Energy drinks for Cultured Meat?
Super Mystery Meat or squishy squishy stuff—the sci-fi dream featured in Doraemon, “cultured meat”, is now making headlines as the real thing. In 20 years' time, or when ordinary people start going into space, food production in space will become absolutely essential. Perhaps in five years, something happens somewhere, and livestock feed (96% of which is imported) disappears... Changing perspective: if we can make meat, could we make feathers? Extending this to plants, what about houses grown from seeds??
Though cultured meat technology holds vast potential, most research remains behind university and corporate security gates. Yet in Japan, before universities or corporations, amateur circles centred around university and high school students are actually making it at home! Naturally, the raw culture medium is also homemade, combining drinks and amino acid supplements.
At this event, we'll conduct (probably) the world's first experiment making cell culture medium and actually growing cells!
Let's make interesting cultured meat with all sorts of drinks!
Did you know that cell culture medium—a substance used as a raw material for cell culture yet completely removed from everyday life—can actually be made using sports drinks? Furthermore, the main components of culture medium are salts and sugars. Whether it's cola or energy drinks, sugar is sugar, salt is salt—the concentration may differ, but the components are the same. Will energy drinks, so effective for humans, also work for cultured meat? Let's find out!
DIY Culture Medium Recipes:
- https://cookpad.com/jp/recipes/19900293
- https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zkhJ9wzH8X8jG_OjtO-coD5xGYfzqmAISCPR2ezJfuc/view
Let's create a Bio-Punk SF Setting Guide too!
Cyborg parts? Cultivation towers? External hearts? What kind of world could open up if you were to create an anime set in a world featuring such astonishing living creations?
After experiencing part of this “living creation” process firsthand, in the latter half, we'll invite you to imagine what lies beyond – the future of living creation.
What is Cultured Meat?
It refers to meat produced by cultivating cells themselves (cell culture), without the need for traditional animal husbandry. Featured even in Doraemon, it's being researched worldwide as a future food production method.
The Shojinmeat Project is a citizen science organisation open-sourcing cultured meat technology. As part of its activities, it explores ‘how to make cultured meat at home?’ and facilitates technical exchange. Through workshops and experiments, it advocates that anyone can produce cultured meat at home with just the necessary materials for cell culture.
What is Culture Medium: The Life-Sustaining Broth for Cells
Cells utilise nutrients like amino acids and vitamins contained within the culture medium to grow. We are developing recipes for culture medium optimal for cell cultivation, using food-grade ingredients readily accessible to anyone.
The recipes can be viewed on Cookpad.
Recommended For
- Those curious about cultured meat
- Those interested in future foods
- Those wishing to try cell culture at home
Event Content
- An invitation to DIY cultured food
- Making culture medium
- Bio-punk SF workshop
- Discussion/free talk
Co-hosted by
- Shojinmeat Project
- FabCafe MTRL / BioClub
Introducing the Instructors (Organisations)
Shojinmeat Project http://www.shojinmeat.com
Real meat, yet requiring no pastures and no animals killed. Purely cell-based meat, created by multiplying cells. Shojinmeat Project is a volunteer group and doujin circle dedicated to ensuring cell-based meat and bio technologies serve public interest rather than specific profit. Our activities centre on: 1. Developing accessible biotechnology for the general public, 2. Fostering open dialogue where anyone can participate from any field.
Important Notes
- As liquids will be handled, please wear clothing that can get dirty
- As this involves experiments using living organisms, success is not guaranteed
- This event is solely for research, investigation, and educational dissemination regarding cell-based agriculture.
- We do not tolerate behaviour or attitudes that deliberately damage experimental materials.
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Language
The workshop will be conducted in Japanese.