Parallel cell processing method and facility

A method for parallel processing of a plurality of biological cellular samples comprising:

• i) transferring a plurality of cellular samples (S1 to Sn) to a first processing unit (U1) comprising a plurality of processing stations (P1/1 to P1/n);
• ii) processing in parallel said plurality of the cellular samples (S1 to Sn) on the processing stations (P1/1 to P1/n) to produce a first plurality of processed cellular samples (S1/1 to Sn/1);
• iii) transferring said first plurality of processed cellular samples (S1/1 to Sn/1) to a second processing unit (U2) containing a plurality of processing stations (P2/1 to P2/n);
• and
• v) processing in parallel each of said first plurality of processed cellular samples (S1/1 to Sn/1) on a processing station (P2/1 to P2/n) to produce a second plurality of processed cellular samples (S1/2 to Sn/2);
• wherein in step ii) the processing of the plurality cellular samples (S1 to Sn) on the processing stations (P1/1 to P1/n) of the first processing unit (U1) comprises varying at least one processing instruction between at least two of the processing stations (P1/1 to P1/n), wherein each of said plurality of processing stations (P1/1 to P1/n) performs a process which is the same type of process, wherein the process is selected from the group consisting of cell isolation, cell concentration, cell culture, cell expansion, cell transduction, and cell formulation.