Technology and Products

Serum-free culture
Increase the proliferation of adherent cells in a serum-free medium of 20% after only 5 days of culture (coating solution).
Enhanced extracellular proteins
Enhance cell-derived collagen-based scaffold with the tuneable hierarchical organisation (a combination of coating and media supplement solution).

Continuous cell production
Allow the continuous manufacture of adherent cells (coating solution) or tissues (a combination of coating and media supplement solution) via single-cells self-detachment.
For the first time, we have shown that the number of adherent cells produced is no longer dependent upon the size of the surface area upon which they are grown!
Our peptide coatings are specially designed so that they can control both cell attachment as well as cell detachment. Simply put as individual cells detach this creates a new space for other cells to grow into, which will then detach ad infinitum.

How our technology helps
We have developed a range of smart coatings that facilitate, 1) serum-free culture, 2) enhanced matrix production and 3) the continuous production of adherent cells. These novel peptide coatings can work singularly or in combination to provide:
- reduced bioreactor footprint and downtime
- practically an unlimited number of cells
- true in-line single cell QA
- growth of a range of cell types in serum-free conditions
- solutions to range of modern cell culture challenges
Why our technology matters
The drive for more cellular products and therapeutic proteins (biologics) from adherent cells requires a step-change in bioprocessing technology. The approach to growing adherent cells has not changed in 50 years; cells are currently grown in batches, the size of each batch limited by the surface area upon which the cells are attached. Continuous production of cells represents a technology in which the growth of adherent cells is no longer limited by surface area.
With our coating technology, the number of cells produced from a dozen tissue culture flasks can be reduced to an area the size of a penny!