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.

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.