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aseptic technique

Articles tagged aseptic technique. Tags group methods across clusters so a technique can be found from more than one route.

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Gloved hand reaching into a CO2 incubator stacked with cell culture flasks of red medium

cell culture

Antibiotics in medium hide poor technique

When penicillin-streptomycin in routine medium hides a contaminant, and how to choose whether a research culture should grow with or without it.

8 October 2026 · 8 min read

Gloved hand reaching into a CO2 incubator stacked with cell culture flasks of red medium

Pillar · cell culture

Mammalian cell culture for research labs

How research labs keep mammalian cell culture workable: medium, aseptic technique, confluence, passage records and contamination checks.

8 October 2026 · 8 min read

Erlenmeyer flasks of amber bacterial culture clamped on an orbital shaker platform

microbiology

Sterile technique for cloning strains

How aseptic handling of non-pathogenic E. coli cloning strains keeps dust, loops and open lids from turning a plate into a mixed culture.

8 October 2026 · 11 min read

Gloved hand reaching into a CO2 incubator stacked with cell culture flasks of red medium

cell culture

Thawing a vial without cooking it

How to thaw a research cell vial quickly, dilute the cryoprotectant at once, and catch a label, shipment or biosafety problem before the cells are seeded.

8 October 2026 · 7 min read

Gloved hand reaching into a CO2 incubator stacked with cell culture flasks of red medium

cell culture

Water baths as a contamination source

How a warm water bath seeds a culture: from the water, onto a vial thread, into the cabinet and then the flask, and which thaw classes avoid shared water.

8 October 2026 · 8 min read

Scientist in a lab coat working inside a Class II biosafety cabinet, seen from behind

cell culture

Working inside a biosafety cabinet

How a Class II biosafety cabinet moves air, how that differs from a chemical fume hood, and which habits keep cultures and workers protected.

8 October 2026 · 9 min read