New CELLreactor™ Enables Miniaturization of Large-scale Testing Procedures

Dec. 11, 2012 - PRLog -- As a leading technology partner for the diagnostic and pharmaceutical industry Greiner Bio-One is introducing its new CELLSTAR®CELLreactorTM products.

The innovative 50 ml and 15 ml polypropylene filter top tubes enable the miniaturization of large-scale setups while simultaneously maximizing the number of parallel experiments. It can therefore be used as a small bioreactor for the cultivation of cells.

Greiner Bio-One will be presenting the new CELLSTAR®CELLreactorTM at ASCB 2012 from December 16th to 18th in San Francisco.

Each CELLSTAR®CELLreactorTM cap has eight holes and contains a polytetrafluorethylene- coated USP Class VI certified capillary pore membrane. With a pore size of 0.2 µm, the membrane not only keeps the contents of the tube completely sterile, but also ensures an excellent gas exchange. If necessary, the gas exchange can be reduced by closing individual openings. Liquids are mixed using standard shakers in order to minimize the formation of foam and any cellular shearing forces during the cultivation process.

Another advantage of the CELLSTAR®CELLreactorTM is that no transfer is required for cell harvest. Due to its conical design, the tube fits into all 15 and 50ml standard centrifuge rotors and the cells can be sedimented directly within the tube.

In addition to applications in the field of cell cultures, the CELLSTAR®CELLreactorTM is also suitable for the expansion of aerobic bacteria, yeasts and other microorganisms in suspension and for storing components or liquids that require gas exchange. CELLSTAR®CELLreactorTM is part of the CELLSTAR® product line from Greiner Bio-One.

Greiner Bio-One will be attending the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology, December 16th – 18th, 2012 in San Francisco, CA. Booth No. 1131.

Greiner Bio-One North America, Inc., located in Monroe, North Carolina, provides product manufacturing, distribution logistics and product application support to clinical laboratories, research laboratories at Universities, startup companies, and to the world’s largest hospitals, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology corporations. Greiner Bio-One’s products offer solutions for the collection of human samples and  plastic labware products specifically related to the medical research field.

For more information about Greiner Bio-One North America, please visit http://us.gbo.com/.