PELOAcademy | A new threat: Cross Contamination in Cell Culture
presented by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Gstraunthaler, emer. Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
Instances of cross-contamination of cell lines are more widespread than generally appreciated. Despite periodic reminders from concerned cell culturists, the problem continues and even seems to be neglected by the scientific community. While, in the past, due to the widespread use of animal cell lines, inter-species contaminations were most common, in biomedical research today, intra-species contaminations between human cell cultures have become a new threat. In this webinar, Gerhard will talk about the scale of the problem, the major pitfalls that can lead to cross-contamination, and the methods that can be used to avoid it altogether.
Instances of cross-contamination of cell lines are more widespread than generally appreciated. Despite periodic reminders from concerned cell culturists, the problem continues and even seems to be neglected by the scientific community. While, in the past, due to the widespread use of animal cell lines, inter-species contaminations were most common, in biomedical research today, intra-species contaminations between human cell cultures have become a new threat. In this webinar, Gerhard will talk about the scale of the problem, the major pitfalls that can lead to cross-contamination, and the methods that can be used to avoid it altogether.