Mark Post is a co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Mosa Meat, a European food technology company that grows beef directly from animal cells as well as co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Qorium which grows leather in a similar fashion. Mark Post is Professor of Sustainable Industrial Tissue Engineering at Maastricht University and has a background in tissue engineering, cell culture, life sciences and medicine. He has previously held academic positions at Harvard, Dartmouth and Eindhoven University of Technology.
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Mark Post: ‘The future of lab-grown meat is promising’
Mark Post is a co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Mosa Meat, a European food technology company that grows beef directly from animal cells as well as co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Qorium which grows leather in a similar fashion. Mark Post is Professor of Sustainable Industrial Tissue Engineering at Maastricht University and has ...
Meat grown in a lab: a sustainable and slaughter-free alternative to conventional meat?
Once the preserve of science fiction, cultivated meat has become a reality. According to its advocates, it is a way to revolutionise food with more environmentally and ethically sound meat. Even though it is not allowed in the EU yet, will cultivated meat soon be on European plates? In 2013, Professor Mark Post unveiled the ...