Described embodiments include a culture incubator, method, and sensor circuit. A culture incubator includes an accessible incubation compartment configured to contain a culture item at a specified incubation temperature; a phase change material having a phase transition temperature over the specified incubation temperature; and a heat transfer element in thermal communication with the phase change material and configured to transfer heat to the phase change material. A sensor circuit is configured to acquire data indicative of a phase composition state of the phase change material. A manager circuit is configured to determine a difference between the phase composition state and a target phase composition state for the phase change material. A controller circuit is configured to transfer heat to the phase change material in an amount estimated to change the phase composition state of the phase change material to the target phase composition state.

A shelf support for leveling a shelf of a laboratory climatic cabinet is provided. The shelf support includes a shelf support body configured to be secured to a wall of the laboratory climatic cabinet and to support the shelf and at least one shelf leveling mechanism associated with the shelf support body. When the shelf is supported by the shelf support, the at least one shelf leveling mechanism is configured to adjust a distance between the shelf and a floor of the laboratory climatic cabinet. A laboratory climatic cabinet is provided and includes a shelf support, which includes a shelf support body configured to support the shelf and a shelf leveling mechanism, secured to a first wall of the cabinet. When a shelf is supported by the shelf support, the shelf leveling mechanism is configured to adjust a distance between the shelf and a floor of the cabinet.

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.

Disclosed is an incubator shaker (1) for cell cultivation, which comprises an incubation chamber (10), a shaking table (21) disposed in the incubation chamber (10), and an ozone distributing device (100) for distributing ozone in the incubation chamber (10) including a space underneath the shaking table (21). The shaking table (21) is configured to place a cultivation container thereon during a cultivation process. This incubator shaker (1) can be used for a further disclosed method for decontaminating the incubator shaker (1), including the steps of placing the ozone distributing device (100) into the incubation chamber (10), guiding ozone into the incubation chamber (10), and conveying the ozone inside the incubation chamber (10) including a space underneath the shaking table (21).

An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires an evaluation value for a state of cells which are cultured in each of a plurality of fluidic devices, culture environment, and information representing a disposition position of the fluidic device; and a generation unit that generates a learned model in which the evaluation value and the information representing the disposition position are received as an input and the culture environment is output, through machine learning using, as training data, the evaluation value before adjustment of the culture environment, the culture environment after the adjustment, and the information representing the disposition position, in a case where, due to the adjustment, the evaluation value becomes a first threshold value or more and an absolute value of a difference in evaluation value between the plurality of fluidic devices becomes a second threshold value or less.

There is provided a cell evaluation device comprising an acquisition unit that acquires an image set of a plurality of cell images in which a plurality of cells having a protrusive structure are imaged in time series during culture; a reception unit that receives designation of a cell of interest which is a cell of interest to a user, the cell being at least one cell among the plurality of cells which are shown in one cell image of interest other than an oldest cell image in the image set; a specifying unit that captures a growth process of the protrusive structure based on the image set to specify a protrusive structure of interest, which is the protrusive structure extending from the cell of interest in the cell image of interest; and a display control unit that performs control to display the protrusive structure of interest in a display form different from that of other protrusive structures in the cell image of interest.

There is provided an incubator including an accommodation space that is shielded from an external environment, an environmental control unit that controls an environment of the inside of the accommodation space, a power supply unit that is provided in the accommodation space and transmits electric power to a power supply target in a noncontact state, and a partition wall that is provided in the accommodation space and shields electromagnetic waves radiated from the power supply unit.

The present disclosure discloses an incubator, comprising: a housing defining an incubation chamber, and the incubation chamber is a sealable structure; a shaker located inside the incubation chamber; one or more vent panels, which are each provided with a plurality of vent openings, wherein the incubation chamber is divided into a first area and a second area by the vent panels and the housing, and the shaker is located inside the first area; and a blowing device, for guiding gas flow; wherein, gas in the incubation chamber is driven to circulate between the first area and the second area through cooperation of the vent panels, an inner wall of the housing and the blowing device.

An incubator for cell and tissue culture under controlled atmospheric conditions has a primary air flow control device that forms a primary, preferably laminar flow, air veil across an opening that allows access to the cells or tissue cultures disposed within the incubator. Preferably, most if not all of the air in the primary (laminar flow) air veil is recirculated, and a secondary air flow control device is used that forms a secondary, preferably laminar flow, air veil between the primary (laminar flow) air veil and a user of the incubator.

The invention provides a skin culturing apparatus configured for biphasic culturing of mammalian skin and/or a mammalian skin substitute. The apparatus comprises a first chamber that is configured to provide a gaseous environment having a relative humidity below 90% and comprising less than 5% CO.sub.2, and a second chamber that is configured to provide tissue culture medium at a temperature of 33.0-37.5° C. and pH of 6.1-7.9. The invention also provides methods for culturing mammalian skin and/or skin substitutes, as well as methods for testing mammalian skin and/or mammalian skin substitutes cultured in the skin culturing apparatus.