Controlling texture of filamentous fungi
Years active: 2021Learn about Dr. Leonie Johanna Jahn’s research to control the texture of filamentous fungi for mycelium-based whole-cut meats at DTU Biosustain.
Seafood
Low-cost differentiation medium for seafood
Years active: 2021Learn about Dr. Rees’s research to develop low-cost differentiation media for cultivated seafood at Defined Bioscience.
Turning mushrooms into fish
Years active: 2021Learn about Dr. Olga Lucia Mondragon-Bernal’s research to biomimic fish fillets with fungal proteins at Federal University of Lavras (UFLA).
Advanced Atlantic halibut cell lines
Years active: 2025This project creates commercially-relevant halibut cell lines that are serum-free and suspension-adapted, supported by AI-guided media optimization.
Southern flounder muscle cell line
Years active: 2025This project will develop a southern flounder muscle cell line for cultivated seafood, optimized for suspension culture and serum-free media.
On-chip lobster cell immortalization
Years active: 2025This project uses microfluidic chips and chaotic bioprinting to develop cell lines for safe, cruelty-free, and sustainable cultivated lobster meat.
Sunflower byproducts for sustainable food
Years active: 2024This project uses sustainable processing to transform sunflower meal into a protein-rich, eco-friendly ingredient for human food.
Seaweed proteins for cultivated meat (SeaToMeat)
Years active: 2024This project generates low-cost, high-performance hydrolysates from seaweed proteins for cell culture media to support cultivated meat production.
Upcycling wheat bran for fermentation
Years active: 2024This project called Wheat-UP will upcycle wheat bran into new ingredients for hybrid foods using oils from yeast and mycelium protein biomass.
Cost-effective meat-like protein production
Years active: 2024New protein extraction processes will be developed for yeast-based meat proteins to reduce costs and negative environmental impact.
