The present invention provides an apparatus for temporal immersion cell culture comprising: A first container for holding culture media; A second container for holding the culturing cells; At least, one tube that connects a port in the first container to a port in the second container; and, A mechanism to move cyclically the containers up and down wherein the culture media on the first container migrates by gravity to the second container when the first container is in a position higher than the second container, and wherein the culture media migrates back by gravity from the second container to the first container when the first container is in a position lower than the second container; and wherein the first container moves independently from the second container.