cell concentrations - (Nov/11/2009 )
I am having some problems with determing the cells concentration.
To start i have some cells with a concentration of 9.7 x107/ml.
I took 2ml of these cells and added 1ml of media to them.
What is the concentration?
If i then take iml of the above diluted cells and add a further 0.5ml of media what is the concentration of these cells now?
jay
jsnts on Nov 11 2009, 09:35 PM said:
I took 2ml of these cells and added 1ml of media to them.
What is the concentration?
(9.7 x 10^7 cells times 2) divided by 3 ml.
jsnts on Nov 11 2009, 09:35 PM said:
((9.7 x 10^7 cells times 2) divided by 3 ml) divided by 1.5 ml.
jsnts on Nov 11 2009, 06:35 PM said:
To start i have some cells with a concentration of 9.7 x107/ml.
I took 2ml of these cells and added 1ml of media to them.
What is the concentration?
If i then take iml of the above diluted cells and add a further 0.5ml of media what is the concentration of these cells now?
jay
C1V1=C2V2 is your friend here!
(9.7*10^7)(2)=(C2)(3)
C2=6.5*10^7
Then do your next calculation from that.
@ microgirl.. thx.. this was easy to do.
@ Homebrew : I havent understood how have you calculated this below ? Can you explain me please, more importantly the second calculation. I haent understood it. Thank you
QUOTE (jsnts @ Nov 11 2009, 09:35 PM)
To start i have some cells with a concentration of 9.7 x107/ml.
I took 2ml of these cells and added 1ml of media to them.
What is the concentration?
(9.7 x 10^7 cells times 2) divided by 3 ml.
QUOTE (jsnts @ Nov 11 2009, 09:35 PM)
If i then take iml of the above diluted cells and add a further 0.5ml of media what is the concentration of these cells now?
((9.7 x 10^7 cells times 2) divided by 3 ml) divided by 1.5 ml.
jasmine0507 on Feb 25 2010, 03:11 PM said:
Your original concentration is 9.7 x 10^7 cells per ml. You took 2 ml of that, thus you now have 9.7 x 10^7 times 2, or 1.94 x 10^8 cells. You added 1 ml of media to them, so now the 1.94 x 10^8 cells are in 3 ml of volume, thus the concentration in cells per ml is 1.94 x 10^8 cells divided by 3 ml, or 6.47 x 10^7 cells per ml.
Using similar reasoning for the second step, you start with 1 ml of a culture at 6.47 x 10^7 cells per ml (arrived at above, by solving (9.7 x 10^7 cells times 2) divided by 3 ml), and add 0.5 ml of media to that. Thus, you now have 6.47 x 10^7 cells in 1.5 ml of volume, and the concentration is 6.47 x 10^7 cells divided by 1.5 ml, or 4.31 x 10^7 cells per ml.