A Petri dish (100) base (300) and lid (200) each having a substantially circular, substantially flat region from which sidewalls extend perpendicular to the flat region (312) forming a corner (326), (230). The base may have a base stacking ring (325) extending from the base (300) at the corner (326), and an internal channel (330) around the inside of the base (300) at the corner (326). The base (300) may have a uniform cross-sectional thickness (350) and may also have vents (322) in the base stacking ring (325). The lid (200) may have a uniform cross-sectional thickness (250). The lid (200) may have a lid stacking ring (225) at the corner (230), which forms a groove (240) in the interior (212) of the lid (200) at the corner (230). The lid may also have ribs (295) and vents (222) to enable multiple dishes to be stacked without forming a vacuum.

A bioreactor system includes a sample chamber capable of receiving a specimen and a cover which can be placed on the chamber to enclose the specimen within the chamber. A first member is movable between (i) a closed position in which the member restricts the cover from being moved away from the chamber in a first direction, and (ii) an open position in which the member does not restrict the cover from being moved away from the chamber. When the first member is in the closed position there is a substantially liquid proof seal between the cover and the chamber.

The present invention is directed to a cap for a biochip storage well. The cap comprises a resilient sealant layer capable, under the application of pressure, of forming a vapour-proof seal with a line contact interface formation extending around the perimeter of a biochip storage well.

An assay assembly comprising the cap of the invention and a biochip storage is disclosed. Methods of sealing a biochip storage well using a cap of the invention are also disclosed.

The present invention provides a culture vessel and a measuring device for measuring a cell sheet thickness nondestructively during culturing. A culture vessel having a lid 4 has a float 8 installed in the interior and the float is structured so as to be uplifted by a culture medium in the culture vessel. Further, a cell sheet thickness measuring device having a sensor head 10 having a light-emitting element 10A and a light-receiving element 10B to detect a positional variation of the float in the vertical direction and a controller 11 to process a signal of the sensor head is configured.

Disclosed is a photosynthetic culture production device including at least one photo-bioreactor chamber having a supply/discharge unit, and including: an aqueous liquid containing a photosynthetic culture; at least one unit for supplying and discharging fluids from the chamber interacting with a management system; at least one light distributor including at least one first wall arranged so as to receive the light at a proximal end, at least one second wall arranged so as to emit at least part of the received light, and a sealed cavity defined by the at least one first wall and the at least one second wall, part of the emitting wall being immersed in the aqueous liquid containing the photosynthetic culture; at least one fluid partially filling the sealed cavity; and a cover, limiting evaporation. The cover has at least one opening, keeping the at least one light distributor stationary in the chamber.

A fluid supply interface includes a line component having a first coupling formation for the temporary coupling of a first fluid channel, a second coupling formation for the temporary coupling of a second fluid channel, and a third coupling formation for the temporary or permanent coupling of a third fluid channel, each of said coupling formations being penetrated by a fluid line section, wherein in the line component, a fluid line assembly is formed, by means of which each fluid line section of the first, second and third coupling formations is or can be connected to each fluid line section of the other two coupling formations for the purpose of fluid transport.

To provide a closed system culture vessel for realizing culturing in which an aseptic state is maintained at the time of culturing, and making the reduction of the shear stress generated during conveyance after manufacturing possible. A closed system culture vessel 201 holds a second vessel 302 consisting of an insert vessel on the inside of a first vessel 301, and a lid portion 303 of the closed system culture vessel 201 forms a closed space with the first vessel 301 and has a convex portion 305 contacting the entire outer circumference of the second vessel 302. During conveyance, the closed system culture vessel is conveyed in a state in which the culture medium for conveyance is filled within the second vessel 302.

The present invention relates to novel modules for transferring magnetic beads, an automated system comprising the same and a method for extracting nucleic acids using the same. The specifically designed magnet module and cover module of the present invention can be employed in the automated liquid handling apparatus by means of pre-existing moving modules (e.g., pipettor module) of the apparatus. The present invention enables a bead transfer-type method for extracting nucleic acids to be performed in an automated manner on the automated liquid handling apparatus. The present invention provides advantages of higher level of automation, more reduced cost and no need for another separate liquid handling apparatus compared to the conventional bead transfer-type method usually performed in the small apparatus designed to be used only for this bead transfer-type method. Also, the present method has the merits of more shortened reaction time compared to the conventional liquid transfer-type method.

A planar patch clamp device is disclosed, which can be used for culturing a neuron in the device so as to form a neuron network, and detecting an electrical property of the neuron that forms the neuron network. The planar patch clamp device includes a plurality of protrusions formed on a first surface, an extracellular matrix forming substance which is coated on the peripheries of a through hole, and electrode sections.

A cell culture device is provided. The cell culture device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises: a body which includes a plurality of culture spaces formed therethrough in the height direction; and a plate-shaped cover member which is fixed to the bottom surface of the body while covering the open bottom portions of the culture spaces to thus form a culture surface where cells are cultured, and is surface-modified so as to allow the cells to be effectively attached to the culture surface.