Know your enemy - Mycoplasma contamination in cell culture

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Mycoplasma contamination in cell culture can seriously impact the reliability, reproducibility, and consistency of your experimental results. Being one of the most common contaminants in cell culture, they are still underestimated in cell culture. Even at high concentrations mycoplasma are not visible and may remain undiscovered for months or even longer. Regular testing of your cultures is key.

Watch this webinar on mycoplasma contamination in cell culture and learn about causes, problems, and solutions.

A Cell Culture Specialist from Lonza will discuss the following topics:  

• Brief introduction to mycoplasma and how they get in your culture
• Potential impact of mycoplasma on your cells and thus your scientific data
• Quick and simple detection of mycoplasma using the MycoAlert^® Assay