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Why does Lonza recommend using non-ventilated caps when culturing insect cells?

The reason is that insect cells are often incubated in very simple incubators that are not humidified (and without CO2 at 24°C to 28°C). Insect media typically do not need CO2 for buffering pH, so gas exchange is not required. To avoid evaporation of...

What is the ratio of Supplement to Nucleofector® Solution?

The ratio is 1:4,5 (500 µL of supplement is added to 2.25 mL of Nucleofector® Solution).For a single 100 µL reaction, use 18 µL of supplement plus 82 µL of solution to make the 100 µL.

Which luminometer is suited for performing the MycoAlert® Assay?

For performing the MycoAlert® Assay in theory every luminometer is suitable as long as a specific sensitivity is given. Please find attached our list with luminometers we know to be suited to run the MycoAlert® and MycoAlert® Plus Mycoplasma...

Are there positive controls for the MycoAlert® Assay?

The MycoAlert® Assay Control Set (LT07-518) is available separately and includes a lyophilized positive control (1 ml) and assay buffer (2 ml) for reconstitution. The assay buffer also serves as a negative control. The positive and negative controls...

What is the molecular weight (MW) of your control plasmid pmaxGFP?

The molecular weight is approximately 2.3x10e6 g/mol based on the average MW of a base pair being 660 g/mol.

Does the MycoAlert® Assay recognize the whole spectrum of mycoplasma?

The mycoplasma specific metabolism detected by the MycoAlert® Assay is present in all members of the mollicute family (Mycoplasma, Acholeplasma, Entomoplasma and Spiroplasma) except Ureaplasma (which are no usual suspects in cell culture). 95% of all...


Do bacteria lead to false positive MycoAlert® Results?

NO - the lysis reagent in the MycoAlert® Assay is not strong enough to lyse bacteria / yeast. Also, the enzymes utilized are not very common in bacteria or yeast – but are universal among the mollicute family. Bacterial contamination is...

Can mycoplasma grow in the absence of cells?

There is evidence to suggest that mycoplasma can survive in the absence of cells, some may even proliferate, but as a rule they are much more viable if cells are present. 

What are useful methods to enrich/purify specific hematopoetic cell populations before Nucleofection?

Specific blood cell populations can be enriched/purified for Nucleofection™ by MACS™ selection Kits (Miltenyi Biotec GmbH), RosetteSep™ Kits (StemCell Technologies Inc.) or Dynal™ beads (Invitrogen Corporation).
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