Guide to Cell Culture Contamination
Cell culture contamination is the unwanted introduction of microbes or foreign cells into what should be a completely sterile lab culture. It's a silent saboteur that can obliterate weeks of…
Cell Culture Blog & Laboratory Guides
Practical protocols, troubleshooting guides, media comparisons, and laboratory resources from PurMa Biologics.
A Lab Guide to Cell Culture Fungal Contamination
Fungal contamination is the quiet disaster that can wreck weeks of work with just a handful of invisible spores. It’s not like a bacterial bloom that clouds your media overnight.…
A Guide to Yeast Contamination in Cell Culture
Yeast is the contamination that gives you a false sense of security. It doesn't come in with a bang, turning your media a lurid yellow overnight like bacteria. No, yeast…
Your Guide to Cell Culture Media Components
If you've ever worked in a cell culture lab, you know that the bright pink or red liquid in your flasks isn't just colored water. It’s a meticulously designed, life-sustaining…
Optimize Your Cell Culture Plate Choices for Lab Success
At its most basic, a cell culture plate is a sterile, flat-bottomed dish with a series of wells, built to give your cells a home in the lab. It’s the…
A Researcher’s Guide to 24-Well Plate Surface Area
When you're setting up a new experiment, that single, crucial number you always need but can never seem to remember is the growth surface area for a well in a…
Your Guide to the 125 mL Erlenmeyer Flask
When you walk into any cell culture lab, you'll see them everywhere: the 125 ml Erlenmeyer flask. It’s so common, so fundamental, that it’s easy to overlook. But this isn't…
A Guide to the Centrifuge Tube 15 mL in Your Lab
That 15 mL centrifuge tube sitting in your lab rack? It’s more than just a piece of plastic. It's a critical control point for your entire experiment, and a failure…
Your Guide to the 50 mL Centrifuge Tube
Walk into any life science lab, and you'll find racks of them. The humble 50 ml centrifuge tube is far more than just a piece of plastic; it’s the workhorse…
A Practical Guide to the Liquid Nitrogen Dewar
A liquid nitrogen dewar is a specialized, vacuum-insulated container designed to hold and transport liquid nitrogen (LN2) at its incredibly low temperature of -196°C (-320°F). You can think of it…
