HiMedia Laboratories and Smart MCs

The Good Food Institute's February 2024 Cultivated Meat Collaborative Seminar featured presentations from HiMedia Laboratories and Smart MCs.

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0:00 Welcome and announcements
4:21 HiMedia Laboratories
35:37 Smart MCs

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HiMedia Laboratories : An end-to-end solution provider to the cultivated meat industry

​​​​​HiMedia Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., headquartered in Mumbai, India, is a globally recognized bioscience company known for its remarkable expertise in media development and manufacturing. HiMedia offers customized classical and serum-free media, cell culture reagents and buffers, animal source-free chemicals, growth and attachment factors, and small molecules to cultivated meat companies located worldwide. The company is presently building its capability to manufacture affordable food-grade media and chemicals for the cultivated meat manufacturers. Besides this, the company also offers services like cell line development and characterization, customized media and bioprocess optimization, and cutting-edge analytical testing required for the large-scale manufacturing and analyses of cultivated meat products. HiMedia offers new-age technologies like Trivima extrusion 3D bioprinters and CERO 3D culture bioreactors which will pave advancements in the cultivated meat and bioengineering sectors. It also has the capability to develop and manufacture cost-effective, customized and edible bioinks and scaffolds for cultivated meat manufacturing.

In summary, HiMedia holds significant potential in catering to the growing needs of the cultivated meat and alternative protein industry by providing end-to-end solutions to accelerate the commercialization of alternative and cruelty-free food products worldwide. This talk, given by research scientist Dr. Manish Gore, covers HiMedia’s capabilities as an end-to-end solution provider to the cultivated meat industry.

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Smart MCs: Advancing cultured meat with customized microcarriers - enhancing anchorage dependent cell yields

Smart MCs develops smart microcarriers and complementary technologies that enable cultivated meat companies to scale up production, lower costs, and minimize cell loss. Payar Radfar, Ph.D., co-founder & CEO, shares the latest experimental findings on the smart microcarrier technology they've developed at Smart MCs. He will discuss the critical role of customizing these carriers to achieve efficient large-scale culture in the cultured meat industry. As the demand for cultured meat grows and the industry recognizes that adherent cells are essential for creating textured meat, Smart MCs is dedicated to helping companies improve and streamline their production processes. Their work aims to support these companies in scaling up their operations effectively, addressing both the technical and economic challenges of cultured meat production. Payar's presentation highlights how Smart MCs' innovative solutions are paving the way for a more sustainable and scalable future in cultured meat.

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