The 3D Petri Dish®: Scaffold-Free 3D Cell Culture
The 3D Petri Dish® enables researchers to create hundreds of uniform spheroids and microtissues in a single pipetting step — no scaffold, no animal products, just cells.
Why Researchers Choose the 3D Petri Dish®
Uniform Spheroids
Hundreds of uniformly sized spheroids formed in one pipetting step for reproducible, high-throughput experiments.
Scaffold-Free
Cell-to-cell adhesion drives natural self-assembly. No synthetic scaffolds to alter cell physiology or confound results.
Reusable & Affordable
Autoclavable micro-molds fit standard 12- and 24-well dishes. Save thousands compared to consumable alternatives.
Imaging-Ready
Spheroids settle on the same optical plane for easy, high-content microscopy without repositioning.
Featured in Leading Journals
Selected highlights from over 457 publications in Nature, Science, Cell, and more.
3D Bioprinted Breast Cancer‐Stroma Model with Tailored Migration‐Permissive Bioink Reveals Impact of Adipose‐Derived Stromal Cells on Cancer Cell Migration and Invasion Dynamics
Published in Advanced Healthcare Materials (2026), this peer-reviewed study used 3D Petri Dish® micro-molds to form scaffold-free 3D microtissues. Full citation: Stecher, Sabrina, ...
Read More →3D cortical microtissue with innate microglia for studying real-time cell behavior across maturation and inflammatory response
Published in bioRxiv (2026), this peer-reviewed study used 3D Petri Dish® micro-molds to form scaffold-free 3D microtissues. Full citation: Del Toro, Alexander, et al. 3D cortical ...
Read More →A human cardiomyocyte-based cellular model mimicking cardiac ischemia
Published in American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology (2026), this peer-reviewed study used 3D Petri Dish® micro-molds to form scaffold-free 3D microtissues. Full citation: V...
Read More →A statistically rigorous multi-scale texture analysis framework for 3D spheroid characterization: temporal autocorrelation correction and molecular validation
Published in Scientific Reports (2026), this peer-reviewed study used 3D Petri Dish® micro-molds to form scaffold-free 3D microtissues. Full citation: Regassa, Daniel G., et al. A ...
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The 3D Cell Culture Technology
The 3D Petri Dish® is the natural 3D cell culture environment that is scaffold-free and maximizes cell-to-cell interactions. When cells are seeded onto the 3D Petri Dish®, cell-to-cell adhesion drives self-assembly of the 3D microtissue, typically in 1–2 days.
- ✓ Make hundreds of spheroids of uniform size in a single pipetting step
- ✓ Control spheroid size precisely
- ✓ Image an array of spheroids on the same optical plane
- ✓ Form spheroids of two different cell types
- ✓ Grow spheroids from single cell clones
- ✓ Harvest spheroids for RT-PCR and Western Blots without enzymes
- ✓ Form microtissues in complex shapes for novel applications
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