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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 29d

The next round of funding applications for CARMA pump priming projects is open until 12th November 2025
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Pump Priming projects – Carma Project

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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 29d

Meet the CARMAnauts - the early career researchers working on the Cellular Agriculture Manufacturing Hub
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IPES-Food @ipes-food.org · Jul 7

Industrial food systems are driving fossil fuel use – and vice versa.

@foodtank.bsky.social covers our #FuelToFork report, unpacking how food's fossil fuel addiction drives risks for climate, ecology, health, and food access – and how we can break the cycle.

🔗 foodtank.com/news/2025/07...

The Food System’s Fossil Fuel Crisis

From fertilizer to packaging, fossil fuels are flooding the food system—this report shows what it will take to stop it.

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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · Jul 2

Excited to share the updated schedule for the 2nd CARMA conference - if you are working in the field of cellular agriculture, please submit an abstract carmahub.co.uk/carma-confer...

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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · Jul 1

Still time to book for Cultivate 2025, a multi voiced forum for discussion cellular agriculture from UK perspectives - Birmingham, 7th July find out more: www.cultivate-uk.org
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Cellular Agriculture | Cultivate

Cultivate is a multi-voiced forum intended to support informed dialogue about the emergent field of cellular agriculture from UK perspectives.

www.cultivate-uk.org

CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · Jun 30

Check out this fantastic, winning 3 Minute Thesis pitch from CARMA PhD student Lucy Wilkinson - "Can we eat meat and save the planet?" Good luck to Lucy for the UK national final!

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Three Minute Thesis (3MT) 2025 - University of Bath - Lucy Wilkinson

Lucy Wilkinson, Department of Chemical Engineering - Institutional 3MT winner 2025

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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · Jun 25

Delighted to share the latest @ipes-food.org report Fuel to Fork that unpacks the myriad ways fossil fuels are embedded in #foodsystems

The report also lays out a clear blueprint to build fossil-free, resilient food systems. Link below!! ⤵️

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Fuel To Fork - IPES-Food report

Our food system uses 40% of petrochemicals and 15% of fossil fuels – yet it's left out of the climate conversation. Here's the path to fossil-free food.

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Bath Institute of Sustainability and Climate Change (ISCC) @bath-iscc.bsky.social · Jun 25

Fantastic to see Prof Marianne Ellis, core member of @bath-iscc.bsky.social, named among the Top Women in #Engineering!

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The University of Bath @uniofbath.bsky.social · Jun 23

This #IWED25, we're delighted to announce that the Women's Engineering Society has named Bath's Professor Jun Zang, an expert in ocean and coastal engineering, and Professor Marianne Ellis, head of the Cellular Agriculture Manufacturing Hub, among the Top 50 Women in Engineering. #WomenInSTEM

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · Jun 9

🌊 #ThisWorldOceans was yesterday—but the ocean needs our attention every day.

It feeds 3B+, holds most of Earth’s biodiversity, and is facing rising threats.

One way to protect it? Rethink how we source seafood.

Here’s how diversifying our seafood supply could support a thriving blue economy:

A boost for the blue economy: The essentialism of alternative seafood - The Good Food Institute

Scaling plant-based and cultivated seafood could help satisfy growing global demand while creating resilient jobs and livelihoods that minimize the climate and biodiversity impacts of seafood consumpt...

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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · Jun 4

If you are involved in research in the field of Cellular Agriculture, please consider submitting an abstract to the 2nd CARMA Conference - closing 31/7/25

easychair.org/conferences/...

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · Jun 3

New
Interventions such as implementing Paris climate agreement, shift to a healthier diet, improved food, & water/nutrient-use efficiency, can reduce transgression of the planetary boundaries... but several, incl. climate change, biogeochemical flows & biodiversity, will remain transgressed in 2050

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Jun 3

Nature’s puzzle: Cracking walnuts for a greener tomorrow!

Notburga Gierlinger's research team is turning discarded walnut shells into strong, biodegradable materials.

Their unique cell structure makes them ideal for eco-friendly alternatives to plastic and leather, reducing waste sustainably.

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · May 29

Think animal serum such as fetal bovine serum (FBS) is required for cultivated meat production? Think again!

Scientists have developed numerous innovative media formulations that enable cultivated meat production without any animal-derived inputs.

See our new fact sheet for details: bit.ly/3ZAHL8V

Serum-free media for cultivated meat - The Good Food Institute

A summary of the development of serum-free media in cultivated meat research and manufacturing.

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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · May 23

We are really grateful for the support and contributions of our industry partners carmahub.co.uk/about-us/our...

Our Industry Partners – Carma Project

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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · May 15

We are hiring a PT PDRA - please help spread the word

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www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

KK12728 Research Associate - Jobs at Bath

Research Assoiciate

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Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) @ifstnews.bsky.social · May 15

🔬 SciMed x RSSL x IFST | Free Seminar – 18 June
Explore cutting-edge food testing methods from AAS to XRF at this in-person event in Reading. Network with peers, meet specialists, and tour RSSL’s state-of-the-art labs.

📍 Reading
🗓 18 June
💷 Free to attend

🔗 Register here: buff.ly/WOBxOJc

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · May 14

Check out the Systems Change Lab's new Food & Agriculture dashboard!

Explore tons of data on status and trends of 3 major shifts needed for sustainable food systems:

1. Increase agricultural productivity sustainably & resiliently
2. Reduce food loss & waste
3. Healthier & more sustainable diets 🧪

Food and Agriculture

To equitably and nutritiously feed a growing population while limiting warming and biodiversity loss, we must transform how we produce and consume food.

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Pierpaolo Morgante (He/His) @piermorgante.bsky.social · May 14

Let's say it out loud for those in the back: #FAIR data is good data! Well done @clarakirkvold.bsky.social for putting this together👏🧪⚗️ #ChemSky #CompChemSky

Ganna (Anya) Gryn’ova 🇺🇦 @grynova.bsky.social · May 14

In today’s #good_practices #Journal_Club @clarakirkvold.bsky.social discusses the #FAIR #data principles and their implementations in #chemistry www.grynova-ccc.org/journal-club...

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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · May 14

Book a place: store.bath.ac.uk/conferences-...

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CARMA Conference 2025 | Online Store | University of Bath

Book your place at the 2nd Annual CARMA Conference - Tuesday 9th September 2025, BMA House, London. From Process to Plate: Progressing Cellular Agriculture

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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · May 14

Submit an abstract: easychair.org/cfp/CARMA2

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CFP

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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · May 14

Second annual @carmahub.bsky.social conference - 9.9.25 - London. From Process to Plate: Progressing Cellular Agriculture Products to the Market

Announcement of first keynote speaker: Professor Robin May, CSA at Food Standards Agency

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · May 14

"The most powerful actions a person can take to cut their emissions include getting rid of a petrol car, eating less meat & avoiding flights. But efforts to challenge car culture & promote plant-based diets have provoked furious backlashes from pundits, who perceive it as an attack on masculinity."

Michal Kolmaš @michelpoiccard.bsky.social · May 14

The French study of 15,000 people shows men emit 26% more pollution due to eating red meat and driving more. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Car use and meat consumption drive emissions gender gap, research suggests

The French study of 15,000 people shows men emit 26% more pollution due to eating red meat and driving more

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · May 8

The scheme offers a flexible funding package of up to £200,000 for project expenses plus salary if required for research activities or activities adjacent to research to support successful onward career progression in academia.

More information can be found here: wellcome.org/research-fun...

Accelerator Awards | Grant funding | Wellcome

Eligibility and applications details for the Wellcome Accelerator Awards, which will support Black, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani researchers in the UK to make successful career transitions.

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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · Apr 28

Chaired by the Director of CARMA Hub, Professor Marianne Ellis, this online event will explore how well the UK is placed to deal with a range of threats to food security

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/securing-o...

Securing Our Food Supply: Building Resilience in the UK

Join our panellists as they discuss UK food security and policy.

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Eirini Theodosiou @eirinit.bsky.social · Apr 24

Thrilled to have won this funding from @carmahub.bsky.social which will allow us to test the performance of our mycelia-based 🍄 microcarriers in stirred tank tractors. Also very grateful to Myconeos Ltd for providing the fungal strains and helping with material development.

CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · Apr 24

Delighted to announce that @eirinit.bsky.social will be leading a @carmahub.bsky.social funded pump priming project at @astonuniversity.bsky.social titled: Food-grade mycelia as scaffolds for the large-scale production of cultivated meat

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