Monash University has various cellular agriculture researchers working in the Australia Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI).
UniSC is home to one of our fantastic volunteers, Lisa, who is currently completing a PhD researching Crustacean Biotechnology and Cultivated Meat.
The University of Sydney is leading the Alternative Protein Cooperative Research Centre bid, which works with industry and research organisations to identify and support market-led opportunities for alternative protein development. Their researchers have been granted significant funding from the NSW government to support alternative protein production methods, including precision fermentation.
Professor Johannes les Coutre at UNSW has a broad research interest in cellular agriculture and the food industry. He also supervises research in cell culture, media development, and bioreactor adaptation.
We are currently funding two students at the University of Melbourne as part of our Seed Grant Program. The University is also home to Australia’s only Alt Protein student group - the Melbourne Alternative Protein Project. One of our wonderful volunteers, Brodie Peace, is completing a PhD here in food chemistry, focussing on media optimisation.
Professor Ian Paulsen of Macquarie University leads an Australian Research Council (ARC Centre of Excellence) in Synthetic Biology.
We are currently funding three undergraduate researchers studying at Deakin University as part of our Seed Grant Program.