Elliot Swartz

Company: The Good Food Institute Europe

Job title: Sr. Principal Scientist, Cultivated Meat

Bio:

Dr. Elliot Swartz is a senior principal scientist specializing in cultivated meat at The Good Food Institute (GFI) (www.gfi.org), an international network of nonprofit organizations developing the roadmap for a sustainable, secure, and just protein supply. Elliot’s work at GFI focuses on analyzing the technical and economic bottlenecks facing the cultivated meat industry, identifying opportunities to accelerate the industry, and educating scientists, the public, and other industry stakeholders. For the past seven years, Elliot has worked on projects in food safety, cost, environmental impact, and cell culture media. Elliot holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he worked with induced pluripotent stem cells to model neuromuscular disease.

Seminars:

Cost and Production Volume Analysis of Amino Acids for Cultivated Meat 9:30 am

Estimating the quantity of individual amino acids needed for a scaled cultivated meat industry. Analyzing the anticipated cost contribution for amino acids in cultivated meat production. Identifying amino acids that drive cost, those at risk of supply constraints, and alternative sourcing strategies using protein hydrolysates.Read more

day: Conference Day Two