The Challenge
Tissue culture operations depend on precise tracking of batches, growth stages, subculture schedules, and protocols. Paper logs meant that tracing a problem back to its source — a specific batch, protocol, or technician — was slow and error-prone, and lab inventory was tracked separately from the batches that consumed it.
The Solution
We built a dedicated Tissue Culture Management System that tracks every batch through its full lifecycle — growth stage, protocol followed, subculture schedule, and the lab inventory consumed — with full traceability from raw material to finished batch.
The Results
Lab staff can now trace any batch's complete history in seconds instead of cross-referencing paper logbooks. Subculture scheduling is automatic rather than manually tracked, and inventory usage is tied directly to the batches that consumed it, giving accurate consumption data for the first time.
We can finally answer "which batch, which protocol, which technician" for anything in the lab — instantly, not after an afternoon of searching through logbooks.
— Lab Operations, TiCi NatureLab