Love:TCMedia:Myeloma

===Formulation of media for Myeloma cells===

This media is for preparing and maintaining myeloma cells used as fusion partners when creating hybridomas.

Base media: Dulbecco’s Modification of Eagle’s Medium: 1X, with 4.5 gm/L Glucose, with L-Glutamine, with Sodium Pyruvate (Mediatech #45000-304)

Supplemented with:

• 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (50 ml) (PAA, ###)
• 50 µM 2-Mercaptoethanol (0.5 ml) (make 50 mM stock in PBS or sterile H₂O, filter sterilize)
• 10 mM HEPES (5 ml) (1:100 of 1M stock, Mediatech #15630-080)
• MEM Non-Essential Amino Acids (5 ml) (1:100 of 100x stock, Mediatech #45000-700)
• Penicillin/Streptomycin (5 ml) (100X aliquots in media prep freezer, Mediatech #45000-652)

Mouse myelomas tested:

• NS-1 (ATCC # )
• SP2/mIL-6 cells (ATCC # CRL-2016)

(Mediatech products distributed through VWR)