asmertgen

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by asmertgen 5y ago
We are mainly building technology (hardware and consumables) for the cultivated meat industry as B2B model. Since we are not a vertical cultivated meat company we aim to start production within the next year.
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by asmertgen 5y ago
Thank you!
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by asmertgen 5y ago
Currently the only places in the world where the general public can taste cultivated meat products are one restaurant in Singapore and one restaurant in Israel. So very little amounts at this point :)
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by asmertgen 5y ago
Great questions! 1) Yes vascularization is one approach of many to get nutrients to cells in larger constructs. If you want that to be grown naturally by e.g. endothelial cells, this is a rather lengthy and tricky process, so not easy to s
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by asmertgen 5y ago
Thank you for this! Totally agree!
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by asmertgen 5y ago
There are different approaches of helping the engineered muscle tissue to mature, one being electrical stimulation. It's an interesting idea to use it to increase the volume, but the effect of very high stimulation on texture has to be
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by asmertgen 5y ago
Thank you!
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by asmertgen 5y ago
Great, do you want to shoot us an email?
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by asmertgen 5y ago
Great question. We had this discussion internally quite a lot. Since my co-founder comes from launching rockets let me use this analogy: 20 years ago Elon Musk was though to be crazy when he wanted to build reusable rockets. But now it work
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by asmertgen 5y ago
In research often antibiotics are added to avoid contamination from handling etc. However, large scale and automated production processes can be run antibiotic free because of their very controlled sterile environment. Then the product woul
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by asmertgen 5y ago
Thank you so much! We are extremely passionate about this and its great to see so much support here! Even though software engineering is not something we need right away we are very happy to connect with passionate people for future opportu
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by asmertgen 5y ago
Exactly that's what is driving us! Thank you for your comment!
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by asmertgen 5y ago
Yes, exactly, getting rid of FBS is crucial for making cultivated meat more ethical and sustainable than traditional meat!
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by asmertgen 5y ago
Thank you!
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by asmertgen 5y ago
Thank you so much! Highly appreciated!
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by asmertgen 5y ago
I haven't had the chance to taste the meat of other companies sadly, but we plan on be ready for tasting of our product in the next months!
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by asmertgen 5y ago
Very good questions there! 1) Yes, our process is similar to bioprinting but it is much more scalable than typical bioprinting. Because this is our proprietary tech I can't say much more than that at this point:) 2) We are currently st
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by asmertgen 5y ago
Great to hear you are excited about this!
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Launch HN: Micro Meat (YC S21) – Technology for scaling cultivated meat
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