Benefits of Tissue Culture
Disease Free
Pathogen screening to ensure healthiest starter material
Increased Vigor
Clean, juvenile vegetative material promotes higher yields
Genetic Banking
Safely store your most prized cultivars
Reduced Loss
Starting with pathogen-tested, screened material reduces loss to disease and viral infections
Greater Control
Greater production menu flexibility through genetic storage and full knowledge of plant history within your operations
Innovation Opportunities
A controlled environment and rapid multiplication of isolated samples lends itself to R&D opportunities to push your organization's envelope
OUR SERVICES
LAB BUILD ADVISEMENT
ASEPTIC TRAINING
CULTURE ESTABLISHMENT
When designing a lab to incorporate into your operations, cleanliness should be considered one of the most important factors. We provide expert guidance on lab location, floorplan, materials, and equiptment to meet your goals
Proficient aseptic technique in lab practices and plant material handling is the foundation of every tissue culture laboratory. Hands on training will be provided to technicians and evaluated throughout the course of lab establishment
Understanding the stages of culture establishment is vital to your continued success. Your customized protocols will include instruction on:
Stock Plant Management
Selection of Explant Material
Screening and Pathogen Testing
Culture Media Formulation
Initiation
Multiplication
Rooting
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PROTOCOL DEVELOPEMENT
Tissue Culture SOP's and Training materials tailored to your organization's goals for future technician training and referral
Meet your Advisor
Rinnie is a highly experienced plant biologist with an extensive background in advanced tissue culture techniques and laboratory management. Having studied under Dr. Michael Kane for her Undergraduate career at University of Florida, she assisted in successfully eradicating viruses from commercially relevant species through meristem dissections and was awarded for her contributions to endangered species conservation using tissue culture techniques by the Society for Invitro Biology (SIVB). After graduating with honors she went on to pursue her Masters of Science in Plant Biology and Conservation at Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden.
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After completing her studies, Rinnie led Ball Horticulture's HQ tissue culture lab, servicing ornamental customers across 5 continents. Here, she developed her specialty, building Ball's Clean Stock Department, spearheading contamination reduction R&D initiatives, and served on the committee for the design and build of their new Tissue Culture Headquarters in Chicago.
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Rinnie has since been in the Cannabis industry, holding production and R&D department management roles for the largest tissue culture provider of Cannabis plants in the United States. Here, she pioneered their clean stock, initiations, and genetic storage protocols, helping their continued success and expansion.
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Rinnie is passionate about making science accessible. Through Micro Cultura, she addresses the industry's need for true high-quality teaching of reliable tissue culture protocols for breeders, growers, nurseries, and existing tissue culture laboratories, putting ownership of the highest plant quality in their own hands.
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Affiliations
Society for Invitro Biology
Botanical Society of America
American Society of Plant Biologists
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