cell banking

IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/CellBanking

Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/biopharma/ManufacturingExecution/

SubClass Of: storage process

Class Hierarchy

owl:Thing β€Ί bfo:entity β€Ί bfo:occurrent β€Ί bfo:process β€Ί planned process β€Ί storage process β€Ί cell banking

Definition

storage process of preserving and maintaining cell lines for future use

Explanatory Notes

1) It ensures a reliable, consistent, and well-characterized source of cells, reducing the need for constant cell culture and mitigating risks associated with genetic drift or contamination. 2) Examples of future use include research, drug development, and manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals

Examples

  • establishing a master cell bank by freezing aliquots of a cloned HEK293 cell line under GMP conditions; banking the Vero cell line in cryopreservation medium supplemented with DMSO and storing it in vapor-phase liquid nitrogen for future vaccine manufacturing; banking a hybridoma cell line after single-cell cloning and characterization to preserve monoclonal antibody production capability

Primitive Class

This class is declared primitive and it does not have necessary and sufficient condiftions defined.

Primitive Rationale

Insufficient constructs are present to create a set of necessary and sufficient conditions

Formal Axioms

First-Order Logic Axioms

CellBankingProcess(x) β†’ StorageProcess(x) ∧ βˆƒy (CellLine(y) ∧ hasParticipantAtSomeTime(x, y)) ∧ βˆƒz (RecipeProcessOperation(z) ∧ prescribedBy(x, z))

Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms

if x is a β€˜cell banking process’ then x is a β€˜storage process’ that β€˜has participant at some time’ some β€˜cell line’ and is β€˜prescribed by’ some β€˜recipe process operation’ `

Description Logic

SubClassOf: constr:StorageProcess

SubClassOf: bfo:has_participant_at_some_time some constr:CellLine

SubClassOf: constr:prescribedBy some constr:RecipeProcessOperation


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