Why it's important
The adoption of organoids is increasing among cancer researchers. ATCC currently distributes more than 130 different types of organoids from patient-derived tumor biopsies through our partnership with the Human Cancer Models Initiative. Part of our mission is to educate scientists on the media formulations and protocol to culture and use organoids. ATCC scientists are organoid experts. We share our experience and step-by-step processes that can help you successfully culture organoids.
What's the solution?
Researchers want a reliable and easy preparation process that is quick and doesn’t end in failure. To save you time, expense, and waste, ATCC recently developed multiple growth kits of single-use supplements to simplify your workflow and provide the right media for each organoid. The growth kits are used at ATCC with all the HCMI organoid models so you can have confidence that the kits work consistently with the organoid models. Our organoid protocols detail which growth kit to use with each organoid to take the guess work out of the process. The growth kits are packaged with all the media measured out in precise volume per 250 mL basal medium so you don’t have to purchase large quantities of material that would go to waste. Lyophilized components have a long shelf life so the growth kits can be purchased now for use later, as long as it’s not mixed with final growth medium. The easy-to-use kits will ensure consistent and reliable organoid growth that will ensure the reproducibility of your experiments.
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Steven Budd, MS, MBA
Product Specialist, ATCC
Steven Budd is a Product Specialist that manages the cell culture reagents at ATCC. He has 6 years of experience in the product management of scientific tools. Before that, he gained 4 years of experience in biomedical research and cell culture as a research specialist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mr. Budd has a M.S. in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and an M.B.A. from North Carolina State University.
Organoid culture tools to help you be successful
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Tips and Techniques for Successfully Culturing Organoids Webinar
Culturing organoids can be intimidating. In this webinar, an ATCC expert presents step-by-step instructions that thoroughly demonstrate the process of thawing, expanding, and cryopreserving organoids.
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Organoid Culture Guide
Get expert guidance on growing and maintaining organoids from our organoid culture guide.
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Organoid Growth Kits
ATCC CoreKits are packages of recombinant proteins, small molecules and other supplements designed to make the preparation of complex media formulations for select cell culture models easy and reliable.
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Human Cancer Models Initiative (HCMI)
ATCC is the exclusive distributor of the Human Cancer Models Initiative (HCMI) models. See the models that include common and rare examples of cancer from numerous tissues.
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Organoids
Patient-derived organoids are authenticated cell models paired with genomic and phenotypic data. Organoids are available from the Human Cancer Models Initiative (HCMI) and contribute to valuable and reproducible research.
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Human Cancer Models Initiative (HCMI)
ATCC offers a growing collection of models generated by the HCMI, which will include both common as well as rare and understudied examples of cancer from numerous tissues
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