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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Vis Exp. 2022 May 18;(183):10.3791/63189. doi: 10.3791/63189

Table 2: Recipe for making supplemented Schneider’s media (SSM).

The table lists the volume of all ingredients required for preparing 5 mL of SSM.

Ingredient (starting concentration) To make 5 mL Final concentration
Schneider’s Drosophila media 3.89 mL
Fetal bovine Serum (100%) 500 μL 10%
Glutamine (200 mM) 500 μL 20 mM
Penicillin (5000 units/mL),
Streptomycin (50,000 μg/mL)
100 μL 1000 U/mL Pen, 1 mg/mL Strep
Insulin (10 mg/mL) 10 μL 0.02 mg/mL
glutathione (50 mg/mL) 5 μL 0.05 mg/mL
In a sterile hood, using sterile technique, add all ingredients together in a 14 mL conical tube. Place it on ice until use.