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. 2020 Dec 1;1(3):100190. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2020.100190
Reagent Stock Concentration Final Concentration Volume
Base N2 medium (store at 4°C)

DMEM:F-12 n/a n/a 490.5 mL
Glucose n/a 0.75 g/500 mL n/a
β-Mercaptoethanol 55 mM 55 μM 500 μL
Primocin n/a 1:500 1 mL
N2 supplement B (add after filtration step with .22um CA filter) n/a 1:100 5 mL
Total 50 0mL

N2 Medium + Small molecules (store at 4°C)

Base N2 medium n/a n/a 100 mL
BDNF 100 μg/mL 10 ng/mL 10 μL
NT3 100 μg/mL 10 ng/mL 10 μL
Laminin 1 mg/mL 200 ng/mL 20 μL
Doxycycline 100 mg/mL 2 μg/mL 2 μL
Total 100 mL

Sodium/pyruvate mixture for iN media (store at 4°C)

Neurobasal-A n/a n/a 20 mL
Glucose n/a 500 mM 1.8 g
Sodium pyruvate n/a 1 M 2.21 g
Total n/a n/a 20 mL

iN media for maintenance (store at 4°C)

Neurobasal-A n/a n/a 97 mL
B27 supplement with vitamin A 50× 2 mL
Glutamax 100× 1 mL
Glucose/sodium pyruvate mixture (100×) 100× 5 mM glucose/10 mM sodium pyruvate 1 mL
BDNF 100 μg/mL 10 ng/mL 10 μL
NT3 100 μg/mL 10 ng/mL 10 μL
Doxycycline 100 mg/mL 2 μg/mL 2 μL
Total n/a n/a 100 mL

High FGF Astrocyte media for first stage maintenance (store at 4°C)

N2 base media n/a n/a 88mL
FBS n/a 10% 10mL
B27 with vitamin A 50× 2mL
FGF-2 20 μg/mL 20 ng/mL 100 μL
EGF 20 μg/mL 20 ng/mL 100 μL
Total n/a n/a 100 mL

Low FGF Astrocyte media for second stage maintenance (store at 4°C)

N2 base media n/a n/a 88 mL
FBS n/a 10% 10 mL
B27 with vitamin A 50× 2 mL
FGF-2 20 μg/mL 5 ng/mL 25 μL
Total n/a n/a 100 mL

Base RPMI media for CMP differentiation (store at 4°C)

Corning 500 mL RPMI 1640 n/a n/a 97.6 mL
Glutamine 200 mM 2 mM 1 mL
Penicillin/streptomycin n/a 1:1,000 100 μL
MTG n/a 400 μM 300 μL
Ascorbic acid 5 mg/mL 50 μg/mL 1 mL
Total n/a n/a 100 mL

Base SP34 media for CMP differentiation (store at 4°C)

StemPro-34 SFM (1×) n/a n/a 97.6 mL
Glutamine 200 mM 2 mM 1 mL
Penicillin/streptomycin n/a 1:1,000 100 μL
MTG n/a 400 μM 300 μL
Ascorbic acid 5 mg/mL 50 μg/mL 1 mL
Total n/a n/a 100 mL

Base SFD media for CMP differentiation (store at 4°C)

IMDM n/a 75% 75 mL
HAMS F-12 n/a 25% 25 mL
N2-supplement n/a 1:200 500 μL
B27 supplement w/0 retinoic acid n/a 1:100 1 mL
10% BSA in PBS n/a 1:200 500 μL
Glutamine 200 mM 2 mM 1 mL
Penicillin/streptomycin n/a 1:1,000 100 μL
MTG n/a 400 μM 300 μL
Ascorbic acid 5 mg/mL 50 μg/mL 1 mL
Total n/a n/a 104.4 mL

iMg media for differentiation and maintenance (store at 4°C)

HyClone RPMI 1640 media n/a n/a 45 mL
Characterized Fetal Bovine Serum, US Origin n/a 10% 5 mL
Recombinant Human IL-34 Protein 100 μg/mL 100 ng/mL 50 μL
M-CSF Recombinant Human Protein 25 μg/mL 25 ng/mL 50 μL
Recombinant Human TGF-β1 50 μg/mL 50 ng/mL 50 μL
Pen/Strep n/a 1:1,000 50 μL
Total n/a n/a 50 mL