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