Disclosed is a microorganism inoculation device, which comprises a workbench, wherein support columns are provided on the upper surface of the workbench, a limiting plate is provided in the middle part of the supporting column, an injection head is provided in the middle part of the limiting plate, an air cylinder is provided in the middle part of the lower surface of the workbench, a piston rod of the air cylinder is fixedly connected with the middle part of the upper surface of a lifting plate, guide rods are provided on the upper surface of the lifting plate, the upper end of the guide rod is fixedly connected with a tray, the left and right sides of the upper surface of the tray are fixedly connected with the lower part of a fixed bracket, the middle part of the injection head is slidably connected with the limiting plate.

The present invention provides a system for the insertion of a pre-sterilized sensor probe into a sterile vessel. The system of the invention provides a reliable and straightforward way to insert one or more sterile probes into a sterile vessel. The present invention also provides a sterile vessel that includes one or more of the systems of the invention. The sterile vessel can be a flexible or semi-rigid bag or tubing of the type typically used for carrying out biochemical and/or biological processes and/or manipulating liquids and other products of such processes. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for aseptically inserting a probe into a sterile vessel where the method makes use of the system of the invention.

The invention relates to a novel plasma induced mutation breeding device which comprises: a sample treatment system including a sterile working compartment free of bioactive contaminant; a plasma generator; a radio frequency (RF) power module connected with the plasma generator; a cooling system for cooling the plasma generator; a detection system including a gas flow controller for controlling the gas flow which generates the plasma jet and a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the jet emitted by the plasma generator; and a control system with an operation panel and a controller for controlling the operation of the mutation breeding device, wherein the controller is connected with the RF power module, gas flow controller, temperature sensor, cooling system as well as the operation panel, respectively, and said plasma generator stably emits the plasma jet at 37±3° C. during the biological sample processing.

A mixing device for an application in a container including a rotatable shaft; a drive device through which the rotatable shaft is drivable; and at least one mixing element arranged at the shaft, wherein the mixing element is rotatable together with the shaft, wherein the shaft includes a support device connected with the shaft, wherein the support device is arranged in an end portion of the shaft that is oriented away from the drive device, wherein the shaft is rotatable about its longitudinal axis relative to the support device, wherein the mixing device is supportable through the support device in a receiving device connected with the container, wherein the support device is moveable by a straight bearing or a rolling element bearing along a guide device into the receiving device, wherein the straight bearing includes at least one sliding surface that is moveable on a corresponding sliding surface.

The invention relates to a medium-filled Petri dish into which filters can be introduced particularly simply, and to a method for the microbiological investigation of liquids or gases by means of filtration and incubation of the filters in said Petri dishes.

A cell culture apparatus including cell culture units U and a measurement part (5). The measurement part (5) is provided with an imaging part (51) and is disposed so as to be capable of moving up and down between a back panel part (21) of a casing (2) and a culture container accommodating shelf (32). When the measurement unit (5) reaches a measurement position of each cell culture unit U which is a measurement subject, the culture container accommodating shelf (32) slides toward the measurement unit (5) so that portions to be measured of culture containers U20, U30 in each cell culture unit U come in an imaging range of the imaging part (51).

The invention relates to a feeding system (10) having a feeding apparatus (30) for conveying laboratory vessels for samples, microorganisms, cell cultures or the like, and a carrier (12) having one or plural holders (16) for storing laboratory vessels, which feeding apparatus (30) has a loading area (36) and an unloading area (46) remote from the loading area (36) in which plural laboratory vessels can be stored in a vertically stacked configuration, with each receiving unit (34) being coupled to an endless conveyor unit (38) which transports the receiving unit (34) from the loading area (36) to the unloading area (46), and in which the carrier (12) can be used to introduce laboratory vessels into one or plural receiving units (34) in the loading area (36), for which purpose the carrier (12) is at least partially slid over the at least one receiving unit (34) which is to be loaded or unloaded, and for this purpose has projections (28, 32) and/or recesses that are associated with the carrier (12) and are provided in the loading area (36) of the feeding apparatus (30), which will result in positive locking of the feeding apparatus (30) and the carrier (12) when the carrier (12) has been inserted in the loading area (36). According to the invention, the carrier (12) has at least two holders (16) and the positive locking of the carrier (12) and the receiving unit (34) in the loading area (36) of the feeding apparatus (30) will allow only a single predefined orientation of the carrier (12) in the loading area (36).

A cultivation container rack according to the present disclosure is characterized by being provided with a cultivation container storage section for storing a cultivation container, the cultivation container storage section being provided with a first member that constitutes the top surface of the cultivation container storage section, a second member that constitutes the bottom surface of the cultivation container storage section, and a third member that is disposed on the second member and supports the cultivation container, the third member supporting the cultivation container such that the distance between the first member and the cultivation container is no greater than the distance between the second member and the cultivation container.

A bioreactor vessel includes a bottom, a peripheral sidewall, the bottom and the peripheral sidewall defining an interior space for receiving a flexible bioprocessing bag, a recess in the bottom for receiving a base plate of the flexible bioprocessing bag, and a locking mechanism configured to retain the base plate in the recess.

A set of lab-ware for a cell culture process includes two or more components selected from: A plate comprising one or more processing wells in a regular arrangement; a plate suitable for holding or holding pipette tips in a regular arrangement; a plate comprising compartments individually holding or suitable for individually holding vials in a regular arrangement; a plate comprising two or more substantially rectangular wells in a regular arrangement; a lidded bottle for bulk supply of a solution or cell culture medium; a plate comprising one or more compartments for holding reagent bottles, two or more of the compartments being in a regular arrangement; a plate having a single well; a plate comprising one or more storage wells holding reagents, being sealed by a foil and/or covered by a lid. All of the two or more components have a uniform footprint. A robotic handling device manipulates the lab-ware.