Muscle-like structures from pulse proteins
Learn about Dr. Zata Vickers’s research to develop muscle-like structures from pulse proteins to improve the texture of plant-based meat.
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Microstructure engineering
Learn about GFI grantee Dr. Mario Martinez’s work at the University of Guelph engineering microstructures for whole-muscle plant-based meat.
Deep dive: Cultivated meat scaffolding
Learn about scaffolding materials and methods for cultivated meat.
Optimizing media for chicken cells
Learn about Dr. David Block’s work to perfect growth media for cultivated chicken at University of California, Davis.
Making muscle cells
Learn about Dr. Ori Bar-Nur’s research to convert bovine and porcine fibroblasts into proliferative myogenic progenitor cells at ETH Zurich.
Deep dive: Cultivated meat bioprocess design
Learn about the bioprocess design parameters critical to the development of cultivated meat.
Deep dive: Cultivated meat cell lines
Learn about the cell lines that are important for cultivated meat production.
Machine learning for fish growth media
Learn about Dr. Reza Ovissipour’s research using machine learning to optimize growth media for fish cells at Virginia Tech.
Plant-based egg alternatives: Optimizing for functional properties and applications
Liz Specht, Ph.D.Learn about considerations for developing new plant-based egg alternatives and incorporating egg alternatives into a variety of food products.
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Research funding database
James Dale, Ph.D.GFI’s research funding database provides curated grant opportunities for open-access alternative protein research.
