Tufts University · Center for Cellular Agriculture

Tufts Plant Cell Culture Library

Browse, source, and cite characterized plant tissue cultures from the Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture.

Hosted at the Tufts University Innovation Hub for Food and Materials

Culture catalog

Every line carries a Culture ID: species code, accession, and flask/passage suffix (e.g. PD-14116-R1).

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Bioactivity

Reported activities across the collection's source species, from a 2023 literature review. A starting point for compound discovery, not testing performed at Tufts.

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Media & ordering

The recipes behind the collection, and how to bring a line into your own lab.

Media & formulations

36 documented media, with per-liter amounts, supplier catalog numbers and subculture intervals, from MS/B5 salt bases to defined auxin / cytokinin ratios.

MS saltsB5 salts2,4-D KinetinGelriteCoconut waterB88 · M131 · B122
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Request a culture

Academic and industry researchers can request lines by Culture ID.

Cryopreserved vialMTA on request
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