Cell Suspension Or Adherent Cell Surface: Which Method Is Right For Your Lab?

When it's time to choose a cell culture method, you will need to select the one that helps you achieve the best growing conditions. Should you go with an adherent or a suspension platform? Each system has pros and cons — and there are opportunities to get the best of both worlds.

Vessel choice is influenced by a myriad of operational and biological factors, such as scale, resources, timing, cell type, and how much — or how little — culture inspection and parameter control is required. Adherent platforms, such as flasks, are an entry point for many anchorage-dependent cell types, but they don't always support scale. Suspension platforms offer scalability, but adapting cells to suspension can be far more complex.

Learn how you can maximize the benefits of each method by utilizing next-generation technologies that provide more cell growth surface area within smaller, more manageable footprints for adherent cell culture, or lower shear stress for suspension cell culture.