Different cell lines can have different sizes and growth properties that will affect the accuracy of this estimate, but it can serve as a starting point to guide experimental design.
1. Cell number for indicated confluence levels
Culture format |
Area (cm2) |
100% |
30% |
20% |
10-cm dish |
78 |
1×107 |
3×106 |
2×106 |
T75 flask |
75 |
1×107 |
3×106 |
2×106 |
35-mm dish |
9.6 |
1.2×106 |
3.6×105 |
2.4×105 |
6-well plate |
9.6 |
1.2×106 |
3.6×105 |
2.4×105 |
12-well plate |
3.5 |
4.3×105 |
1.3×105 |
8.6×104 |
24-well plate |
1.9 |
2.4×105 |
7.2×104 |
4.8×104 |
96-well plate |
0.32 |
4×104 |
1.2×104 |
8×103 |
8-well ibidi chamber |
1 |
1.3×105 |
3.9×104 |
2.5×104 |
2. Cheat sheet for 8-well ibidi chamber seeding
Cells / mL |
µL for 10% |
20% |
30% |
50% |
100% |
5×105 |
25 |
50 |
75 |
125 |
250 |
6×105 |
21 |
42 |
63 |
104 |
208 |
7×105 |
18 |
36 |
54 |
89 |
179 |
8×105 |
16 |
31 |
47 |
78 |
156 |
9×105 |
14 |
28 |
42 |
69 |
139 |
1×106 |
13 |
25 |
38 |
63 |
125 |
1.1×106 |
11 |
23 |
34 |
57 |
114 |
1.2×106 |
10 |
21 |
31 |
52 |
104 |
1.3×106 |
10 |
19 |
29 |
48 |
96 |
1.4×106 |
8.9 |
18 |
27 |
45 |
89 |
1.5×106 |
8.3 |
17 |
25 |
42 |
83 |
1.6×106 |
7.8 |
16 |
23 |
39 |
78 |
1.7×106 |
7.4 |
15 |
22 |
37 |
74 |
1.8×106 |
6.9 |
14 |
21 |
35 |
69 |
1.9×106 |
6.6 |
13 |
20 |
33 |
66 |
2×106 |
6.3 |
13 |
19 |
31 |
63 |