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

• Basic cell culture support
• Cell propagation
• Establishment of 3D organoid cultures from primary tissues and tumors
• Generation of culture supernatants
• Hybridoma production to generate monoclonal antibodies
• Development of gene-manipulated mouse embryonic stem cells
• Establishment of primary cultures from human and animal tissue samples
• Cell transformation, cell banking and screening for detection of mycoplasma contamination in cultured cells
• Cell validation support
• Preparation of sterile growth media and reagents
• Consulting to assist in experimental design
• Use of sterile workstations for investigators without their own facilities