MIC-101 Eliminates the Edge Effect.
Evaporation of media in multi-well plates,
placed in traditional CO2 incubators, can exceed
15% to 25% in outside and corner wells,
respectively. The wells of these plates are being
exposed to dramatic changes in pH, nutrient
and salt concentrations.
You can check this effect for yourself
by simply filling the wells of a 96 well plate with
media or sterile water and placing in your
laboratory’s continuous flow CO2 incubator for 72 hours. Look through the edge of the plate and you will clearly see the evaporation .
Because there is no airflow in the controlled environment of the Modular
Incubator Chamber (MIC-101), evaporation is eliminated. Each well within a
multi-well plate retains its original composition throughout the entire
experiment, thus eliminating the “edge effect”. Placing your multi-well plates
in the MIC-101 will dramatically increase cell viability and at the same time
reducing experimental variability.
Now you can count on reproducible results with the Modular Incubator
Chamber and at the same time eliminate variability and reduce
contamination. The MIC-101 is designed so your cells will no longer be
subject to a changing environment. Inside the sealed unit, temperature,
humidity, and gas concentrations remain constant. Your plates are also
isolated from potential contaminants stemming from the inherent unsterile
environment of a traditional incubator.