Alvetex® 3D Cell Culture Systems

• AVP010-2 — 2 × 384 well plates

Comprised of a black 384 well plate, clear plastic base, with Alvetex Scaffold at the bottom of each well. The Alvetex Scaffold has been heat welded to the base of the wells in a process which does not alter its physical structure.

Cells growing in 3D are exposed to culture medium from above only, and therefore predominantly reside in the top portion of scaffold.

Alvetex Scaffold 384 well plate technology is compatible with a wide range of in vitro cell viability assays.

Alvetex® Scaffold 6 well inserts

• AVP004-12 — 12 inserts
• AVP004-48 — 48 inserts
• AVP004-96 — 96 inserts

Alvetex® Strata 6 well inserts

• STP004-12 — 12 inserts
• STP004-48 — 48 inserts
• STP004-96 — 96 inserts

Comprised of discs of either Alvetex Scaffold or Alvetex Strata in individually sealed polystyrene inserts, designed to fit into most 6 well plates (see diagram).

6 well inserts can also be suspended in a deep Petri dish using our custom-made Alvetex Well Insert Holder (see product AVP015, sold separately).

The presentation of Alvetex in well insert formats is versatile, enabling long term 3D culture as cells can receive nutrients from media above and below the membrane, sustaining optimal 3D cell growth.

Alvetex® Scaffold 12 well inserts

• AVP005-12 — 12 inserts
• AVP005-48 — 48 inserts
• AVP005-96 — 96 inserts

Alvetex® Strata 12 well inserts

• STP005-12 — 12 inserts
• STP005-48 — 48 inserts
• STP005-96 — 96 inserts

Comprised of discs of either Alvetex Scaffold or Alvetex Strata in individually sealed polystyrene inserts, designed to fit into most 6 well and 12 well plates (see diagram).

12 well inserts (when their extender wings haven’t been snapped off) can also be suspended in a deep Petri dish using our custom-made Alvetex Well Insert Holder (see product AVP015, sold separately).

The presentation of Alvetex in well insert formats is versatile, enabling long term 3D culture as cells can receive nutrients from media above and below the membrane, sustaining optimal 3D cell growth.

Alvetex® Scaffold 24 well inserts

• AVP012-12 — 12 inserts
• AVP012-48 — 48 inserts
• AVP012-96 — 96 inserts

Comprised of discs of Alvetex Scaffold  in individually sealed polystyrene inserts, designed to fit into most 12 well and 24 well plates (see diagram).

The presentation of Alvetex in well insert formats is versatile, enabling long term 3D culture as cells can receive nutrients from media above and below the membrane, sustaining optimal 3D cell growth.

24 well inserts are sterile blister packed in units of 12 within a 12 well plate.

• AVP015-2 — 2 units
• AVP015-10 — 10 units

Comprised of a single well insert holder in a deep Petri dish with lid. The well insert holder is capable of housing up to three Alvetex well inserts (either 6 or 12 well inserts). The Petri dish itself is not tissue culture treated.

The Alvetex Well Insert Holder and Deep Petri Dish enables users to grow their 3D cultures in larger volumes of media compared to an ordinary multiwell plate, facilitating fewer media changes. Capable of sustaining long term 3D culture experiments (3-4 weeks).

The well insert can be positioned at three different levels in the insert holder: high, medium and low. This feature allows cultures to be raised to the air liquid interface by moving the insert to a different level within the same holder.

Positioning the well inserts at different levels may also be used to conserve expensive media or allow for increasing media volumes for demanding cell types over the course of a long term experiment.

• AVP011-2 — 2 units
• AVP011-10 — 10 units

This product allows scientists to create cell based models that are another step closer to the environment experienced by cells and tissue in vivo. The systems can also be used to create complex co-cultures, multi-organ systems and to study paracrine effects.

Each unit contains an Alvetex Perfusion Plate with a lid and two Luer locks.

Note: Pump and tubing is not included.