A columnar cell culture vessel is disclosed. The columnar cell culture vessel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a cylindrical body having a chamber disposed therein, an inlet disposed through one side in an axial direction, and an outlet disposed through in the axial direction; a first cap coupled to the inlet and having an inflow port disposed therethrough; a second cap coupled to the outlet and having a discharge port disposed therethrough; and a support which is filled in the chamber and to which cells are attached to be cultured, wherein a culture solution is introduced into the chamber through the inflow port and discharged to the outside of the chamber through the discharge port.

In some variations, a UV-sterilizable bioreactor system comprises: a chamber configured to carry out a reaction; a component configured for introducing a gas into the chamber; and one or more UV light sources configured to expose ultraviolet light to surfaces within the chamber. Some variations provide a method of cleaning and sterilizing a bioreactor, comprising: providing a bioreactor system with a chamber to carry out a reaction, a component for introducing a gas into the chamber, and one or more UV light sources to expose ultraviolet light to chamber surfaces; cleaning the chamber; and exposing the chamber to UV radiation to sterilize the chamber. The disclosed technology is a fundamental advance in the field of sparged bioreactors, for many types of commercial fermentations. The bioreactor may incorporate materials that are expressly incompatible with steam sterilization, which allows for the use of lower-cost materials, among many other benefits from UV sterilization.

A fluidic cartridge comprises a fluidic disk having a plurality of alignment openings; a fluidic chip comprising a body, one or more channels formed in the body in fluidic communications with input ports and output ports for transferring one or more fluids between the input ports and the output ports, and a plurality of protrusions formed on the body and received in the alignment openings of the fluidic disk for aligning the fluidic chip to the fluidic disk; an actuator operably engaging with the one or more channels for selectively and individually transferring the one or more fluids through the one or more channels from at least one of the input ports to at least one of the output ports at desired flow rates; and a tube member defining a cylindrical housing for accommodating the fluidic disk, the fluidic chip and the actuator therein.

A cell culture vessel includes a vessel body, support columns, and a stabilizer device. The vessel body defines a cell culture chamber enclosed between a bottom wall and a top wall. The support column is within the cell culture chamber and extends between the top wall and the bottom wall. The stabilizer device covers a width and length of the cell culture chamber and has a column engaging structure that is sized to slidingly engage the support column such that the stabilizer device is movable along the support column as a liquid culture medium is received in the cell culture chamber. The support column guides the stabilizer device along a length of the support column as the stabilizer device rises with rising liquid level in the cell culture chamber during a liquid culture medium filling operation.

A data collection hub and method wherein a controller is configured to receive data from a plurality of sensors sensing conditions related to the performance of operations on cells by at least one instrument. A database stores the data from the plurality of sensors and the controller is configured to compare data from the plurality of sensors for a past operation with the data for a more recent operation.

A data collection hub and method wherein a controller is configured to receive data from a plurality of sensors sensing conditions related to the performance of operations on cells by at least one instrument. A database stores the data from the plurality of sensors and the controller is configured to compare data from the plurality of sensors for a past operation with the data for a more recent operation.

Disclosed are a hand-held nucleic acid detection apparatus equipped with microfluidic chip, and a use method thereof. The detection apparatus includes a sample collection tube, a chip connector, and a detection chip. The chip connector is provided with a piercing tube configured to pierce the sample collection tube. The detection chip is connected to the chip connector. The detection chip is provided with a plurality of chambers and a plurality of flow channels. The flow channels are in communication with the piercing tube and the chambers. The reaction reagent and all the reaction processes are integrated on a chip, with no need of solution injection by virtue of an external instrument, solution transfer or the like operations, and the nucleic acid detection may be carried out even in the case of no dedicated experiment sites or special conditions.

Disclosed are a hand-held nucleic acid detection apparatus equipped with microfluidic chip, and a use method thereof. The detection apparatus includes a sample collection tube, a chip connector, and a detection chip. The chip connector is provided with a piercing tube configured to pierce the sample collection tube. The detection chip is connected to the chip connector. The detection chip is provided with a plurality of chambers and a plurality of flow channels. The flow channels are in communication with the piercing tube and the chambers. The reaction reagent and all the reaction processes are integrated on a chip, with no need of solution injection by virtue of an external instrument, solution transfer or the like operations, and the nucleic acid detection may be carried out even in the case of no dedicated experiment sites or special conditions.

Provided are improved compositions and methods for establishing, maintaining, and testing a sample in a controlled environment. The improved apparatus allows introduction and extraction of various desired compositions to and from the sample, while maintaining a sealed controlled environment to minimize experimental variability and other repercussions of system perturbation.

A continuous automated perfusion culture analysis system (CAPCAS) comprises one or more fluidic systems configured to operate large numbers of biodevices in parallel. Each fluidic system comprises an input reservoir plate for receiving media; a biodevice plate comprising an array of biodevices fluidically coupled to the input reservoir plate, configured such that each biodevice has independent media delivery, fluid removal, stirring, and gas control, and each biodevice is capable of continuously receiving the media from the input reservoir plate; and an output plate fluidically coupled to the biodevice plate for real-time analysis and sampling. The operations of the CAPCAS are automated and computer-controlled wirelessly. The CAPCAS can also be used for abiotic and biotic chemical synthesis processes.