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Bioreactor catalogue

Know-How & Proprietary Technologies

Kayser’s technological strength lies in the integration of scientific and engineering expertise.

Our multidisciplinary teams work across disciplines to design, develop, and operate complete experimental systems — covering every phase from concept development to in-orbit execution.

What differentiates Kayser is not only hardware capability, but the ability to translate scientific requirements into mission-ready, space-qualified technologies.

Proprietary Experimental Technologies

Over the years, Kayser has developed proprietary bioreactors designed specifically to support the investigations of biological systems inside facility incubators. Bioreactors reduce a laboratory into a hand-sized electromechanical device that allows the autonomous execution of a scientific protocol, being designed to contain the biological sample and all the chemicals required by the experiment.

KEU-MM

Support life and growth of small animals (i.e.

KEU-XE

Algae or small aquatic Metazoa such as Xenopus laevis and Zebra fish.

KEU-RK

Culturing microbial biofilm on rocks.

KEU-OC

Study of bone cells (suitable for histological related studies).

KEU-Y1

Cell culture of non-adherent cells.

KEU-Y2

Cell culture of non-adherent cells on top of agar slab.

KEU-AT

Seed germination and plantlet grow in microgravity.

KEU-BI

Cell culture of bacteria on a membrane.

KEU-BA

Cell culture of bacteria.

KEU-PK

Cell culture of non-adherent cells.

KEU-RO

Cell culture of non-adherent cells.

KEU-ST

Cell culture of adherent cells (i.e.

KEU-SUT

Skin and blood vessel biopsies

KEU-OST

Cell culture of adherent cells (i.e.

KEU-GLI

3D cell culture in suspension in media.

KEU-MC

Cell culture on single 3D structure.

KEU-MC2

Cell culture on 3D structure triplicate.

KEU-BFL

Microbial Biofilms Formation.

Technology for End-to-End Execution

Our technological capability is not limited to hardware development.

We design systems to be safely integrated, certified, launched, and operated in space — ensuring seamless performance across the full experiment lifecycle.

Bioreactors are hosted inside facility incubators. Among them KUBIK is the most used on board the ISS. BioRider is the new facility that will be embarked on board the ESA Space Rider that will provide fast turn-around of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) experiments.

KUBIK

KUBIK is the ESA incubator and cooler permanently installed in the Columbus module of the ISS since 2004, that over the time has been improved by adding data and command communication capabilities, making it a more versatile facility to the final user. The volume of the thermal chamber of KUBIK is around nine litres, used to perform biological experiments in space.

KUBIK allows experiments to operate in the range of 6°C to 38°C. KUBIK accommodates a centrifuge with a settable gravity level between 0.2g to 2g.

Self-contained, automatic experiments can be performed using power provided by the facility. Manually activated hardware, which the crew removes from the KUBIK for operations, can also be used.

From Applications to Infrastructure

Our technologies are developed to transform scientific applications into mission-ready systems. Explore the research domains these systems support and discover the operational facilities where experiments are integrated, qualified, and prepared for orbit.

APPLICATIONS

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