cells are most vulnerable. Enzymes ✂ nibble off their anchorage to safe plastic. Bad enough. But once the anchorage is gone, enzymes turn their attention to their next victims, the cells themselves 😳!

If you keep cells in trypsin for too long, or if the trypsin concentration is not right, the cells themselves may fall prey to the enzyme’s gluttony 😮.

But there are other […]

If the life sciences were an animal they would have several backbones. One of the backbones would definitely be: Good Practices 👩‍🔬.

Without good practices in our labs, we cannot achieve high-quality scientific results. Good Cell Culture Practice (GCCP) and good habits are not just lab routines – they reflect our scientific integrity.

We scientists serve society, and it is our job to deliver #solid, #meaningful, #reliable and #reproducible #data. This is how […]

Don’t talk in the cell culture lab! This jeopardizes your work and that of your colleagues 👎.

Some people enter the cell culture lab – talking 🗣️. While they work, they talk 🗣️ (or while they talk, they work 🤷). When they wait for the centrifuge to finish – you guessed it – they talk 🗣️🗣️.

Some even talk, although no one else is around 🗣️❔. That’s generally fine, but not in the cell […]

Meetings and conferences can be inspiring 🛸 or boring 😴, uplifting 💃 or depressing 🕳️, informative 🤔 or dull 😶‍. It is not surprising that we meet all kinds of characters at a conference.

🗣️ The first-time speakers 👔. Mostly students, impeccably dressed, very nervous but eager to learn from this experience. Seniors have mercy and be kind with your questions! Challenging is fine but not being nasty ☝.

🗣️ The veterans 👴. They have seen it all. […]

We first met Professor Mateja Erdani Kreft at the University of Ljubljana, in February 2020, right before the onset of the pandemic 😷.

Two years later, in April 2022, Mateja gave us a guided tour through the Inštitut za biologijo celice – Institute of Cell Biology. We could peek into her cell culture labs through a glass window 🔍👀, and it was obvious at first sight that these labs follow the highest principles […]

We are pleased to announce that our article on innovative approaches to cell culture training and its proven beneficial effects has just been published in “Biomed Austria – Fachzeitschrift für Biomedizinische Analytik”. 🧪🔬📰

Biomed Austria – Österreichische Fachgesellschaft für Biomedizinische Analytik, the professional Austrian Society for Biomedical Scientists, among other activities, strives to

💫 improve and maintain high quality in professional education and training

💫 strengthen quality assurance in diagnostic laboratories, and

💫 promote research and science in their field.

This is where we fit in […]