Equipment
• CO2 incubators: (New Brunswick, model Galaxy 170s)
• Biological safety cabinet (Faster Safefast Premiun 212)
• Six-well tissue culture dishes (Eppendorf, cat. no. 0030720113)
• Gilson Pipetman (P1000, P200 and P10)
• Sterile filter pipette tips (P1250, P300, P20 P10 μl; Biozym, cat. nos. VT0270, VT0250, VT0220, respectively)
• Sterile microcentrifuge tubes (1.5-ml size; Fisher Scientific, cat. no. 05-408-129)
• Stericup 0.2-μm filter unit (500 and 250 ml; Millipore, cat. nos. SCGVU02RE SCGVU05RE, respectively)
• Steriflip 50 mL filter unit: (Millipore, SCGP00525)
• U-bottom ultra-low attachment plates, 96 well (Corning, cat. no. 7007)
• Conical tubes, 15 ml (Greiner Cell Star, cat. no. 188271)
• Parafilm (Sigma-Aldrich, cat. no. P7793)
• Tissue culture dish, 60 mm (Eppendorf, cat. no. 00307701119)
• Tissue culture dish, 100 mm (Eppendorf, cat. no. 0030702115)
• Orbital shaker (Infors Celltron orbital shaker, cat. no. INF-69222)
• Pipetboy (Integra Biosciences, cat. no. 155 000)
• 2 mL Aspiration pipettes: (Falcon, cat. no. 35755)
• Serological pipettes, 5, 10, 25 ml (BD Falcon, cat. nos. 357543, 357551, 357525, respectively)
• Sterilized scissors
• Water bath, 37 °C (Fisher Scientific, Isotemp water bath, model 2333, cat. no. 15-462-21Q)
• Inverted tissue culture microscope (Zeiss, model Axio Vert.A1)
• Automated cell counter (Invitrogen, Countess II)
• Cell counter slides: (Countess Cell Counting Chamber Slides, Thermo Fisher Scientific, cat. no. C10228
• Trypan blue (included with cell counting slides)
• Benchtop centrifuge (Eppendorf, cat. no. 5810)
• Sterile standard forceps (Fine Science Tools, cat. no. 11000)
• Laboratory spatula (Sigma-Aldrich, cat. no. S3897)
• Vacuum pum: (Integra, Vacusafe)
• Vibratome (Leica, model VT1000s)
• Tissue embedding mold (Thermo Fisher Scientific, cat. no. 1220)
• Sterile Plastic Transfer pipet, 3mL: (Thermo Fisher Scientific, cat. no. PP89SA)
• Low-melt agarose: (Biozym, cat. no. 850080)
• Instant Super glue adhesive: (Best Klebstoffe, cat. no. Best-CA 221)
• Millicell organotypic cell culture inserts: (Millipore, cat. no. PICM01250)
• Common laboratory spoon/spatula
• Common paint brush