CLS Cell Lines Service was founded in 1998 in order to support the scientific community with respect to conserve cell lines. This cell bank (cell repository) covers about 700 cell lines, which have been isolated from various tissues, tumors and species, with the focus on human cell lines. Every year new cell lines are included into the cell bank, mostly by licensing in or by new cooperation. Additionally, due to the conservation and quality control of the cell lines we have extended our skills to offer a couple of services such as mycoplasma testing or cell line authentications. Furthermore, CLS manufactures products out of the cell lines i.e. genomic DNA, RNA, whole cell lysates and snap frozen cell pellets.
Our mission is to support the scientists who are working in the Life Sciences, Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Medical Diagnostics in the daily routine using cell cultures.