Cell Culture Products

Each cell culture system is unique and demands different needs to be successful. We offer options including xeno and serum-free formulations, fully optimized media and kits to isolate and expand specific cell phenotypes, and custom media and serum services to provide the optimal culture conditions for your cells.

Primary Cell Culture
Explore all of our reagents and specialized media for the culture of primary cell lines.

Stem Cell Culture
We support all aspects of the stem cell culture workflow. From media, growth factors, and small molecules to fully optimized kits, our reagents and products increase consistency in your data from cell expansion, verification, differentiation and the investigation of your final cell populations.

Neural Cell Culture
We provide specialized media supplements, substrates, proteins, antibodies, and neuromodulatory compounds for the culture of all neural cell types. Our reagents have been designed to maintain and improve consistency across your cultures.

Immune Cell Culture
We provide media, cell isolation and enrichment kits, flow cytometry-validated antibodies, and differentiation and expansion kits for the study of all subsets of immune cells.

Organoid Cell Culture
Explore full organoid and 3D cell culture recipes, protocols, literature and more on our Organoids and 3D Cell Culture Guide.

Adult Epithelial Stem Cell Culture
Discover recipes for the culture and expansion of adult epithelial stem cells with base media, growth matrix, and markers to explore this diverse cell culture model.

Custom Media and Serum Services
Do you have a specific cell culture need not met by a commercial product? Speak with our custom and bulk services team to develop the culture media, serum formulation, or unique growth factor cocktail you need to succeed in cell culture.

Explore the world’s premiere sources of recombinant proteins for cell culture. Our proteins lead in bioactivity and lot-to-lot-consistency to ensure reproducibility in your hands. We offer basic cell culture proteins and growth factors for all types of cell culture along with an extensive portfolio of cytokines for the stimulation and activation of your cell cultures.

All Recombinant Proteins
View our entire portfolio of recombinant proteins. Filter on the needs of your cell culture system and quickly find what you are looking for.

ProDots™ Proteins
This unique protein format provides a ready-to-use aliquot of protein in lyophilized form, so you can just roll it into your media. Save time and sop aliquoting or losing protein product with ProDot Proteins.

GMP/Animal-free Proteins
Our GMP cytokines and growth factors provide the high-quality raw materials to support ex vivo cell manufacturing for cell therapies and other applications. We have the largest portfolio of GMP proteins on the market, with options for Animal-Free and Animal Carrier Free proteins as well.

Unique Model Organisms
Cell culture often expands beyond the mouse, rat, and human cell lines. We are proud to provide options for unique model organisms including rabbit, dog, yeast, horse, bacteria, and much more.

The method by which you preserve your cells for long term storage can affect their health and ability to be re-cultured in the future. Our freezing media provide long term stability, high cell viability, and reduced cell shock in the freeze/thaw processes.

Cryopreservation Media
We offer serum-containing and serum-free freezing media to support the needs of your cell culture system.

Custom Media and Cryopreservation Services
Need a unique formulation for freezing media? Speak with a member of our custom and bulk services team to find a solution today!

Once you have the cells you want in culture, analysis and investigation is the next step! R&D Systems provides a number of immunoassay-based analysis options for you to explore what is really happening in your cell cultures.

ELISA Assays
R&D Systems is the most trusted name in ELISAs. With do-it-yourself formats and fully optimized kits available, find the assay that will work best for you.

Luminex Assays and Instrumentation
If multianalyte detection is what you need, R&D Systems provides a wide range of Luminex assays for the detection and quantification of multiple targets simultaneously. Customize your Luminex assay or find one of our fixed panels to support your research.

Ella: The Automated ELISA Platform
Step into the next generation ELISA with Ella. A fully automated platform for immunoassays in just 90 minutes. With sub-picogram levels of detection and highly reproducible, it rivals the best in laboratory automation. Learn More at ProteinSimple.com

Explore All Options for Immunoassays from R&D Systems and Bio-Techne

Bioactivity & Performance
All our products are held to the highest quality standards, undergoing extensive QC and release testing. Your cell culture proteins go further with us.

Lot-to-Lot Consistency
Every lot of media, supplements, serum, and all other cell culture products pass our rigorous quality control standards. We only release the very best to our customers, so you know your product will perform the consistently in your cultures.

Affordability
With several options of product sampling available, you can test before you buy to ensure our supplements and serum will work for you. Our competitive pricing, high bioactivity, and options for bundling all your reagents from one place allow you to stretch your budget farther.

Variety and Selection
R&D Systems offers everything you need to culture cells in 2D and 3D cultures in a variety of formats.