| | Hello Paige,
For the past year, I’ve been running the cellular agriculture Science Engine, a partnership between Robert Downey Jr.’s FootPrint Coalition, Experiment.com, and New Harvest.
Science Engine is a new style of funding research. It’s a combination of fast grants and crowdfunding, with each focus area spearheaded by Science Leads who have a unique vantage point in their field.
Science Engine just won a Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year, for Science and Innovation Management, and we’re so happy to be part of its inaugural run. It’s important that we seek novel ways to fund science and technology for the public good. As I’ve witnessed managing our Fellowship Program and other grantee programs - so much of a technology’s impact is dictated by the way funding is deployed.
I’m honored to be sharing the first Cellular Agriculture Science Engine grantee that we’ve supported through this innovative program. |
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Lindsey Huff, Rosalyn D. Abbott, Adam W. Feinberg
Carnegie Mellon University The goal of this project is to demonstrate the feasibility of using 3D printing to make a high-end cut of cultured meat. Lindsey is modeling the meat after Wagyu steak, among the most sought-after meats in the world, first studying its unique fat and muscle marbling with image analysis. Next, the Wagyu structure will be 3D printed from bovine fat and muscle cells using the FRESH 3D printing technique and an edible alginate bioink. The final printed steak will be characterized and tasted to see just how close it is to Wagyu! Figure 1. Confocal microscopy visualizing the marbling structure of Wagyu. Green represents fat cells and red represents muscle cells. |
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We’re thrilled to be supporting this project alongside a global community of over 50 enthusiastic crowdfunders.
If you would like to send questions, thoughts, or words of encouragement to the lead researcher, Lindsey, she can be reached at lkh...@andrew.cmu.edu
And - if you’re seeking funding for cell ag projects - there’s still $21,837 left to distribute! Send in your applications and join this group of cell ag innovators.
Don’t hesitate to ask questions about the program or let me know of your interest.
Talk soon, |
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