New Harvest

Very cool to see this university-backed crowdfunded cultured meat project get off the ground in Italy! The project has the dual goal of increasing the awareness of local research in the field and raising funding to transition technologies developed in human cells into animal cell lines. The reception of this project has already been huge, gathering >200 supporters and reaching the first milestone of 10K euros in just two weeks! You can help this group work towards the more ambitious goal of reaching 40-100K to purchase a lab-scale bioreactor (the more funds, the larger!) to be in a position to demonstrate scale-up feasibility for their approach. Great stuff Alessandro Bertero! Give here: https://lnkd.in/eJBeA-68

Don’t miss this one! Esp students in the arts and social sciences….

??Opportunity for graduate students!! The New Harvest-Culley Carlson Award is designed for students in doctoral programs or other similar level professional degrees (e.g. J.D.), providing financial and professional support to apply your skills to cellular agriculture. Applicants can be from any field of study - we’re interested to see how you think your expertise can contribute to the field of cell ag! Applications are due August 22, 2024 Read more and apply here! https://lnkd.in/gRJMm-_C

Happy birthday New Harvest!!! Today, New Harvest turns 20 years old. ?? While we'd love to tell the story of everything this org has done, let's instead celebrate the individuals who brought New Harvest to where it is today. YOU - all of you - created a new branch of science, created the foundations for a field, and sparked a mission-driven technological revolution. If you want to keep mission of cellular agriculture alive - check out our latest newsletter, send us a birthday donation, and get involved. We're the little org that could. Thank you to: New Harvest's founding directors: Jason Matheny and Vladimir Mironov New Harvest's past and current board members: Dan Phillips, Uma Valeti, MD, Scott Banister, Dane Neller, Karien Bezuidenhout, Caleb Harper, Vince Sewalt, John P., Andras Forgacs, Lejjy G., Donald Gerson, Geoffrey Burt, Zack Storms, Miranda Stahn, Morgan Catalina, Ryan Pandya New Harvest's past and current staff and interns: Gilonne d'Origny, Meera Zassenhaus, Erin Kim, JD, Daan Luining, Michael Selden, Kate Krueger, PhD, Lanto Hariveloniaina, Jeremiah Johnston, Paige Wilcoxson, Michela Caffrey, Emily Soice, Gabrielle Floratos, Morgan Ziegelski, Stephanie Bailey, Bre Duffy, Yadira Tejeda-Saldana, Dwayne Holmes, PhD, Simon Ongom, and Brittany Chambers (We've exceeded maximum mentions, continued in the comments...)

Applications for this very unique and exciting Machine Learning in Cellular Agriculture Residency are due Monday, July 22. Please share with anyone who might be interested!

We are incredibly proud to be collaborating on FEASTS, a massive consortium project which champions responsible and sustainable innovation to help guide the development of cellular agriculture. ?? Congratulations to Dwayne Holmes, PhD for becoming Executive Director of FEASTS!! The hope of FEASTS work is maximizing the promise of cultured meat in the most efficient and socially responsible way possible. Learn more about the leadership and partners and follow the journey of this milestone international project at FEASTS' newly launched website: https://lnkd.in/gZ8B9Bfg #FoodSystems #CellularAgriculture #HorizonEU #OpenScience

We are incredibly proud to be collaborating on FEASTS, a massive consortium project which champions responsible and sustainable innovation to help guide the development of cellular agriculture. ?? Congratulations to Dwayne Holmes, PhD for becoming Executive Director of FEASTS!! The hope of FEASTS work is maximizing the promise of cultured meat in the most efficient and socially responsible way possible. Learn more about the leadership and partners and follow the journey of this milestone international project at FEASTS' newly launched website: https://lnkd.in/gZ8B9Bfg #FoodSystems #CellularAgriculture #HorizonEU #OpenScience

?? A number of FEASTS partners were in attendance at the 2nd International Conference on Cellular?Agriculture, hosted by Aarhus University, which is also a project partner. Two days of presentations covered technological challenges and solutions both at lab scale and with the view to scaling up production. Also addressed were topics of #sustainability, regulatory compliance, ethics and consumer perceptions. FEASTS Executive Director Dwayne Holmes, PhD and Ira van Eelen from RESPECTfarms, another project partner, took part in the panel held by the EIT Food Protein Diversification Think Tank devoted to scaling up cellular agriculture. The takeaway from the discussion is that the true challenge and at the same time opportunity lies in promoting transparency, embracing open science and making stakeholders such as farmers part of the conversation about cellular agriculture. ? An inspiring keynote speech from Matthias Kaiser on ethics and value choices regarding #culturedmeat urged open communication and dialogue which would embrace the complexity of the topic and its many implications for the economy, society and environment. ?? ?? Barbara Vad Andersen shared insights from a workshop and survey among kitchen professionals on acceptance of cell-based food which found that transparency about its properties along with safety and taste are the key to acceptance among this group. FEASTS is on a mission to deliver a comprehensive, unbiased knowledge base about cultured meat and seafood and their place in the #foodsystem with open science and stakeholder engagement as the guiding principles. We are working on addressing knowledge gaps and advancing the field of #cellularagriculture. It was a genuine pleasure to spend two days on the beautiful Aarhus campus?and engage in many hours of fantastic conversations - once again thank you Aarhus University and Jette Feveile Young! Frederico Ferreira Carlos Rodrigues Deniz Koca Lukas Madl, FHCA, Kevin Camphuis, Claude Rescan

?? New opportunity for aspiring #cellularagriculture and #machinelearning researchers... This position is the first of its kind.... The Machine Learning in Cellular Agriculture Residency, a joint New Harvest & Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) research position. Pretty much all #artificialintelligence and #machinelearning research in cell ag is tied up in the private sector, save for our recent review paper. Sharing the breadth of opportunity that AI/ML offers our field is so important for us to move the field forward collaboratively and quickly. If you want to go a step further and help accelerate cell ag through AI do not miss this research opportunity!!!! 1 full year, fully funded, full-time position. Strong applicants will have a track record of engaging in research related to both the fields of machine learning and cellular agriculture. However, their strengths in one area may be stronger than the other. ***The position is an opportunity to strengthen skills in both areas*** We know this is a tough set of skills to find in one person! The project continues to be supported by?Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic initiative founded by Eric and Wendy Schmidt. More info here: https://lnkd.in/gdtZWZEV Full story here: https://lnkd.in/g2xhAswt Pls share widely!!!

?? New pre-print on AI & cultured meat! New Harvest?has been working with a team of #cellularagriculture, #biology, and #machinelearning scientists to survey the opportunities for #artificialintelligence and machine learning techniques to address technical and economic challenges in #culturedmeat. There is very little public literature on this topic. Together with the?Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) , we decided to change that. "Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications for cultured meat" co-authored by?Michael Todhunter, Sheikh Abdullah Al Jubair, Ph.D., Ruchika Verma, Ph.D., Rikard Saqe, Kevin Shen, and Bre Duffy?has been submitted for publication. Take a look and let us know what you think! Read the pre-print here:?ttps://https://lnkd.in/g7CUR2yA Next we're funding a dedicated researcher to tackle this work. Interested in this exciting research opportunity? Sign up for our newsletter!? https://lnkd.in/g_X5hnxq The project was supported by?Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic initiative founded by Eric and Wendy Schmidt.