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. 2017 Apr 14;(122):55315. doi: 10.3791/55315
Solution Component
1x PBS Dilute 10x PBS with autoclaved water
NSC medium 2 mL 50x B27
1 mL 100x N2
1 mL 200 mM L-glutamine
1 mL 100x Pen/Strep
FGF-basic (human bFGF) (Stock solution 25 ng/mL in Neurobasal medium): 20 ng/mL or 2 mg total for 100 mL media
EGF (Stock solution 25 ng/mL in Neurobasal medium): 20 ng/mL or 2 mg total for 100 mL media 
95 mL basal medium
Human FGF-basic (human bFGF) 1 mL basal medium to commercial human bFGF 25 μg bottle
Store in sterile microtubes in -20 °C or lower. Use a single 80 μL aliquot or 2 μg/100 mL NSC media.
EGF Add 8 mL basal medium to commercial EGF 20 μg bottle
Store as sterile microtubes in -20 °C or lower. Use a single 80 μg aliquot/100 mL media.
Stopping medium 1 mL FBS
75 U Dnase I (75 U/uL in PBS)
9 mL PBS
Serum medium 1 mL FBS
9 mL Basal medium
Freezing medium 4 mL DMSO
24 mL basal medium
12 mL 30% FBS
Differentiation medium 90 mL basal medium
5 mL 5% FBS
1 mL 100x Pen/Strep
1 mL 200 mM L-glutamine
1 mL 100x N2
2 mL 50x B27
FGF-basic (human bFGF) (Stock solution of 25 ng/mL in Neurobasal medium): 10 ng/mL or 1 mg total for 100 mL
Starvation medium 95 mL basal medium
1 mL 100x Pen/Strep
1 mL 200 mM L-glutamine
1 mL 100x N2
2 mL 50x B27