How do set up a small Microbiology Lab for a small start up cosmetic company.?
June 6, 2010 by BiotechSector.com
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what do you want to do with microbes related to cosmetics???
you will need some mega cash!
You will need to hire an experienced microbiologist to do this.
It will probably require an initial investment of 100,000 to a million dollars depending on your facilities. After the lab is set up you need to validate your equipment and compose a set of standard operating procedures.
It would probably be cheaper to outsource your micro testing. QA testing lab companies will have their own validated methods, a staff of microbiologists, and (in some cases) they’ll even pick up your samples right from your processing facility.
Some of the equipment you’ll need are an incubator and an autoclave as well as smaller things like a bunsen burner, spiral plater . . . . . You’ll also need alot of disposables like petri dishes, media, pipettes, . . . . Most importantly you need to have microbiology knowledge about how to plate things out and identify colonies. You need a corner that can be somewhat partitioned off and kept clean and free from air currents that might bring in aerosol contamination. I started my initial micro lab for several hundred dollars buying things from eBay.