Better, Beefier, Beefy-R! New preprint in which simple protein isolates from rapeseed meal (a byproduct of canola oil production) appear to fully replace (and improve upon) recombinant albumin in serum-free Beefy-9 medium. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…. Some key points here:

The mackerel muscle cell line manuscript is out in Scientific Reports ! Thank you to john y, Connor, Xinxin, Taehwan, Talia, Jason, Justin, Sanjana, Adham, Olivia, and David Kaplan for help/guidance in this project! Also to Dr. Harris Bonkers, Ph.D. 🍣 Tufts University Center for Cell Ag (TUCCA) nature.com/articles/s4159…

"Give a cell an FGF, and they'll grow for a day. Teach a cell to FGF, and they'll grow for life" - ancient cell ag wisdom biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We're coming to the bay August 13-19! Already set to visit GOOD Meat, UPSIDE Foods, Wildtype, Mission Barns, and Perfect Day | Animal-free Dairy. Who else should we meet up with (companies or people)?

I have been informed that I am being replaced as the Editor in Chief of eLife - the journal for retweeting a The Onion piece that calls out indifference to the lives of Palestinian civilians.