This blog focuses academic-industrial relationships, what academic laboratories can learn from industrial experts. Read the other blogs for more insights.
This blog focuses Importance of cell and growth factor selection and how this can affect the future regulatory approval and future commercialization of academic research. Read the other blogs for more insights.
The panel discussion offered perspectives from companies working to bring cultivated meat, fish, fat and dairy to consumers. The aim was to inspire early career researchers and demystify research in this industry to highlight and encourage transitions in both directions between academia and industry. This blog focuses on the current regulatory frameworks and how the future of regulation may impact both industry and the future commercialization of academic research. Read the follow up blogs for more insights.
Qkine are delighted that our eel FGF-2 proteins have elicited interest in Japan, recently the Nikkei Biotechnology & Business magazine have published an article focussing on the 145 and 154 amino acid versions of eel FGF-2, and the contribution Qkine species specific growth factors can have on the cultured seafood industry.
Qkine announces the provision of a new range of high quality food grade growth factors as part of our commitment to driving innovation in the functional recombinant growth factor supply chain for emerging sectors including cultivated meat, fish, fat and dairy.
NAPIC is a £38m centre dedicated to developing acceptable and planet-friendly alternatives to animal proteins led by researchers from the University of Leeds, James Hutton Institute, University of Sheffield and Imperial College London.
Qkine is pleased to announce that it has successfully been recertified with the international standard ISO 9001:2015 by the globally respected UKAS accredited BSI, giving enhanced confidence in the assessment of best practices. This standard shows our dedication to raising the standard of bioactive proteins through implementation of continual improvement, scientific innovation and exceptional scientific and customer support
Cultivated meat is a nascent industry with a developing regulatory framework, with distinct regional differences. There are however some shared themes across regulatory frameworks and best practice.
Within the UK and EU, cultivated meat is considered a novel food and as such falls under the scope of Regulation (EU) No. 2015/2283. In response to this classification, the Food Safety Agency commissioned an internal report into the potential hazards to the consumer associated with the production and consumption of cultured meat. Following a literature review of 154 papers discussing cultured meat as a technology, themes that apply to growth factors have been highlighted and discussed.
Watch or listen to Catherine discuss the company’s innovations for the market, and the wider challenges for the sector on the latest episode of The Future of Protein Production podcast.
Qkine partners with the UK’s new £12M cellular agriculture manufacturing hub, CARMA, to revolutionize sustainable food production
Are you looking for an idea to start a multimillion-pound business? Proteins that stimulate cell growth currently cost several million pounds per gram, which makes them more expensive than diamonds. You need particularly lots of them if you want to grow enough cells to assemble a steak. This so-called ‘cultivated’ or ‘lab-grown’ meat was initially proposed as food for astronauts but has since turned from a science fiction fantasy to a source of hope for a more sustainable and animal welfare-conscious food for the world.
A collaboration between Qkine and 3D Bio-Tissues has been awarded one of four prestigious prizes at the 2022 EIT Food Venture Summit, held in Lisbon, Portugal. Prize money will be used to develop new solutions to reduce the cost of cultivated meat.
