Automated Bioreactor Cell Seeding and Harvesting Tool
June 18, 2026XDemics Corporation Engineering, 2025–26
Liaison(s): Colin Cook, Gabriel Zwillinger ’24, Nicholas Scianmarello
Advisor(s): Angie Lee ’05
Students(s): Joshua Heinstein (TL-S), Andrew Williams (TL-S), Leilani Elkaslasy (TL-F), Erin Wang (TL-F), Emma Angel, Jonathan Tabb (S), Tiffany Nguyen (F), Alexa Rosenberg (F)
XDemics is revolutionizing the way cells are grown with their high-density cell respiration (HDCR) bioreactors, enabling linear growth scaling from small lab experiments to mass production. To further improve this process, the XDemics Clinic team designed, prototyped and tested a system to fully automate cell seeding, growth and harvesting. This integration will significantly reduce clean-room technician time and minimize contamination risks, resulting in safer, more efficient biological experimentation.