caa a22 4500 606165177 CHVBK 20210128100652.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10502-013-9213-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10502-013-9213-x Acker Amelia Department of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, GSE&IS Building, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Box 951520, 90095, Los Angeles, CA, USA aut How cells became records: standardization and infrastructure in tissue culture [Elektronische Daten] [Amelia Acker] This article follows the history of tissue culture through its standardization as a technology, instrument, and ubiquitous object of reference for scientists working with cells. It identifies how human cells are established as cell lines and become records. As information infrastructure, cell lines have consequences for key archival concepts that rely on narratives of origin, bodies, and recorded information. The article contributes to a theory of the record by looking at cells in functional contexts of tissue culture, from the establishment of reference lines to the identification of cross-culture contamination, to their storage and dissemination. It puts forth a theory of the biorecord by examining acts of formalization in the standardization of scientific recordkeeping in biotechnology. The paper speaks to archival studies of scientific recordkeeping and argues for an expansion of research that examines nonprototypical records in functional contexts of creation, use, and processes of standardization. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Biorecord nationallicence Cell lines nationallicence Infrastructure nationallicence Tissue culture nationallicence Archival Science Springer Netherlands 15/1(2015-03-01), 1-24 1389-0166 15:1<1 2015 15 10502 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10502-013-9213-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10502-013-9213-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Acker Amelia Department of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, GSE&IS Building, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Box 951520, 90095, Los Angeles, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archival Science Springer Netherlands 15/1(2015-03-01), 1-24 1389-0166 15:1<1 2015 15 10502