Dr Alasdair Robertson

SAL Scientific Ltd provide outsourced cell culture and assay development services to bioscience and drug discovery organisations that utilise mammalian cells in their discovery and development workflows. By harnessing our expertise and infrastructure, our clients are able to achieve cost-effective increases in productivity with the potential to run additional projects in a given time frame. Our services include:

• Provision of bulk cryopreserved screening-ready cells.
• Custom generation of recombinant monoclonal cell lines expressing a target of interest.
• The development and optimisation of cell-based assays across a range of imaging modalities and instrument platforms.
• Cloning of high-expressing biopharmaceutical producer cells.
• Development and optimisation of defined cell culture media.

Our team of expert Cell Biologists apply best practice techniques in state-of-the-art cell culture and bio-imaging facilities: Cells are cultured in high-specification incubators incorporating active humidity control, HEPA air filtration and high temperature decontamination capabilities to ensure optimal cell growth and culture integrity; Large capacity class-2 biosafety cabinets facilitate aseptic manipulations during bulk cell production and controlled rate freezer technology delivers consistent cell cryopreservation.

Further information on SAL Scientific can be found at www.salscientific.com.