In the context of this work we evaluated a multisensory, noninvasive prototype platform for shake flask cultivations by monitoring three basic parameters (pH, pO2 and biomass). The focus lies on the evaluation of the biomass sensor based on backward light scattering. The application spectrum was expanded to four new organisms in addition to E. coli K12 and S. cerevisiae [1]. It could be shown t...

The ability to culture hematopoietic cells in readily characterizable and scalable stirred systems, combined with the capability to utilize serum-free medium, will aid the development of clinically attractive bioreactor systems for transplantation therapies. We thus examined the proliferation and differentiation characteristics of peripheral blood (PB) mononuclear cells (MNC), cord blood (CB) M...

technics, a number of problems soon arose which made it uncertain that all the clones were of single-cell origin. The cells which gave rise to clones could not be observed adequately in Petri dishes, so that it was not possible to see if two or more cells gave rise to a clone. As experiments in Carrel flask preparations showed, cells could come loose from the glass surface and settle in another...

The present study was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of enzymatic hydrolysis of carotenoid esters from Tagetes erecta using lipases from the yeast of Yarrowia lipolytica, with the aim of obtaining free lutein. The optimal concentrations of seven nutrients, considering the production of lipases relative to biomass (Yp/x) as the response variable, were determined in flask fermentations. In...

High throughput (HT) platforms serve as a cost-efficient and rapid screening method for evaluating the effect of cell-culture conditions and screening of chemicals. We report the development of a HT cell-based microarray platform to assess the effect of culture conditions on Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Specifically, growth, transgene expression and metabolism of a GS/methionine sulphoxim...

A flask is described for use in conjunction with a gas chromatograph and a spectrophotometer to follow methane and oxygen uptake, carbon dioxide production, and cell growth concurrently in methane-oxidizing cultures.

[reaction: see text]This letter describes a single flask strategy to the synthesis of alpha-C-glycosides from glycals. This protocol couples a glycal epoxidation reaction with a C-2 alkoxy-directed carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction.

α-Diaminoboryl carbanions, readily prepared from acetonitrile, stereoselectively convert 2-nitrobenzaldehydes into nitrophenyl (Z)-acrylonitriles. Subsequent reductive cyclization leads to a series of 2-aminoquinoline derivatives. The entire procedure is practically operated in a single flask.