We are absolutely thrilled! We are teaching Cell Culture Technique at Hochschule Campus Wien | University of Applied Sciences in Vienna!

A whopping number of students from the Biomedical Science Programme registered for the lecture and are obviously very interested in how cell cultures work!

We loved the palpable attention and engagement throughout the lectures, not only when we estimated cell confluence. Wow, fantastic job!!! 👍😊👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Many thanks to Hochschule Campus Wien | University of […]

We had the opportunity to visit Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt with Katharin Wagner and Denise Gleirscher from Biomed Austria – Austrian Society for Biomedical Sciences.

Many thanks to Thomas Pekar for the fantastic tour! Classrooms for microscopy with cutting-edge technology 🔬🚀, but more importantly, technology that promotes interaction between students 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓👩‍🎓👩‍🎓👨‍🎓, as the images from the entire class are shared on a screen in real time.

That’s bound to spark discussions ✨✨✨!

The beautiful architecture invites you to linger […]

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. […]