The National Institute of Biology was proud to host Michael John Burgum, PhD, a researcher from Swan – Swansea University – UK.

The purpose of the visit to NIB was to acquire the theoretical and practical knowledge of HepG2 liver spheroid tissue culture using Bioreactors over a 21-day period. Given the time to culture these tissues far exceeded the length of the stay an agenda was planned by the staff at NIB which would allow me to see and partake in crucial or key steps in the process of culturing, exposure, and harvest of the spheroids. It was also important for us to see how the comet assay is conducted on these models as it will feature heavily in the upcoming deliverables of the CutCancer project.