Bioreactors

Scotland gets a new open-access fermenter

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Fermentation

Scotland Gets Its First Open-Access 300L Fermenter Thanks to £847K Grant

Scotland’s biotechnology sector is celebrating the launch of the country’s first open-access 300-litre fermenter, which has been installed thanks to an £847,000 grant from the national economic development agency, Scottish Enterprise. The fermenter, which is a type of bioreactor used to cultivate microorganisms, is located at the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre’s (IBioIC) FlexBIO scale-up facility at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. It expands IBioIC’s scale-up capabilities significantly, increasing upstream bioprocessing capacity …

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Meat

Meatly’s Low-Cost Bioreactor Could Slash Cultivated Meat Production Expenses by 95%

Cultivated meat company Meatly has completed commissioning and its initial cell growth tests using a newly developed pilot-scale bioreactor with a 320-liter capacity. Designed in-house by Meatly’s research and development team, this bioreactor is priced at approximately £12,500, significantly lower than the typical pharmaceutical-grade bioreactors currently used in the cultivated meat sector, which can cost around £250,000 or more. Culture media cost breakthrough Meatly’s chief scientific officer, Helder Cruz, explained, …

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Manufacturing & Technology

n!Biomachines and Siemens Focus on Simplifying Biomanufacturing for Alternative Proteins

At the ongoing Hannover Messe, The Cultivated B and Siemens have teamed up to present advancements in biomanufacturing for the alternative protein sector. The companies are showcasing their AUXO V® bioreactor, a key technology aimed at scaling alternative protein production through economically sustainable methods. n!Biomachines, a subsidiary of The Cultivated B, is at the forefront of developing bioreactors designed for the food industry and other sectors. These bioreactors play a …

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Manufacturing & Technology

Culture Biosciences Offers a Mobile Solution for Faster and More Scalable Biotech Development

Culture Biosciences has introduced a new solution for biotech and cellular agriculture teams: the Stratyx 250, a mobile, cloud-based bioreactor system designed to streamline process development. This new bioreactor promises to cut down on development time and costs, improve scalability, and simplify bioprocess monitoring and control, offering key benefits for growing companies in the cellular agriculture space. The Stratyx 250 is tailored to meet the specific needs of biotech companies, …

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Manufacturing & Technology

Allbiotech Introduces Cost-Effective Bioreactor for Precision Fermentation Research

Spanish biotech startup Allbiotech Biotechnologies has completed the first production run of its Genesys V1 bioreactor, a lower-cost alternative for precision fermentation research. The company aims to make bioreactor technology more accessible to food tech startups, research institutions, and universities by offering a system priced at one-third of the cost of traditional pharmaceutical bioreactors. With a 1-liter glass vessel, integrated sensors, and five peristaltic pumps, Genesys V1 is designed for …

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Manufacturing & Technology

Guest Post: Making Cultivated Meat Scalable and Sustainable with New Bioprocess Technology

The global food system is at a pivotal juncture, with growing populations, environmental pressures, and rising demand for sustainable, ethical protein sources converging to create both challenges and opportunities. Cultivated meat, a promising innovation, allows the production of real animal protein without the environmental burden. However, scaling cultivated meat to commercial viability while ensuring food safety and reducing environmental impact remains a key industry challenge. In the following guest post, …

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Israel's Believer Meats has announced a strategic partnership with GEA Group to make cultivated meat more affordable, accessible, and sustainable

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Manufacturing & Technology

Believer Meats & GEA Partner to “Produce Cultivated Meat Products at the Right Cost”

Israel’s Believer Meats and GEA Group, one of the world’s technology and equipment suppliers for food manufacturers, have announced a strategic partnership to make cultivated meat more affordable, accessible, and sustainable. The collaboration will focus on co-developing technologies and processes to improve the unit economics and sustainability of cultivated meat production, starting with chicken and potentially expanding to other products. The collaboration follows Believer Meats’ recent MOU with AGWA, Abu Dhabi’s new food …

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California's Mission Barns has redesigned single-cell suspension bioreactors to make them fit for cultivating meat at scale.

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Manufacturing & Technology

Mission Barns Revamps Single-Cell Suspension Pharma Bioreactors to Scale Cultivated Meat Production

Cultivated fat startup Mission Barns has engineered a new bioreactor to optimize cultivated meat production, aiming to replace the single-cell suspension bioreactors traditionally used in the pharmaceutical industry. “We’ve invented a novel bioreactor that allows us to scale the production of cultivated meat, whether it’s pork, beef, chicken, fat, or muscle,” Mission Barns explains in conversation with Cultivated X. Founded in Berkeley by Eitan Fischer, former director of cellular agriculture at fellow …

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Manufacturing & Technology

Industry & Academia Research: The Cultivated B and DTU Biosustain to Take Bioreactors to the “Next Level”

In a collaboration between industry and academia to accelerate progress in cell-based foods, the German cell ag technologies specialist The Cultivated B (TCB) and The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (DTU Biosustain) will work to drive innovation and advance the field of bioreactor design. The agreement, signed into a Memorandum of Understanding, will test and improve TCB’s AUXO V bioreactor technology and set new industry standards for bioprocessing.  The Cultivated B develops cell …

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GEA unveils a new technology called perfusion, which includes the use of pilot scale bioreactors and a machine for rejuvenating the grown media.

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Manufacturing & Technology

GEA Unveils “Technological Milestone” for Food Biomanufacturing, Cutting Production Costs of Alt Proteins

GEA, a global leader in engineering systems for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries, is unveiling what it claims to be a “technological milestone” — the perfusion platform — at the Anuga FoodTec trade show in Cologne, Germany. The perfusion platform consists of the GEA Axenic-line bioreactors and the GEA kytero single-use separator, designed to enhance productivity and cost efficiency in cell cultivation and precision fermentation. The technology promises to level …

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