Quality Media for Research & Teaching

We are a media kitchen preparing agar plates, fly food, and supplies for the scientific community.

HolFast Media

A Chemically-Defined Medium for Fly Research

Chemically Defined: total control over every nutrient
Customizable: tailor amino acids, sterols, vitamins, or sugar level
Three gelling agents to choose from: Agar, Agarose, and Low Melting Agarose

Reference: A Drosophila holidic diet optimized for growth and development. Sorge¹, Victor Girard¹, Lena Lampe¹, Vanessa Tixier^2,4, Alexandra Weaver³, Theresa Higgins³, Alex P. Gould^1,5.
Developmental Cell, Volume 60, Issue 11, 9 June 2025.

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