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Three Kaplan Lab undergrads present their Spring 2024 research

Sophomore engineering students from Roxbury Community College (RCC), Jack Limage (left photo) and Ania Jeleniewska (middle photo), presented at the RCC Internship Showcase today to culminate their Spring 2024 internships in the Kaplan Lab. Jack presented his work on “Silk Materials Development for Beta Cell Implantation” under the mentorship of Kaplan Lab post-doc, Logan Morton. Ania presented “Sustainable Fiber Production Utilizing Regenerated Proteins” under the mentorship of Kaplan Lab post-doc, Lauren Blake. That same day, Tufts BME sophomore Josh Kopstein (right photo), who was also mentored by Blake, presented at the Tufts Spring 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium on his research “Bioengineered Elastic… Read More »Three Kaplan Lab undergrads present their Spring 2024 research

Undergraduate Researchers at the Forefront of Cellular Agriculture

The Kaplan Lab is proud to provide a fertile ground for undergraduate researchers to explore their passions and contribute to the future of food. Students like Kevin Zhang, Adham Ali, and Olivia Calkins are prime examples of the hands-on opportunities available at Tufts. From Kevin’s sensory evaluation of lab-grown fat to Adham and Olivia’s pioneering role as the first graduates with the new cellular agriculture minor, our undergraduates are deeply engaged in the lab’s work. Furthermore, Adham and Olivia have taken their commitment a step further by co-founding the Tufts chapter of the Alt Protein Project, demonstrating their leadership and… Read More »Undergraduate Researchers at the Forefront of Cellular Agriculture

“Pork Tank” Showcases Innovative Solutions in Cellular Agriculture

Students in the “Cellular Agriculture & Biofabricated Foods” course recently pitched their startup ideas in a “Pork Tank” competition, a “Shark Tank”-style event designed to generate solutions for the cellular agriculture industry. The event, which serves as the final project for the course, featured guest judges from the Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture (TUCCA) and the Kaplan Lab. This year’s winners, “Media Cycle Ventures” and “The Meating Place,” impressed the judges with their innovative approaches to some of the most pressing challenges in the field. Citation: Pitches from the ‘Pork Tank’: Generating Solutions in Cellular Agriculture (Tufts Now)