Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein opens at the National University of Singapore

Credit: National University of Singapore

The Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein at NUS was launched on 5 September by (from left) Professor Zhou Weibiao, Head, NUS Department of Food Science and Technology, and Acting Director, Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein at NUS; Mr Ilya Sheyman, CEO, Good Food Institute (GFI); Dr Andy Jarvis, Director, Future of Food, Bezos Earth Fund; Sir Andrew Steer, President and CEO, Bezos Earth Fund; Professor Tan Eng Chye, NUS President; Professor Sun Yeneng, Dean, NUS Faculty of Science; and Ms Mirte Gosker, Managing Director, GFI Asia Pacific.

« Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein opens at the National University of Singapore

Credit: National University of Singapore

Scientists are looking at ways to produce microbial proteins from microalgae which can be further developed into cultured meat and plant-based protein hybrids.

« Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein opens at the National University of Singapore

Credit: National University of Singapore

Cultivated meat prototypes can be developed via cell bioreactors and plant-based culture. Further research will be done at the Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein at NUS to develop cost-effective methods to upscale hybrid meat production.

« Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein opens at the National University of Singapore

Credit: National University of Singapore

Plant proteins can be used as bulk ingredients to create plant-based meat analogues.

« Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein opens at the National University of Singapore

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