Hardly any other lab is as shrouded in mystery as the cell culture lab. An “opinion” seasoned with a little “gut feeling” seems to be enough to legitimize questionable practices. 🥴

Here are some of the most common myths haunting cell culture labs around the world:

☝️ Cells are robust creatures. Inconsistent treatments and occasional mishaps will not throw them off track that easily.

➡️ No, cells are highly sensitive living units, any changes in their […]

Struggles of Cell Biologists 🥴

Peaceful darkness and through the open window, I hear crickets chirping in the garden 🦗🌳. But I also hear myself panting in panic, sitting upright in bed and staring into the darkness 👀.

Did I add that other positive control to our experiment? Or did I forget? With my heart pounding, I jump out of bed and switch on the lights. It is two o’clock in the morning. Should I take a night cab, rush to the lab and check my lab book? We will have to start all over! The heart’s pounding […]

One evening in the lab, beyond the constant hum of incubators and refrigerators, we heard another noise. Someone was crying softly.

Peeking around the corner, we saw Lily, a Master’s student from another group standing next to the microscope, wiping tears from her cheeks.

“Hey Lily, are you okay? What happened?”

Startled she turned around and started sobbing 😭.

“My experiment. I have to start all over again.” Still sobbing, she pointed to a stack of plates next […]

Highly reactive, highly toxic, and yet we wouldn’t survive more than three minutes without it. #Oxygen, the fuel of our cells and tissues ⛽.

Our ambivalent relationship began 2.2 billion years ago when we had to bring a foreign organism on board 👽. Pre-eukaryotic cells opened the doors to an ancient bacterium and internally outsourced energy production using oxygen. #Endosymbiosis! What an evolutionary masterstroke 👑! The kick-start of opportunities. #Biodiversity exploded after the event of endosymbiosis 💥🦖🐡🦓🌴🦄💥.

But at a high price. Cells had […]

According to the guidance of the #OECD, newcomers to the cell culture laboratory should undergo extensive one-on-one training until they are able to perform their work on their own, without depending on the trainer. 👍😇

This is, however, a huge #challenge for all life science universities. In fact, very often they cannot maintain this standard. But from students it is duly expected that they know how to work according to […]

Two days of discussing cells with people who work with cells and love cells.
✨ Of course ✨, we enjoyed the ÖGMBT – Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology #AdvancedCellCultureWorkshop2025 at Univeristy of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna!

🌸 lablife.video was very well received 👍

🌸 the goodie bags were quickly gone 🛍

🌸 but the Cell Culture Survival Kit was even more popular 😁

🌸 and the lablife presentation struck a […]