Ann Begley
Ann Begley is a Partner at the law firm Wiley in Washington, DC, where she counsels clients facing legal and regulatory challenges before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Ann Begley is a Partner at the law firm Wiley in Washington, DC, where she counsels clients facing legal and regulatory challenges before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Avery Parkinson is the Executive Director of Cellular Agriculture Canada, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing stakeholders together in order to advance the field nation-wide and establish a fair and appropriate commercial regulatory framework for cell-based protein products. She has previously held positions with New Harvest, the Good Food Institute, Big Idea Ventures and Cellular Agriculture Australia where she has worked on projects to further democratize access to education regarding alternative protein.
Bianca Le is a cell biologist with a PhD from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. She is also a science/policy writer and editor, and founder of Cellular Agriculture Australia - a nonprofit organization with the mission to promote and accelerate cellular agriculture research in Australia.
Catherine received her PhD in neuroimmunology from the University of Virginia in 2020 where she studied how the immune system impacts neurodevelopment. Currently, she is a postdoctoral associate at Northwestern Feinberg where she is studying neuro-immune interactions in Alzheimer’s Disease. She is enthusiastic about applying insights from biology to solve challenges related to human health and the environment.
Chase Purdy is a New York-based writer and author of BILLION DOLLAR BURGER, a narrative non-fiction book published by Penguin Random House that documents the rise of cell-cultured meat and the global race to get it to market.
Chris Anderson is a postdoctoral researcher in the bioengineering department at UC San Diego, a consultant for Helikon Consulting, and a member of the Cultivated Meat Modeling Consortium. His research interests include cardiovascular tissue engineering for disease modeling and therapeutic applications using stem cell technology. He is also interested in the application of tissue engineering to the field of cellular agriculture and science communication on related topics.
Doug Grant is the host of Brave New Meat, a podcast featuring entrepreneurs and investors in the cultivated meat industry.
Emiliano González is a bioengineer passionate about building a better world through biology. He is on a mission to reinvent the way we do things using biology by design and to foster the bioeconomy for a more equitable and regenerative world.
Jim Mellon is a British investor and entrepreneur. He holds significant assets in a variety of sectors including life sciences and cellular agriculture through his private investment company, the Burnbrae Group.
Richard Munson is the author of Tech to Table: 25 Innovators Reimagining Food. He previously wrote Tesla: Inventor of the Modern, and he has advanced energy and agricultural innovation in the private sector, at nonprofits, on Capitol Hill, and within universities.
Tomas Linder is an associate professor of microbiology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. His research is mainly focused on how yeast cells extract nutrients from their surrounding environment. Understanding the nutrient requirements of yeasts and other potentially edible microorganisms is essential for large-scale production of microbial protein, fats, and vitamins for human consumption.
Yuki Hanyu is the Founder and CEO of IntegriCulture Inc., a cellular agriculture platform company developing cell-based meat and the technologies needed to produce it efficiently at scale. He is also the Founder of the Shojinmeat Project, a citizen-science nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing an open-source, inclusive future for cellular agriculture.