Program
Sunday, November 17th
17:00 – 18:00 | Registration (registration desk will be open during all conference days)
18:00 – 18:30 | Keynote lecture
Mark Post – Opening Anniversary
18:30 – 20:00 | Welcome reception sponsored by Fetherstonhaugh Foundation @ MECC (included in registration)
Monday, November 18th
09:00 – 10:30 | Session 1: Optimizing Cell Processes in Cellular Agriculture
Chair: Sissel Beate Rønning
09:00 – 09:30 | Keynote lecture:
Nanette Boyle – Rational Design of Cell Culture Media Using Metabolic Models
09:30 – 10:30 | Oral presentations selected from abstracts:
09:30 – 09:45
* Maria Olenic – Unraveling molecular mechanisms of reduced differentiation capacity in expanded bovine myoblasts by transcriptome analysis
09:45 – 10:00
* Ellen Parker- Process mode comparison to develop continuous production of quail muscle cells in serum free media
10:00 – 10:15
* Alessandro Bertero-A CRISPR screening platform to optimize stem cell forward programing into meat components
10:15 – 11:15 | Coffee Break sponsored by SEED Biosciences
11:15 – 12:45 | Session 2: Advanced Bioprocessing Technologies
Chair: Nynke van den Akker
11:15 – 11:45 | Keynote lecture:
Jonas Gerson – Sacred Cows and Cellular Agriculture
11:45 – 12:45 | Oral presentations selected from abstracts:
11:45 – 12:00
* Sissel Beate Rønning – NMR and vibrational spectroscopy as tools for spent media analysis of metabolites during cultured meat production
12:00 – 12:15
* Barak Zohar – From Cell to Tissue Processing—Enabling Cultivated Meat Production at-Scale
12:15 – 12:30
* Ning Xiang – Sodium Zirconium Phosphate as Adsorbent Material for Ammonium Removal in Animal Cell Culture
12:30 – 12:45
* Pomaikaimaikalani Yamaguchi – Metabolic modeling and metabolomics guided chicken cell media optimization
12:45 – 13:45 | Lunch
13:45 – 15:00 | Session 3: Materials & Media for Tissue Generation
Chair: Mark Post
13:45 – 14:15 | Keynote lecture:
Rachael Floreani – The Whey Forward: Nutrient-Rich Substrates for Meat Production
14:15 – 15:00 | Oral presentations selected from abstracts:
14:15 – 14:30
* Anirvan Guha – Development of Serum-Free Growth Media Using Automation and Bayesian Optimization
14:30 – 14:45
* Christine Ling Li Trautmann – Optimized Bovine Myogenesis In Vitro Through Modulation of Signaling Pathways for Cultivated Meat Applications
14:45 – 15:00
* Michael Saad – Surf for Turf: Goldfish FGF Improves Bovine Cell Proliferation in Serum-Free Media
15:00 – 15:45 | Poster Session I (even poster numbers) @ Exhibition Area
15:45 – 16:15 | Company Pitches 1
Chair: Meera Zassenhaus
16:15 – 17:00 | Panel discussion: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Cultured Meat Research
Chair: Mark Post
Panel: Joe Taylor & Christoph Seiler
17:00 – 17:30 | Coffee Break sponsored by Profuse Technology Ltd.
17:30 – 18:30 | Session 4: What’s new?
Chair: Frea Mehta
Oral presentations selected from abstracts:
17:30 – 17:45
* Amit Zirman – Enhancing Proliferation of Bovine Mesenchymal Stem Cells through Pooled CRISPR Screens
17:45 – 18:00
* Sophie Letcher – Bug Appétit: Establishment & Characterization of a Non-Adherent Insect Cell Line for Cultivated Meat
18:00 – 18:15
* Stephan Alfaro – Genome-wide CRISPR screening platforms for cultivated meat cell lines
18:15 – 18:30
* Sveva Bottini – A genetic switch for growth factor-free stem cell expansion and subsequent differentiation into skeletal muscle
18:30 – 18:45 | Closing
18:45 – 19:30 | Time for freshing up and transfer time
19:30 – 22:30 | Conference Dinner @ Muziekgieterij, entrance is included in registration; transportation is not included
Tuesday, November 19th
09:00 – 10:30 | Session 5: Biomaterials for 3D Tissue formation
Chair: Nynke van den Akker
09:00 – 09:30 | Keynote lecture:
Iftach Nachmann – An embryonic organoid approach to cultivated meat
09:30 – 10:30 | Oral presentations selected from abstracts:
09:30 – 09:45
* Jannis Wollschlaeger – Bioprinted hybrid Cultured Meat products using plant proteins and bovine fat gellan gum bioinks
09:45 – 10:00
* Diana M. C. Marques – Combining electrospun plant-based nanofibers with muscle and fat bioinks: a novel approach to produce cultured fish fillets
10:00 – 10:15
*Ratima Suntornnond – Plant-Based Decellularized Scaffolds Enable Porcine Skeletal Muscle Tissue Engineering for Cultivated Meat Production
10:15 – 10:30
* Cesare Gargioli-3D printing for structured cultured meat
10:30 – 11:15 | Break
11:15 – 12:45 | Session 6: “Did you taste it yet?”
Chair: Sissel Beate Rønning
11:15 – 11:45 | Keynote lecture:
Ilse Fraeye – Color and flavor of cultured meat: what do we know so far?
11:45 – 12:45 | Oral presentations selected from abstracts:
11:45 – 12:00
* Ira van Eelen – The importance of taste(ing)
12:00 – 12:15
* Gemma Lyons – Unravelling Molecular Markers of Gourmet Meat Aromas (Sensory attributes)
12:15 – 12:30
* Revital Zarka – The analytical roadmap for developing a cultivated whole-cut bluefin tuna (Sensory attributes)
12:30 – 12:45
* Anna Leikeim – Differentiation of Fat Cells Across Species: Beef, Chicken and Fish Adipocytes for Cultured Meat (Sensory attributes)
12:45 – 13:45 | Lunch
13:45 – 14:15 | Session 7: Environmental impacts of Cultured Meat
Chair: Alex Shirazi
Keynote lecture:
Hanna Tuomisto – Environmental impacts of cultivated meat: knowns, unknowns and unknown unknowns
14:15 – 14:45 | Company Pitches 2
Chair: Meera Zassenhaus
14:45 – 15:30 | Poster Session II (odd poster numbers) @ Exhibition Area
15:30 – 16:15 | Session 8: Measuring Impact in Cellular Agriculture
Chair: Frea Mehta
Oral presentations selected from abstracts:
15:30 – 15:45
* Neil Stephens – Cultured meat futures: an interdisciplinary analysis
15:45 – 16:00
* Toni Ryynänen – What Environmental Impact Categories Consumers Prefer? A Choice Experiment Study on Products of Cellular Agriculture
16:00 – 16:15
* Miroslav Zilka – Optimizing Meat Cultivation Process Environmental Impact Through Iterative LCA
16:15 – 16:45 | Coffee Break
16:45 – 17:15 | Harvesting
Chair: Mark Post
17:15 – 17:45 | Session 9: Updating our Protein Portfolio
Chair: Mark Post
Keynote lecture:
Lenore Newman – Updating our protein portfolio: social and policy implications of cultivated meat
17:45 – 18:30 | Panel discussion: Cultured meat in the court of public opinion
Chair: Mark Post
Panel: Elena Walden & Robert Jones
18:30 – 18:45 | Closing by Mark Post