Cell Culture Facility

 

Director Kerry S. Campbell, PhD
Manager Tim Kwok, PhD
[email protected]
215-728-3650
Location          
& Phone
Reimann R288
215-728-2486
Pricing &
Scheduling
Contact Tim Kwok for pricing and scheduling.

 

The Cell Culture Facility provides reagents, equipment, technical expertise, consultation and training to support mammalian cell culture experiments at Fox Chase. Services include:

  • Basic cell culture support: cell banking, detection of mycoplasma contamination in cultured cells, cell line validation support, and maintenance of >150 common STR-authenticated cell lines
  • On-request establishment of 3D organoid cultures and primary cultures from human and animal tissue samples
  • Hybridoma production to generate monoclonal antibodies
  • Development of gene-manipulated mouse embryonic stem cells
  • Preparation of sterile growth media and reagents
  • Specialized equipment: electroporators, cell counter, xCELLigence, low oxygen incubation, Incucyte SX5

  Advantages over other similar shared resources (commercial or academic)

  • Discount pricing for standard and custom culture media and reagents
  • One-stop source for cell culture expertise, equipment, cell lines, liquid nitrogen cell banking, sterile work bench, and supplies, including media, supplements, and cultureware
  • On-site or remote in-person consultation
  • Specialized culture media preparation
  • Performance-tested fetal bovine serum available at bulk purchase discount
  • Only academic shared resource in Philadelphia providing hybridoma production services

This facility derives partial funding from the FCCC Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) from the National Cancer Institute.