Advice to Scientists

Incorporating Authentication into Everyday Culture Practice

This document takes the most important things a scientist needs to know about authenticating cell lines and squeezes that information into two pages for quick and easy reference.

Download the latest version of the document here (updated 9 January 2014).

The document summarizes what you need to consider when:

• Planning a project or grant application
• Initiating work on a new project
• Initiating new cell lines
• Freezing down stocks.
• Determining minimum requirements for testing human and non-human cell lines.