The Good Food Institute 31d ago

Seminar Series: The Science of Alt. Protein Nature and nurture—Cell lines and media Dr. Andrew Stout Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture May 28, 2026 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ While cell lines and media are frequently discussed as separate and distinct development areas for cultivated meat, real world experience reveals that these two inputs are inextricably tied, and that a focus on one without consideration of the other is unlikely to create optimal systems. In other words, maximally efficient cell culture systems depend on both the "nature" of the cells and the "nurture" of their media environment. In this seminar, Andrew Stout, PhD, Assistant Professor at Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture and GFI grantee, discusses opportunities for convergent development of both cell lines and media for cultivated meat, as well as possible pitfalls that come from mismatches between the two. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Meet the speaker: Andrew Stout is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture (TUCCA), where his research group focuses on cell line and media development for cultivated meat applications. Prior to joining the Tufts faculty in 2025, Andrew served as Co-Founder and CSO of Deco Labs, Inc., a company working to commercialize low-cost media ingredients for cell culture. He obtained his Ph.D. from Tufts University in 2022 through a New Harvest Fellowship, before which he obtained a B.S. in Materials Science from Rice University and performed cultivated meat and precision fermentation research at Maastricht University and Geltor, Inc. Moderator: Bianca Datta, Ph.D., Senior Scientific Partnerships Manager, The Good Food Institute ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ About The Good Food Institute: The Good Food Institute is a nonprofit think tank and international network of organizations working to accelerate alternative protein innovation to build a more sustainable, secure, and just food system. Learn more at https://gfi.org/​ Want to join our good food community? Visit https://gfi.org/community/​ GFIdeas is a community for entrepreneurs, scientists, students, and subject matter experts who are driving alternative protein innovation.