A photobioreactor (1) for the culture of macro or microorganisms such as algae, fungi or bacteria, with further applications in the treatment of liquids, capture and mitigation of CO2 and greenhouse gases, processes of liquid evaporation or liquid fermentation. The photobioreactor (1) comprises two sections, an upper section (2) and a lower section (3), in which the upper section (2) comprises a front face (4) with a slope angle that varies between 0 and 90, to arrange the front face (4) perpendicularly to the incident sunlight when the sun is in its zenith.

System and method for growing and harvesting algae. A plurality of growing trays containing growing medium for growing algae are arranged for flow of the growing medium sequentially therethrough. A holding tray configured to hold more growing medium than any one of the plurality of growing trays receives the growing medium from the plurality of growing trays. A pump draws the growing medium from the holding tray back into the plurality of growing trays.

An electrical stimulation apparatus includes: a cell cluster container comprising a cell cluster configured to secrete an active material; an indicator container comprising an indicator; a controller configured to apply a stimulation voltage to the cell cluster container based on a sensing signal received from the indicator container; a first entrance connected to the cell cluster container and configured to allow either one or both of the cell cluster to be retracted and a new cell cluster to be injected; and a second entrance connected to the indicator container and configured to allow either one or both of the indicator to be retracted and a new indicator to be injected.

Methods for laser-assisted repositioning of a micro-object and for culturing an attachment-dependent biological cell within a microfluidic device are described herein. Laser illumination is used to controllably create a bubble which repositions the micro-object. Further, methods of culturing an attachment-dependent biological cell are described, where the methods may include laser-assisted repositioning.

A compound algae culture apparatus is provided, which includes a photobioreactor module, a growth regulating module, a circulation transfer module, and a circulation pipeline module. The photobioreactor module includes at least one photobioreactor unit, and the growth regulating module includes at least one growth tank unit. The photobioreactor unit includes a light-transmitting coiled pipe. The growth tank unit has a tank body, and a plurality of partitions are disposed in the tank body to divide an inside of the tank body for formation of a curved flow channel A culture fluid for culturing algae passes through the photobioreactor unit and enters the growth tank unit. A volume of the growth tank unit is larger than a volume of the photobioreactor unit, and a residence time of the culture fluid in the growth tank unit is greater than a residence time of the culture fluid in the photobioreactor unit.

The present invention relates to a device and its use for accommodating a single-use container, comprising an accommodating container having an interior wall that delimits a container interior of the accommodating container for accommodating the single-use container, a plurality of grooves for accommodating electric functional elements being provided in the accommodating container interior wall.