Does meat from the laboratory have a future? That was the topic of a lecture in Weihenstephan on Thursday, October 26.
Mark Post, founder of Mosa Meat, spoke at the Technical University of Munich about the prospects for cultured meat. A decade ago, he created the first burger from stem cells in the lab.
In recent years, research in this field has developed significantly. Since 2022, Marius Henkel has dedicated himself to research at the Weihenstephan campus, leading the world's first professorships in Cellular Agriculture, with a global focus on innovative, future-oriented nutrition technologies. According to TUM's own statement, the introduction of this professorship confirms its ambitious goals of researching new perspectives in the field of resource-saving food production.
The event serves as a platform for scientific exchange and marks the start of the "Life Science Engineering Seminar Series" with renowned scientists working at the interface between life sciences and engineering.