Gemini Bio-Products founder recognized early on in the 1980’s
that the cell culture industry would continue to play an integral
role in medical research and development. Our emerging company’s
focus and niche was- and still is- producing consistent, high
quality products, coupled with exceptional, personalized service
to our clients. The company began operations in Southern
California (Calabasas) in 1985, with marketing activities
targeting the research and bio-tech community between San Diego
and San Francisco. As a result of our success and positive
feedback from our customer base the company consistently
expanded the sales force to be able to service the entire U.S. In
2012, a sales force of fifteen and an international distribution
network serves cell culture laboratories world-wide. By 1999, the
company moved its operation to Northern California (Woodland) to
more effectively service the demand for its products. An
additional expansion to a 14,000 square foot manufacturing
facility in West Sacramento, its current headquarters, in 2006.
Gemini has consistently been able to provide a high level of
service throughout its 26 year history. Samples and orders are
often processed and shipped the same day they are requested
enabling the customer to receive next-day service. Additionally,
the personalized touch, as we have grown, has been maintained.
The Gemini Sales staff visits clients on a regular basis to
personally interact with them to mutually determine how best
their need can be met. Gemini is proud of what we uniquely offer:
competitively priced products, extensively tested and proven to
be of high quality over the last 26 years, combined with
exceedingly unbeatable service within our industry. We invite you
to experience Gemini and look forward to serving you.
How could your cells be optimized for Gibco FBS – unless you have
been using the same lot all these years? Every time the lot
changes, you have a new serum. Hundreds of different
fetuses from different collection sites, go into making each new
lot – - – the same as with Gemini. Therefore every lot is a
bit different from every other lot. If you look at the
specs for the serum types, Gemini’s specs for each grade of FBS
is much tighter than Gibco’s – so there would be less lot to lot
variations with the Gemini than with the Gibco FBS.
ITS (Insulin, Transferrin, Selenium) is a chemically defined
supplement for a variety of cell culture applications. ITS
supplement contains components which are required for optimal
performance of serum-free media. Supplementation of ITS to
different conventional nutrient media substantially reduces the
FBS requirement for routine maintenance of many cell lines.
Components: Contains 1.0 mg/ml insulin from bovine pancreas, 0.55
mg/ml human transferrin (substantially iron-free), and 0.5 µg/ml
sodium selenite.
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