A visiting scientist once kept a fibroblast culture alive during a  
long trip from our lab to his home country. He completely filled with  
medium two flasks containing confluent attached cultures of cells ,  
then carried them in the inside pockets of his jacket, which he wore  
the whole time. It worked, the cells were fine, but I don't know what  
he did about airport security.

Lesley Weston.


On 4-Feb-09, at 2:37 PM, Christophe Leterrier wrote:

> Dear imaging specialists,
>
> I'm wondering if tranporting cell cultures (low-density rat
> hippocampal neurons, to be more specific) would be feasible from my
> lab to an imaging facility that is between half an hour and an hour
> away. I'm surprized how little information I could get on the web. Do
> such thing as a portable incubator exist ? Do any of you have a
> low-tech / low-price advice to give ? I'd be glad to hear your
> suggestions.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Christophe Leterrier
> Ionic channels neurobiology Lab
> UMR641 - Marseille, France