VitroGel® STEM

ready-to-use, xeno-free (animal origin-free) hydrogel system for hPSCs 3D static suspension culture and scale-up

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VitroGel® STEM

  • Faster growth rate than traditional 2D culture with uniform spheroid sizes
  • Yields high-quality 3D stem cells for differentiation and organoid formation
  • Establishes stem cell spheroids directly from liquid nitrogen (5 min protocol)
  • Easy and efficient cell harvesting or subculturing
  • Compatible with major stem cell culture media in the market

VitroGel® STEM is a xeno-free (animal origin-free) hydrogel system developed to support scale-up and 3D differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) to create a high-throughput system to model various tissue and disease states.

This hydrogel system is ready to use with an optimized formulation that fully supports the rapid expansion of high-quality 3D stem cell spheroids with pluripotent properties. hPSCs directly thawed from liquid nitrogen or passaged from 2D matrix-coated culture vessels can be immediately mixed with the hydrogel solution for static suspension cultures. Moreover, the optimization protocol is ideal for time-sensitive experiments, as it does not require excessive medium exchanges, which can ultimately save time and materials. This hydrogel system is compatible with most hPSC culture media and tissue culture vessels.  The 3D stem cell spheroids developed using this system can be used for further sub-cultures, patterned differentiation, organoid development, or re-establishing 2D culture morphologies.

“Just add cells” 5 min protocol. No matrix coating required.

VitroGel® STEM is ready-to-use. Just mix it with your hPSCs. No laborious matrix coating is required to maintain and expand your stem cells.

Specifications

FormulationXeno-free, functional hydrogel
Use3D static suspension culture for hPSCs
OperationReady-to-use at room temperature
BiocompatibilityBiocompatible, safe for animal studies
InjectionInjectable hydrogel for in vivo studies and lab automation
Cell HarvestingVitroGel Organoid Recovery Solution
5-15 min cell recovery
pHNeutral
StorageStore at 2-8°C. Ships at ambient temperature
Sizes10 mL and 2 mL
Number of Uses(10 mL) 90-180 mL suspension culture
(2 mL) 15-30 mL suspension culture

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Advantages of the VitroGel® STEM

High cell quality

  • Yields high-quality 3D stem cells
  • High success rate for downstream differentiation

High expansion rate

  • Faster growth rate and uniformed spheroid sizes compared to 2D culture

Easy cell harvesting 

  • Simple and efficient cell harvesting by either centrifuge or by VitroGel® Organoid Recovery Solution.

Xeno-free

  • 100% animal origin free hydrogel system
  • Ensures batch-to-batch consistency and reproducibility

Flexible and Compatible

  • Compatible with major stem cell culture media in the market.

Easy-to-use: 5 minute protocol

  • Easily seed stem cells directly from liquid nitrogen or 2D culture systems
  • No matrix coating required

Protocols / Handbooks / Resources

Video Protocols & Demonstrations

VIDEO PROTOCOL TIP

hPSC Suspension Culture with VitroGel® STEM

VIDEO PROTOCOL TIP

hPSC Spheroids
Cell Harvesting
 Cultured in VitroGel® STEM

VIDEO PROTOCOL TIP

3D Cell Culture
“Ready-To-Use” Hydrogels

VIDEO PROTOCOL TIP

2D Coating Culture
“Ready-To-Use” Hydrogels

VIDEO PROTOCOL TIP

Cell Recovery
from 3D & 2D

VIDEO PROTOCOL TIP

Injectable Hydrogel
VitroGel® System

Application Notes  |  Webinars | Publication

APPLICATION NOTE

New hPSCs Expansion Method Direct from LN2

APPLICATION NOTE

Organoid Generation Workflow for Stem Cell Spheroids

WEBINAR

PUBLICATION

Data and References

Figure 1. 3D static suspension culture of hPSC from 2D matrix culture
After 24 hours, small hPSC spheroids start to form. From day 1 to 6, cells in the suspension cultures quickly grow, leading to the generation of healthy and high-quality stem cell spheroids. After day 3, cell numbers grew exponentially (Figure 1B), and spheroid size steadily increases (Figure 1C). The hPSC spheroids display characteristics of shallow craters or pockmarks, indicating expression of hPSC markers and successful expansion of healthy and high-quality stem cell spheroids. The resulting spheroids provide researchers with large numbers of healthy hPSCs for further experiments.

Figure 2.  3D static suspension culture of hPSC directly from Liquid Nitrogen (LN2)
Start the suspension culture by using healthy and high-quality cells directly from LN2. hPSC-hydrogel aggregates successfully to form healthy spheroids after 1 day in culture. The hPSC spheroids continue to expand from day 1 to 6 (Figure 2A). The resulting hPSC spheroids also show hallmark features of healthy and high-quality stem cell spheroids, i.e., shallow craters or pockmarks. Figure 2B shows that hPSC static suspension cultures from liquid nitrogen are positive for Alkaline Phosphatase, indicating successful expansion of healthy stem cell populations.

Figure 3. Immunofluorescence images of hPSC spheroids with key pluripotent stem cell markers
VitroGel STEM ensures the undifferentiated state of stem cell lines during scale-up. As shown in Figure 3, hPSC aggregates in VitroGel STEM hydrogel and retain pluripotency after 7 days, evidenced by the expression of key pluripotent stem cell markers, SSEA4, OCT4, SOX2, and TRA-1-60.

References/Publications

Size

2 mL, 10 mL