Maastricht University starts new research line on cellular agriculture

Thanks to a strong financial impulse from the National Growth Fund, Maastricht University, as one of the partners in a national consortium, is starting a new line of research in the field of cellular agriculture. This is technology where animal products such as meat and milk proteins can be produced directly from animal and microbial cells. The Maastricht line will be started by scientists from MERLN , a medical research institute conducting groundbreaking research into regenerative medicine. Stimulus for education and research The Maastricht scientists Lorenzo Moroni and Matthew Baker are hugely enthusiastic. "This financial boost is a great opportunity for our institute, which has built a reputation on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine technologies. Besides education and research in the field of sustainable ageing, we can now also use the latest techniques in the field of sustainable food production. We are therefore working closely with Wageningen University & Research and TU Delft on both precision fermentation and cultured meat.