Informotion for Cell Culture Engineering

Abstract

　Automation of the cell culture process is one of the biggest challenges in cell therapy, including regenerative medicine, drug screening, and body-on-chip drug development. Cell culture processes that involve cell seeding, culture, detachment, and collection processes are typically performed manually by a technician. In order to establish an efficient and stable mass culture process for cells, “informotion technology” may play an important role. Using actuator / sensor technology to automate cell culture processes and network them online enables to share know-how to deal with live cells. By doing so, we can efficiently provide a large amount of cells ready to accelerate the spread of regenerative medicine. Ultrasonic actuation technology has proven its potential for use in cell culture automation.