Disclosed is a well insert for cell culture, including: a membrane support having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end being adapted to engage a well of a microplate so as to suspend the well insert therein; and a permeable membrane for supporting a tissue culture, the permeable membrane being attached at the lower end of the membrane support and sealed thereto, the permeable membrane being of brittle material. The membrane support is overmolded or fastened on to the permeable membrane so as be sealed thereto.

Bioreactors configured to scale-up the production of greater quantities of cells at relatively low cost are provided. These bioreactors may be utilized in the production of large-scale quantities of cell-based meat and cell-based fat. The bioreactors may be reusable and may have a high surface area-to-volume ratio for adherent cell expansion. The bioreactors may be capable of yielding a large number of adherent cells per bioreactor unit.

Provided is a cell culture sheet. A cell culture sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a fiber web which has a 3-dimensional network structure formed through the accumulation of support fibers having an average diameter of at most 1.5 μm, and has a basis weight of 1 to 15 g/m.sup.2; and a functional coating layer which is coated on the support fibers exposed on at least one surface of the fiber web, and has a function of promoting one or more of the adhesion, movement, proliferation, and differentiation of cells. Accordingly, cell adhesion is improved due to the large specific surface area and the surface morphology suitable for cells, and the adhered cells are stably supported. Moreover, the cells can be cultured at high density at a high culture efficiency, and can be cultured and recovered without agglomeration caused by forming a thin film.

The present invention provides improved devices for co-culture of cells. The devices include inserts having invertible wells that can be lowered into a well of any standard cell culture plate. A first population of cells can be cultured in the invertible wells of the inserts and a second population of cells can be cultured in the wells of a cell culture plate. Once the first population of cells attach to the invertible wells, the inserts are flipped over and placed into the wells of the cell culture plate to co-culture with the second population of cells.

The systems and methods of the present disclosure provide highly deformable porous membrane culture systems and actuation methods for studying the effects of biomedical stretch on cultured tissue. A well plate can include a well having a first opening configured to receive an insert coupled to a deformable membrane. The well plate can include a gasket positioned within the well and configured to create a seal between the insert and the well when the insert is positioned in the well. The well plate can include a chamber defined beneath the well, the chamber configured to receive fluid media and to expose the fluid media to a surface of the deformable membrane when the insert is positioned in the well. The well plate can include an actuator configured to stretch the deformable membrane by a target amount of strain.

A cell culture device is provided, which comprises a cavity and a base layer, wherein the base layer is a type of plastic thin film and has a thickness of 1 μm to 100 μm; a second-moment of inertia lower than 6×10.sup.6 μm.sup.4; and a resultant flexural rigidity of 1×10.sup.−6 Pa.Math.m.sup.4 to 0.02 Pa.Math..sup.4. Accordingly, the base layer can produce an out-of-plane strain, and bending deformation can occur. Therefore, a growth space close to in vivo environment is provided by the base layer for the cells when the cells attach to the base layer, thereby promoting the growth and maturation of the cells and tissues.

The invention relates to a cell culture device for a three-dimensional cell culture with one or more cell culture units, characterized in that a cell culture unit comprises: i. at least one matrix holder, with a central opening for uptake of a matrix; ii. a support, which is fixedly or reversibly connected to the at least one matrix holder; and iii. a well strip, consisting of a vessel with at least one cavity, which can comprise at least one matrix holder up to the upper end of the central opening or more, wherein the matrix holder is vertically oriented.

A device for in-vitro modelling in-vivo tissues of organs that includes a first body portion with at least one access chamber, a second body portion with at least one culturing chamber, and a culturing membrane dividing the at least one access chamber from the culturing chamber. The device further includes a third body portion with at least one actuation chamber having at least one limitation cavity, and an actuation membrane dividing the at least one culturing chamber from the at least one actuation chamber. With the device, a robust actuation system can be provided that does not depend on the mechanical properties of the actuation membrane material, nor on the pressure, and that allows to mimic three-dimensional deformations of the tissue, in particular of lung alveoli.

The present invention relates to a flatbed air-liquid interface exposure module for exposing a plurality of cells at an air-liquid interface to nanoparticles, the flatbed air-liquid interface exposure module comprising a moisturizing section, an exposure section, and an aerosol duct. Further provided are related systems and methods.

The present invention relates to an insertable culture container and a kit for three-dimensional cell culture, and a three-dimensional cell co-culture method using the same, the insertable culture container for three-dimensional cell culture comprising: a cylindrical side wall having open upper and lower portions; at least one hook protruding outward from the upper side of the side wall; and at least one support protruding inward from the lower side of the side wall. The present invention is advantageous in that air required for a three-dimensional cell culture structure can be smoothly supplied since the cell is cultured at a position spaced apart from a bottom surface of the culture container, and an existing culture plate can be used without change due to the culture container configured as an insert type.