Hepatocyte Cell Media for Thawing, Incubating, Plating, and Other Applications

To complement the widest selection of hepatocyte products on the market, XenoTech provides optimized hepatocyte media for thawing, incubating, and plating hepatocytes. These cell culture media are uniquely designed to apply to various species and hepatocyte applications and are suggested with any hepatocyte order. For guidance on how to select cell media for your assays, read our media selection guide.

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Choose optimized media to support high viability and strong cultures for in vitro assays

Optimized Cell Media Specially Formulated for Hepatocytes in Culture or Suspension

Improved Attachment Efficiency
Extended Expiration Dates
Improved Confluency / Morphology
Convenient Storage Conditions

The names of our Opti media are changing:

OptiThaw is now the CryostaX Hepatocyte Thawing Kit

Contains a nutrient-rich media used in thawing cryopreserved cells. The CryostaX Hepatocyte Thawing Kit makes it easy to achieve maximum viability and cell yield for each hepatocyte lot. The kit includes cell culture media optimized for thawing cryopreserved hepatocytes plus solution for determining cell yield and viability counts. See our Thawing Demo below for best practices in thawing cryopreserved hepatocytes.

OptiIncubate is now CryostaX Hepatocyte Incubation Medium

Recommended for both fresh and cryopreserved hepatocyte suspension incubations.

OptiPlate is now CryostaX Hepatocyte Plating Medium

Used when plating attachable cryopreserved human, Beagle dog, Cynomolgus monkey, CD1 mouse, Sprague-Dawley rat hepatocytes, etc. It is necessary to re-suspend the cell pellet in CryostaX Hepatocyte Plating Medium before seeding the cells onto culture dishes as it facilitates hepatocyte attachment efficiency post-thaw. Plateable cells plated in this media will attach to collagen-coated surfaces. See our Plating Demo below for best practices in plating cryopreserved hepatocytes.

OptiCulture is now CryostaX Hepatocyte Culture Medium

Recommended for maintaining attachment, viability, and monolayer confluency of plated cryopreserved human, Beagle dog, Cynomolgus monkey, CD1 mouse, Sprague-Dawley rat cultured hepatocytes, as well as fresh plated hepatocytes. This media is recommended for feeding and dosing of cultured hepatocytes.

OptiMatrix is now CryostaX Hepatocyte Culture Matrix

A convenient hepatocyte overlay matrix that greatly enhances hepatocyte culture functions. The use of CryostaX Hepatocyte Culture Matrix helps to increase confluency, preserve the viability of hepatocyte cultures, as well as maintain the hepatocytes’ normal cuboidal appearance, and well-delineated plasma membrane borders. It also assists in the formation of intact canalicular networks and improved excretory function.