Limiting evaporation from cell culture media is increasingly important in precise applications and is especially critical in small-volume assays such as those in microwell plates, organ-on-a-chip cultures, and microfluidic systems. When water evaporates, salts, nutrients, and other additives in growth media can reach concentrations that are toxic to cultured cells.
Thermo Scientific™ THRIVE™ airflow technology is designed for very fast humidity recovery of <10 minutes following a 30-second door opening. But the Cell Locker System provides even more stable high humidity, reducing evaporation over a 24-hour period by 50%. The average evaporation rate for the Heracell VIOS incubator is 120 g/day, while the Cell Locker System's average evaporation rate is 0.58 g/day.
Evaporation in any Cell Locker System is an average of only 0.58 g/day.
In unopened chambers inside a Heracell VIOS 160i incubator, evaporation rates were strikingly consistent, and more than 50% lower than the rate inside the incubator itself.