Cell culture molecular biology primarily involves cultures of cells on flat plastic dishes. This technique is known as two-dimensional (2D) cell culture, and was first developed by Wilhelm Roux who, in 1885, removed a portion of the medullary plate of an embryonic chicken and maintained it in warm saline for several days on a flat glass plate. From the advance of polymer technology arose today's standard plastic dish for 2D cell culture, commonly known as the Petri dish. Julius Richard Petri, a German bacteriologist, is generally credited with this invention while working as an assistant to Robert Koch. Various researchers today also
Stars of the Lid the duo of McBride and Wiltzie steadily continued with "Gravitational Pull vs. the Desire for an Aquatic Life" in 1996, "The Ballasted Orchestra" in 1997, "Per Aspera Ad Astra" in 1998, and "Avec Laudenum" in 1999, as well as the limited edition EP "Maneuvering the Nocturnal Hum" and a split single with Windsor for the Derby, both in 1998. Stars of the Lid then released their first double album, "The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid", in late October 2001. Nearly six years later, the duo released their second double album, "And Their Refinement of the Decline", in April