We’ll celebrate 20th anniversary of City-Lab Biomedicum virtually March 23rd, 2021. In addition to the virtual exhibition, our product managers Sanna Siltanen (PhD) and Janne Ylärinne (PhD) will give a presentation on new technologies with the theme “Printing Life” at 11-11:45.
Future of research – Printing life at 11AM
Printing life nucleic acid by nucleic acid,
Sanna Siltanen, PhD
Synthetize DNA & RNA fragments, clones and variant libraries in your own lab. A game-changer in many labs might soon be a digital-to-biological converter, i.e. a DNA printer. The instrument allows you to automate the process of gene synthesis, modification and amplification, to produce DNA fast, safely and error-free! BioXp 3250 is a fully automated synthetic biology workstation that is just slightly larger than a standard desktop printer. The machine converts the digital genetic code (written with the generic nucleic acid symbols ATCG and U) to real DNA or RNA.
Printing life layer by layer,
Janne Ylärinne, PhD
Design and print out your own unique 3D cell models. The fast development of new and innovative 3D bioprinters is lowering the boundaries we are facing when trying to create native-tissue-like cell and tissue models. Bioprinted cells typically show natural morphology and more native gene expression profiles than cells in 2D cultures. Modern bioprinters allow researchers e.g. to perform 3D cell culture screens for drug candidates, print out organoids & tumoroids in a consistent way or create vascularized structures that can be studied on a petri dish.
Welcome and see you online!