Tissue Culture Media

Tissue culture media is essential during cell proliferation outside their national environment. Alpha MEM medium and standard MEM media are essential for cell survival and growth. The primary purpose of tissue culture media is to provide a synthetic environment within the lab. This synthetic environment then allows cells to thrive and carry out normal functions.

Ideal for primary cell isolation and cell line maintenance, culture media is essential for the isolation and propagation of primary cells obtained from tissues. PBS cell culture media is recommended for use when investigating the localization and distribution of target proteins in different parts of biological tissue. Tissue culture media accessories include reagent-grade water, antibiotics, and Corning BioCoat cell culture inserts to assist you with achieving clear and accurate results.

Also available at Thomas Scientific are our lab media kits and components.

Tissue Culture Media

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  • Dulbecco's Phosphate-Buffered Saline (DPBS)

    Dulbecco's Phosphate Buffered Saline (DPBS) is a buffer solution which can be used to maintain cell culture media in the physiological pH range of 7.0 to 7.6. It can serve as an irrigating, transporting or diluting fluid while maintaining cell tonicity and viability for a limited period of time....

  • Carbenicillin Solution

    100mg/ mL Carbenicillin Disodium Salt

  • Growth Promotion Test Suspensions

    Growth Promotion Test Suspensions provide a quality control challenge to each batch or lot of medium, ensuring its growth promoting qualities, whether it is prepared internally from basic ingredients or purchased commercially prepared. Inoculate each batch or lot of medium, directly without...

  • Artificial Cerebrospinal Fluid (ACSF)

    Artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF) is a biological buffer that enables a vital environment for neuronal tissue by maintaining the homeostasis, osmolarity, and pH at physiological levels. ACSF is commonly used for many lab experiments including in vitro and in vivo applications. Product...

  • Ampicillin Solution

    Ampicillin is used to select for mutated or transformed cells that are ampicillin resistant (Amp or Amp R ) [i.e., carry the ß-lactamase ( bla ) gene]. Typically, low-copy-number plasmids require less ampicillin than high-copy-number plasmids. In some situations (e.g., if extracellular lactamase...

  • Corning® BioCoat™ Poly-L-Lysine-coated Microplates

    Poly-D-Lysine (PDL) and Poly-L-Lysine (PLL) are synthetic compounds that enhance cell adhesion and protein absorption by altering surface charges on the culture substrate. In addition to promoting cell adhesion, poly-lysine surface treatments support neurite outgrowth and improve the survival of...

  • Corning® McCoy's 5A (Iwakata & Grace Modification)

    McCoy's 5A medium was originally formulated to meet the culture requirements of Novikoff Hepatoma cells, and has been found to support the indefinite proliferation of Walker 256 carcinoma cells along with a wide range of human and rat normal and transformed cells. 

  • Corning® BioCoat™ Fibronectin-coated Flasks

    Human Fibronectin (HFN) is a widely distributed glycoprotein that is used as a substrate to promote attachment of cells through its central-binding domain RGD sequence. HFN is a product of most mesenchymal and epithelial cells and is present in both the ECM and plasma. The principal function of HFN...

  • Poloxamer 188

    Specialized for use in insect cell culture Poloxamer 188 is a surfactant used in cell culture to protect cells in suspension against possible damage during transfer, freezing and thawing, and stirring. It is a non-ionic detergent with an average molecular weight of 8400Da consisting of a central...

  • BBL Egg Yolk Tellurite Solution

    Dehydrated culture media Refrigerate, store at 2° to 8°C BD products are intended for sale/shipment within the US only. International customers should contact their local BD distributor to place orders for BD products.

  • Iscove's Modified Dulbecco's Medium (IMDM)

    This modification of Dulbecco's MEM was developed by Dr. Iscove and his coworkers to assist in their studies of hematopoietic stem cells. They modified Dulbecco's MEM by the addition of HEPES buffer, selenium, additional amino acids, vitamins and sodium pyruvate, and potassium nitrate...

  • DMEM:HAMS F-12 1:1 without L-Glutamine

    Cells successfully cultured in DMEM include primary fibroblasts, neurons, glial cells, HUVECs, and smooth muscle cells. We offer a variety of DMEM modifications for a range of cell culture applications. Applications DMEM is one of the most widely used modifications of Basal Medium Eagle (BME). DMEM...

  • EMEM with L-Glutamine

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    Eagle’s minimal essential medium (EMEM) is a cell culture medium developed by Harry Eagle that can be used to maintain cells in tissue culture. Basal medium with different variations. Applications MEM was developed by Dr. Harry Eagle to overcome problems encountered when attempting to grow normal...

  • Corning® Ham's F-10 Medium

    Ham's F-10 is a classical media designed to support the growth of a variety of cell types, including HeLa, Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO), primary cells from tissue explants and various types of human diploid cells. 

  • Corning® BioCoat™ Laminin Plates

    Laminin (LM), a major component of basement membranes, is a multifunctional glycoprotein that is used as a substrate to culture and maintain differentiated function of a wide variety of cells. Laminin has been shown in culture to stimulate neurite outgrowth, promote cell attachment, chemotaxis, cell...

  • Products for Cell Release and Recovery from ECMs

    Corning extracellular matrices (ECMs) enable researchers to mimic in vivo environments for 2D and 3D cell culture applications.

  • RPMI-1640 with 25mM Hepes Buffer

    RPMI 1640 is suitable for a wide range of anchorage independent cells. RPMI 1640 Medium is commonly supplemented with 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS). With 2.0 g/L sodium bicarbonate With HEPES buffer Applications RPMI-1640 medium was developed by Moore et al., at Roswell Park Memorial Institute, hence...

  • BBL™ CDC Anaerobe 5% Sheep Blood Agar

    CDC Anaerobe 5% Sheep Blood Agar is used for the isolation and cultivation of fastidious and slow growing, obligately anaerobic bacteria from a variety of clinical and nonclinical materials. It also supports good growth of most aerobic, facultatively anaerobic and microaerophilic bacteria if...

  • Cell Freezing Medium B

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    Cell Freezing Medium A protects cells from damage after freezing and thawing. Applications Cell Freezing Medium A is frequently used in cell biology research for the cryopreservation of cells. Cell Freezing Medium A (2X) works with Cell Freezing Medium B (2X). Recommendation Suspend pelleted cells...

  • Trace Elements A, B, and C

    Trace Elements A provides copper, zinc, iron, and selenium. Selenium aids in the detoxification of free radicals as a cofactor for GSH synthetase, while iron, copper, and zinc may be bound by serum protein. The combination of Trace Elements A contains the trace elements of MCDB 104 and of MCDB 301....

  • PBS (Phosphate Buffered Saline)

    PBS (Phosphate Buffered Saline) Powdered: PBS (Phosphate Buffered Saline) Powdered. 1 PK makes 1 L of 10x concentrated PBS or 10 liters of 1 x PBS solution. This PBS formulation is recommended for use in immunohistology protocols. Each package makes 1 L of 10 concentrated PBS or 10 liters of 1 x...

  • BBL™ CHROMagar™ Orientation and TSA II™ I-Plate

    Normal saline is used in procedures that require the use of an isotonic diluent. Ready to use Provide ensured cell integrity Used with a vast array of procedures An isotonic diluent may be used for dilution of bacterial cells to provide a concentration suitable for microscopic observation,...

  • Diamond® SureGro™ Multiple Well Plates

    Diamond® SureGro™ Multiple Well Plates Diamond® SureGro™ multiple well plates provide flat, consistent growing surfaces for ease of viewing and imaging of cells. With both TC treated and non-treated options and a broad range of well configurations and shapes, plates are available...

  • RPMI-1640 without L-Glutamine

    RPMI 1640 is suitable for a wide range of anchorage independent cells. RPMI 1640 Medium is commonly supplemented with 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS). With 2.0 g/L Sodium Bicarbonate Without HEPES buffer Applications E199 has broad species applicability, particularly for cultivation of non-transformed...

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