This company offers a cell culture media manufacturing tool that uses compostable pods to produce fresh media, reducing waste and shipping volume. Their product allows for faster iteration and maintains potency at room temperature in powder format, improving sustainability and efficiency in cell culture.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Product
Problem
Traditional cell culture media preparation methods generate significant plastic waste and greenhouse gas emissions due to the use of liquid media shipped in plastic bottles, requiring refrigerated transport and storage. This reliance on single-use plastics and cold-chain logistics contributes to the biopharmaceutical industry's substantial carbon footprint.
Solution
Stoic Bio offers a sustainable solution for cell culture media manufacturing with the Krakatoa system. This system utilizes biodegradable pods containing powdered cell culture media, buffers, and balanced salt solutions, which are solubilized at the point of use using the Krakatoa benchtop media maker. This approach reduces greenhouse gas emissions associated with transportation and storage, minimizes plastic waste through the use of compostable pods, and allows for rapid prototyping of custom cell culture media formulations. The Krakatoa system provides a closed-loop supply chain with a recycling program for used pods, further minimizing environmental impact.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes cell and gene therapy developers, biopharmaceutical companies, and research laboratories seeking sustainable, customizable, and efficient cell culture media solutions.
Features
- Krakatoa benchtop media maker for on-demand solubilization and dispensing of cell culture media
- Biodegradable pods containing powdered media formulations, reducing plastic waste
- Customizable media formulations through Nucleus Biologics' NB-Lux platform
- Integrated 0.2-micron filter for sterile media preparation
- Automated solubilization process with integrated sensors for consistent performance
- UV-C sterilization within the unit
- Pod recycling program for a circular economy
- Reduced cold-chain requirements due to ambient temperature storage of pods