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Incubator

Incubator

1. A container in which controlled environmental conditions may be maintained; e.g., for culturing microorganisms.

2. An apparatus for maintaining an infant (usually premature) in an environment of proper oxygenation, humidity, and temperature.


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Re: growing bacteria in petri dishes

... off that after half an hour .... try to maintain it for long as 5hours with a intermediate half an hour gap. I tried it in my lab as we had some Incubator problem during my research and it worked, even though some plates got contaminated. Try it, hope it works... :)

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by greatmicrobiologist
Sun Mar 10, 2013 2:30 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: growing bacteria in petri dishes
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drying technique

If your incubator is not in micro control, I'd be careful. If your autoclave has no drying cycle, you could trying leaving the bottles insidethe unopned utoclave while it cools - this might pull a neg pressure with some residual ...

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by JorgeLobo
Mon May 28, 2012 1:00 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: drying technique
Replies: 7
Views: 862

drying technique

do you have an incubator?

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by JackBean
Mon May 28, 2012 9:38 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: drying technique
Replies: 7
Views: 862

I have problem with my cells

Dear Guys :( I am know in cell culture, so I wish if any one can help me. Yesterday I have cleaned my incubator with hypochlorite solution. wash it with water then alcohol as It has this strange smell plus I had some contamination. Then I cultured my cells from stock it doesnt ...

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by madelingirly
Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:26 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: I have problem with my cells
Replies: 1
Views: 768

Learning tissue culture, specifically moDC generation

... attach readily to most "hard" plastic surfaces), serum-free culture medium (such as AIM-V), growth factors (poly-I:C, GM-CSF) and an incubator. Toss freshly isolated PBMCs on a properly sized plate (e.g. 24-well plate) in AIM-V, incubate for, say, 2 hours at +37C and wash the wells ...

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by biohazard
Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:09 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Learning tissue culture, specifically moDC generation
Replies: 2
Views: 973
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