Experimental device for freezing cell cultures designed by James Lovelock and Chris Polge
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Experimental device for freezing cell cultures at 1 degree per minute to -70 degree for storage, developed by James Lovelock and Chris Polge at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Common Cold Research Unit, Harnham Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 1960-1969.
James Lovelock and Chris Polge built this slow-freezing device to aid their research into the effects of freezing on living cells. Lovelock discovered how freezing damages living cells and how glycerol can be used to prevent this. His results were published in two papers that became famous within the new discipline of cryobiology.
Details
- Category:
- Public Health & Hygiene
- Object Number:
- 1990-84/5
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
- type:
- cell freezer
- credit:
- MRC Common Cold Unit
