Capricorn Scientific – Advancing Cell Culture. Empowering Biopharma.
Your German manufacturer of cell culture media, reagents, and bioprocess solutions.
From research to commercial production. Scalable solutions for upstream and downstream processes.

ISO 9001 Certified. cGMP-Compliant Manufacturing. Made in Germany.

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Gloved hands pipetting red cell culture medium into a flask inside a biosafety cabinet, with a Capricorn Scientific Penicillin/Streptomycin bottle placed on the stainless steel bench.

Should You Use Antibiotics in Cell Culture?

August 4, 2025

Learn when antibiotics help protect your cells—and when they can distort results. Includes risks, best practices, and a quick-reference chart for common contaminants.

Learn when antibiotics help protect your cells—and when they can distort results. Includes risks, best practices, and a quick-reference chart for common contaminants.

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Production at a New Level

  • 6.5 Mio. Euro investment
  • 15 months construction time
  • 1,350 sqm large area
  • Over 40 new work places
  • 3 prod.uction lines: Serum, Medium & Powder

Your Partner in Cell Culture

  • First-class cell culture products
  • Worldwide supply
  • ISO-certified German manufacturer
  • Comprehensive regulatory standards

Fetal Bovine Sera, Other Sera & Serum Alternatives

Our bioprocessing and cell culture serum products are produced and tested for use in a wide range of mammalian cell culture applications.

We offer a broad variety of specialty sera and serum alternatives:

Choose Capricorn Scientific – choose reliability, consistent quality and innovative solutions for your cell culture applications.

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Our Powder Portfolio
Scale-Up requires reliability.

For extended shelf life, flexible storage, and smooth scale up, our powder media are the right choice.
Our powder media are manufactured under cGMP conditions for stable performance from small-scale applications to biopharmaceutical production.

  • Excellent solubility and stability through state-of-the-art milling
    and blending technologies
  • Standard and customized formulations with broad documentation
  • Seamless scale-up: powdered and liquid equivalents are derived from
    the same raw materials

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Why Us?

  • Your partner in cell culture

We are a company dedicated to cell culture. Our specialists offer their experience to support your research.

  • Fast and efficient order processing

Secured just-in-time delivery due to short administrative channels and good knowledge of product quality, stability and delivery condition.

  • Competence, commitment, and improvement

Our ISO 9001:2015 Certification means that we are regularly audited and certified by an independent organization to continuously improve our quality system and our standards, processes, and products.

  • Customized production and development

We design your media according to your recipe or create innovative solutions that can improve the performance and efficiency of your specific processes.

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