Cultured Meat in Academia Andrew Stout PhD candidate – Tufts University department of Biomedical engineering New Harvest Fellow

Academia & Industry: aligned but separate Build foundation Train talent Apply foundation (currently medicine) Optimize production 1 Publish findings Federal role in development Patent inventions & establish IP Federal role in regulation 2 Future innovations (gen. 1, 2, 3…) “Collateral” advancement (medicine & food science) Find challenges & market-drivers Develop connected cellular agricultural economies 3

Realizing the potential of cultured meat Design constraints Animal free & scalable Edible MATERIALS CORE BIOLOGY MATERIALS Scaled production Low cost inputs PROCESS PROCESS Understanding animal tissue Understanding input  output (growth, flavor, nutrition) CORE BIOLOGY New Harvest: https://www.new-harvest.org

Realizing the potential of cultured meat Design constraints Projected Impact of Cultured Meat Animal free & scalable Edible MATERIALS Scaled production Low cost inputs PROCESS Understanding animal tissue Understanding input  output (growth, flavor, nutrition) CORE BIOLOGY Environ. Sci. Technol.  45, 14, 6117-6123