New Automated Assay Solutions from Corning
3 May 2010
Learn how Corning’s acquisition of Axygen Biosciences and associated laboratory automation technologies, provides new solutions for assay studies. The new FLIPR plates and HYPERFlask M Cell Culture Vessel are also introduced. SBS 2010 interview.
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Corning Life Sciences
As a leading developer, manufacturer, and global supplier of laboratory products for over 100 years, Corning’s Life Sciences segment works with researchers and drug manufacturers seeking to increase efficiencies, reduce costs, and compress timelines. Using unique expertise in the fields of materials science, polymer surface science, cell culture, and biology, the segment provides innovative solutions that improve productivity and enable breakthrough research.
Life Sciences products include consumables (such as plastic vessels, specialty surfaces, cell culture media and serum), as well as general labware and equipment, that are used for advanced cell culture research, bioprocessing, genomics, drug discovery, microbiology and chemistry. Corning sells life sciences products under these primary brands: Corning®, Falcon®, Pyrex®, Axygen®, and Corning Gosselin™.
The products are marketed globally, primarily through distributors, to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, academic institutions, hospitals, government entities, and other facilities. Corning manufactures these products in the United States in Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Utah and Virginia and outside of the U.S. in China, France, Mexico and Poland.
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Corning® CellBIND® Surface HYPERFlask® Cell Culture Vessel
Corning Life SciencesThe High Yield PERformance Flask (HYPERFlask) cell culture vessel has 1720 cm2 available growth area on a polystyrene gas permeable surface. Treated for optimal cell attachment and gamma sterilized. Bar coded and compatible for use on Cell Culture Automation Platforms. Solid cap with liner on a straight neck designed for filling with growth medium. Made with USP Class VI Materials – molded and assembled in a Certified Class 100,000 clean room Sterile – gamma irradiated to sterility assurance level (SAL) 10⁻⁶ Clean Room Packaging – each pack is double bagged. Innovative 10Layer Design – 10 interconnected polystyrene growth surfaces Optimal Growth – Corning CellBIND® Surface treated gas permeable polystyrene for superior cell attachment and growth Increase Cell Yield – 10-fold higher cell yield increases productivity and capacity Time and Space Savings – Reduce processing time and incubator storage space by handling one flask compared to 10 traditional 175 cm2 flasks
