Microtissues®
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The Scaffold-Free 3D Cell Culture Platform

The 3D Petri Dish® enables researchers to create hundreds of uniform spheroids, organoids, and microtissues in a single pipetting step — no synthetic scaffolds, no gels, no animal products.

301+
Peer-Reviewed Papers
20+
Cell Types Validated
100+
Universities Worldwide
81–256
Spheroids Per Well

Why Researchers Choose the 3D Petri Dish®

Uniform Spheroids

Hundreds of identically sized spheroids formed in one pipetting step for reproducible, high-throughput experiments.

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Scaffold-Free

Cell-to-cell adhesion drives natural self-assembly. No synthetic scaffolds to alter cell physiology or confound results.

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Reusable & Affordable

Autoclavable micro-molds fit standard 12- and 24-well dishes. Save thousands compared to consumable alternatives.

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Imaging-Ready

Spheroids settle on the same optical plane for easy, high-content microscopy without repositioning.

Featured in Leading Journals

Selected highlights from over 301 publications in Nature, Science, Cell, and more.

Trusted by Leading Institutions

Columbia University MIT Brown University Baylor College of Medicine Harvard

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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3D Petri Dish micro-mold (12-256)

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