Re: [ccp4bb] insect cell media

2010-06-08 Thread Thomas Cleveland
Hi, We are using a modified version of ISFM with 10 g/L glucose, based on a paper by Maiorella et al. from around 1988 or 1989. This is a medium that is based on IPL-41, which we purchase as a powder, and supplemented with ultrafiltered yeastolate and lipids. It is completely protein-free. It i

Re: [ccp4bb] insect cell media

2010-06-07 Thread Chun Luo
onday, June 07, 2010 11:00 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] insect cell media I mentioned to to Chris already, but we use nothing but HyClone SFX-Insect powder. We make 20-30 L batches, sterilize with a large peristaltic pump and a disposable Millipak filter from Millipore. We never

Re: [ccp4bb] insect cell media

2010-06-07 Thread Nathaniel Clark
I mentioned to to Chris already, but we use nothing but HyClone SFX-Insect powder. We make 20-30 L batches, sterilize with a large peristaltic pump and a disposable Millipak filter from Millipore. We never have contamination problems that are due to preparing our own media from powder. We buy 10

Re: [ccp4bb] insect cell media

2010-06-07 Thread Tommi Kajander
Hi, well, actually this is availalbe as powder (HYClone), as it says on the page.. (we have it made in our media kitchen on a regular basis, but not for huge scale... so i dont know about the prices..) https://www.thermoscientific.com/wps/portal/ts/products/detail?navigationId=LA11074__10347&

Re: [ccp4bb] insect cell media

2010-06-07 Thread Dima Klenchin
We have happily made a transition last year from using Invitrogen's SFM medium and cellfectin to Insect-Xpress (Lonza) and polyethyleneimine for transfection. We are moving several protein targets to large-scale cultures and would consider cost-cutting alternatives. For example, Invitrogen and The

Re: [ccp4bb] insect cell media

2010-06-07 Thread Chris Ulens
Hi, I would like to get some feedback on the type of media that people are using for insect cell culturing. We have happily made a transition last year from using Invitrogen's SFM medium and cellfectin to Insect-Xpress (Lonza) and polyethyleneimine for transfection. We are moving several pro