Evaporation is reduced by 50% in the Cell Locker System

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.