Apr 4 2009
The 2009 SOT Conference from March 15-19, 2009 in Baltimore/USA was again a successful SOT Annual Meeting and ToxExpo. Attendance was remarkably strong this year with a grand total of 6,750 registrants. The final number of abstracts presented was 2,322. VITROCELL® SYSTEMS participated in the ToxExpo exhibition showing its broad product program of equipment for the in vitro analysis of airborne substances such as nano particles, gases and complex mixtures.
VITROCELL® SYSTEMS presented the following innovations:
Turn-key installations for the analysis of aerosols from dry powders, liquids and suspensions
In using VITROCELL® technology, the aerosol can be generated from non-cohesive, dry powders and dusts down to the size of nano particles. The other option is to generate the aerosol from liquids, solutions and suspensions. In this case a dry aerosol can be obtained by a special aerosol generator with an integrated drying unit. The aerosol generator can be directly connected to the VITROCELL® cell cultivation and exposure modules.
The VITROCELL® Microbalance Sensor System
This special sensor can be integrated in the VITROCELL® 6 PT-CF stainless steel exposure module and is capable of measuring the deposited mass over time with an incredible precision up to 10 ng/cm2 per second. It is therefore a powerful tool for the dose-response calculation.
The VITROCELL® 12 HT Module for higher throughput with 12 mm cell culture inserts
The module is made of stainless steel and has now 6 compartments for cell culture inserts. With the optional dilution system it is possible to vary the dose by adding dilution air. So this new module is very interesting for users which want to analyse more cells or different cell types within one experiment.