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Batch and Continuous Bioreactors
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2023
Bioreactors are used to grow organisms in large volumes, thereby enabling the production of mass quantities of the target product. These reactors can be batch reactors, which contain all of the components needed for cell growth, or continuous reactors, which have inlet and outlet ports allowing for the addition of fresh growth media and the removal of cell waste. This video presents batch and continuous reactors and demonstrates the use of bioreactors to grow bacteria in the laboratory.
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Batch Immunostaining for Large-Scale Protein Detection in the Whole Monkey Brain
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2009
Large-scale immunodetection of target proteins across the entire primate brain is possible by employing novel tissue embedding and sectioning methods combined with the use of creative apparatus for batch staining of multiple free-floating sections at a given time.
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Fed-Batch Culture
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2026
Fed-batch culture is a widely used bioprocessing strategy combining aspects of batch culture with controlled substrate feeding to optimize cell growth and product formation. In this semi-closed system, nutrients are strategically added during fermentation, while the accumulated products and biomass remain within the bioreactor until the end of the operation. This controlled addition of substrates allows for better management of growth kinetics, nutrient limitation, and metabolite...
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Batch vs Continuous Culture
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2026
Fermentation is a foundational biotechnological process used to produce pharmaceuticals, biofuels, enzymes, and food additives. Among industrial strategies, batch and continuous fermentation are the two most widely applied. Although both rely on microbial conversion of substrates into desired products, they differ markedly in operation, productivity, and suitability for specific applications.Batch fermentation occurs in a closed system in which nutrient media and inoculum are added at the...
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Developing a Micro-Tissue-Engineered Neural Network Using a Hydrogel-Based Micro-column
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2025
Source: Struzyna, L. A. et. al., Anatomically Inspired Three-dimensional Micro-tissue Engineered Neural Networks for Nervous System Reconstruction, Modulation, and Modeling. J. Vis. Exp. (2017)This video demonstrates the development of micro-tissue-engineered neural networks using a hydrogel micro-column with an extracellular matrix core. Seeded neuronal aggregates adhere, extend projections, and form structured neural networks, contributing to advancements in neurodevelopment and...
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Growth and product formation depend on maintaining defined conditions throughout the run. Media composition, temperature, oxygen availability, and incubation time are controlled because changes in these parameters can alter the biological response. Keeping them consistent allows researchers to compare strains, treatments, or process conditions while reducing the influence of uncontrolled culture differences.
Small-volume vessels or wells allow researchers to test multiple strains, media compositions, treatments, or process conditions at the same time. This parallel structure conserves samples and reagents while producing directly comparable observations. Because each run remains discrete, the format also supports early checks of whether a biological workflow performs reproducibly across conditions.
Micro batch work provides an early evaluation stage before larger-scale processing. Researchers can examine growth or product formation under selected conditions and assess whether the workflow is reproducible. These results help identify promising strains, media, treatments, or process settings before committing greater sample volumes, reagent use, or experimental effort to scale-up.
A basic workflow starts by inoculating a limited-volume vessel or well with the selected cells or microorganisms. Researchers then establish the defined media, temperature, oxygen availability, and incubation time, followed by monitoring of growth or product formation. Comparing these measurements across discrete runs reveals how the selected conditions affect the biological process.
Monitoring growth or product formation shows how cells or microorganisms respond to different experimental conditions. The resulting comparisons can indicate whether a strain, medium, treatment, or process setting supports the desired biological outcome. These observations are useful for screening candidates, refining conditions, and deciding which workflows merit further evaluation.
The approach is useful for screening, assay development, and optimization of fermentation or cell-based workflows. It can also support early evaluation of reproducibility before scale-up. By testing conditions in limited volumes, researchers can explore alternatives while conserving samples and reagents, making the format practical for initial process development and comparative biological studies.