RD-Biotech offers a complete range of custom services on its cell culture platform.

By contacting RD-Biotech you will:

  • save time while devoting yourself to your major axes of high added value research,
  • benefit from our scientific and technical expertise in cell engineering and cell culture.

Why choose RD-BIOTECH?

  • Do you want to obtain a sufficient cell pool to carry out your analyses or for the expression of your recombinant proteins?
  • Do you want to obtain a few mg of recombinant antibodies by transient transfection?
  • Do you want to develop a stable cell line?
  • Do you want a cell bank?

Eukaryotic or prokaryotic cells, adherent or suspended cells, primary cells, blood cells?

RD-Biotech can meet your demands:

  • An expertise of more than 30 years in cell culture
  • Perfect mastery of cell engineering processes for many cell types
  • An analytical platform for the screening, characterization and controls of your cells
  • The supply of a personalized service adapted to your needs
  • A quality service, at very attractive costs and very short deadlines

Culture systems optimized for the amplification of many cell types:

  • Adherent mammalian cells or cells in suspension
  • CHO, HEK293, HeLa, Cos, Caco-2, cell line supplied by the customer,…
  • Prokaryotic cells

Units dedicated to the production of eukaryotic cells (dedicated laboratories, clean rooms and controlled atmosphere, etc.)

Production capacities allowing to supply pilot batches and also large-scale production batches (bulk):

  • Supply from a few millilitres up to several hundred litres of supernatant per batch
  • Supply from a few million to several billion cells per batch

Supply of cells in the format suitable for the targeted applications:

  • Cryovials
  • Culture plates (96 wells, 24 wells, 12 wells, 6 wells,….)
  • Culture boxes of different volumes, bottles….
  • Other custom packaging

At the end of the project, RD-Biotech provides express transport adapted to the cell model and packaging, the cells are accompanied by the production report and the quality controls carried out:

  • Mycoplasma control
  • Cell viability test
  • Stability control
  • Sterility control
  • Quantification of molecules
  • Other controls on request

Bioproduction

Supernatant production

This service includes the amplification of the cells and the supply of the culture supernatant: supply from a few millilitres up to several hundred litres of supernatant per batch.

Production of cell pellets

This service includes the amplification of cells and the supply of cell pellets: supply from a few million to several billion cells per batch.

Cell banks

This service includes the constitution of cell banks: working banks and master banks, and can include the secure storage of these in liquid nitrogen in a controlled area.

  • Reception of cells and mycoplasma control
  • Cell amplification
  • Packaging in 1 ml ampoules (1 to 5 million cells / ampoules)
  • Quality controls after thawing

Ready-to-use cells

This service includes the amplification and supply of ready-to-use cells, according to customer specifications.

Some examples:

  • These cells are cultivated on a particular medium requiring perfect mastery of the amplification and culture monitoring processes.
  • These cells are supplied in 96-well plates on specific supports, for pharmacological applications.

(from peripheral blood, cord blood, etc.)

  • Preparation of cells from blood samples: PBMC (Peripheral blood mononuclear cells), Monocytes, Lymphocytes, CMBM (Cord blood mononuclear cells)…
  • Cell sorting and preparation of specific cells (CD4 +, CD34 +…)
  • Packaging in tubes, flasks, etc.

(skin cells, adipocytes, preadipocytes, keratinocytes, etc.)

  • Adaptation of culture conditions while respecting the number of passages specific to each cell type.
  • Culture monitoring and supply of cells in the desired format.

Custom services

Development of cell lines

RD-Biotech offers a personalized service for the development of a cell line adapted to your specifications and your applications: expression of recombinant proteins or monoclonal antibodies, functional analysis of genes, drug screening, etc.

  • If necessary, feasibility study to determine the best expression system and to define the optimal conditions for your application
  • Adaptation according to the complexity of the project: Example, co-expression of different units…
  • Optimization and control of the vector or vectors: Possibility of carrying out vector construction for the project

Discover molecular biology

  • Choice of parental cell line: CHO cells, HEK293, your own line…
  • Mode of transfection: lipofection, electroporation, etc.
  • Screening platform: ELISA, Western Blotting, FACS, Octet, PCR / RT-PCR…
  • Royalty-free lineage

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Stages of cell line development:

Note: the vector can also be provided by customer

  • Synthesis of the nucleotide sequence of interest (if necessary)
  • Subcloning in the expression vector optimized for the cellular system
  • Single-strand sequencing control
  • Amplification and quality controls

  • CHO, HEK293 cell lines… or cell lines supplied by the customer.
  • Production of the cell pool necessary for transfection, culture in the medium adapted to the cell model

  • Transfection of host cells with the expression vector
  • Expression test for the protein of interest (FACS, PCR, …)

  • Transfection of cells and stable insertion of the gene for the protein of interest
  • Selection (choice of the selection agent)
  • Generation and characterization of several stable pools: ELISA, Western blotting, Flow cytometry, PCR / RT-PCR…
  • Selection of the best candidates: best producer, target expression, etc.
  • Amplification of candidates

RD-Biotech can provide stable pools after controls (homogeneity test, stability study, etc.) and constitution of cell banks, MCB (10 ampoules of 2 million cells per pool)

If the customer wishes a stable cell line, RD-Biotech will continue the development process

  • Isolation and selection of the best clone (s): isolation of clones by limiting dilution, screening by ELISA, Western Blot, flow cytometry, FACS, Byte, PCR, etc.
  • Isolation and expansion of the selected clone (s)
  • Characterization of the best clone (s): evaluation of productivity, western blotting test, stability test, etc.
  • Supply of a stable cell line: Constitution of an MCB master cell bank (10 ampoules of 2 million cells per clone)
  • Providing of a full report

Steps and deadlines

Transient transfection platform

The transient transfection platform makes it possible to produce from a few micrograms to several hundred milligrams of recombinant antibodies or recombinant proteins in about fifteen days.

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Other services

Our sales team as well as our scientific and technical experts are at your disposal to offer you the service adapted to your request!

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