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Vikas
@vikasshiva.bsky.social
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Working on Future Proteins to Save Animals. Support nascent democracies 🇺🇦🇦🇲 Supporter of the arsenal of democracy 🇺🇸 Founder of Hindus Against Haters Super PAC #Harris2028 #ArmUkraine #ProAnimal
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Vikas @vikasshiva.bsky.social · May 10
Hey all! I'm co hosting a panel on alternative proteins so if you're in the Seattle area, please join :) otherwise, share: lu.ma/xdxbvq7o
The Future of Alternative Proteins Panel · Luma
Agenda: 5:30 - 6:00 pm - Networking 6:00 - 6:45 pm - Panel discussion 6:45 - 7:00 pm - Q & A 7:00 - 7:30 pm - Networking Our Amazing Panelists:
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Vikas @vikasshiva.bsky.social · Apr 18
2. Institutional reform and technology are the best ways forward to make meaningful impact on animals. Until we find a more effective form of animal rights activism (ie. maybe social media, per Faunanalytics), our focus should be on reform/tech.
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Vikas @vikasshiva.bsky.social · Apr 18
1. There has been little to no progress in the % of vegans in the U.S, and only marginal progress abroad. Our current activism doesn't work, and we should identify if this is a problem with the *type* of activism, or activism itself.
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Vikas @vikasshiva.bsky.social · Apr 18
My friend @feedingprogress.bsky.social wrote this article on the state of animal consumption. Please subscribe to his substack. Here are the major takeways:

feedingprogress.substack.com/p/4-lessons-...
4 Lessons from History for Animal Advocacy
What the Past Can Teach Us About Accelerating Progress for Animals
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Vikas @vikasshiva.bsky.social · Mar 15
I've officially given my 2.5 week notice to Google so I can work on cellular agriculture (or potentially plant based proteins/foods) in the future 😁
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Vikas @vikasshiva.bsky.social · Mar 2
Fox News is now using Russian reported numbers for Ukrainian KIA - to tell you how absurd this is, Russia has on several occasions claimed to destroy more equipment than actually exists on the battlefield. www.foxnews.com/politics/ukr...
Ukraine loses 220 troops on same day of Trump and Zelenskyy spat
Ukraine lost 220 troops on the battlefield on the same day its president had a fiery fallout with President Donald Trump in the White House leading to the collapse of a mineral deal.
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Vikas @vikasshiva.bsky.social · Feb 8
What do you think of the new manufacturing facilities popping up? Liberation Labs, pow.bio?
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The Onion @theonion.com · Feb 5
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
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Vikas @vikasshiva.bsky.social · Feb 2
What makes a specific bioprocess viable vs not? My cofounder and I are trying to enter this field, but we want to be careful with the proteins/bioprocesses we target, and what kind of cost model to use to assess viability.
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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · Jan 8
World’s first Precision Fermentation dairy protein manufacturing facility begins construction in India 🇮🇳 Why care? India produces 9.5% of the world's cow milk! 🥛
Sterling Biotech To Build First-Ever Precision Fermentation Dairy Protein Factory In Gujarat
Sterling Biotech, a joint venture between Perfect Day and Zydus, has begun construction of the world’s first precision fermentation-based dairy protein manufacturing facility. The foundation stone was...
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Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · Jan 24
In the #Netherlands new #food futures facilities include the #Biotechnology #Fermentation Factory (BFF) in #Ede, focused on precision fermentation, and Cultivate at Scale (CaS) in #Maastricht, dedicated to cell culture bioprocessing

#cellculture
www.proteinproductiontechnology.com/post/the-net...
The Netherlands prioritizes sustainable food with new scale-up facilities | PPTI News
The Netherlands prioritizes sustainable food with new ccale-up facilities | Alternative Proteins | Food Tech | Food Production | Plant-Based Food | Cultivated Meat
www.proteinproductiontechnology.com
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Vegan-News.net @vegan-news.net · Jan 30
Nova Scotia Expands Precision Fermentation Hub with $1M Investment
Nova Scotia Expands Precision Fermentation Hub with $1M Investment
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Vegan-News.net @vegan-news.net · Jan 31
Precision Fermentation Firm Liberation Labs Secures $50.5M to Scale Production
Precision Fermentation Firm Liberation Labs Secures $50.5M to Scale Production
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Vikas @vikasshiva.bsky.social · Feb 2
yes :)
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Vikas @vikasshiva.bsky.social · Feb 1
yeah! vikaspydah
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Vikas @vikasshiva.bsky.social · Feb 1
Plant-Based Proteins:

Already on the market, and the ones that are already profitable. The goal with these is to reduce their costs compared to their meat alternatives.
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Vikas @vikasshiva.bsky.social · Feb 1
Precision Fermentation:

Pharma companies use this. They take some organism (ie. yeast), and use it to make insulin that normally would come from a pig. We can make whey and casein this way, but lots of challenges exist. Read Industrial Biotechnology Commercialization Handbook to understand issues.
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Vikas @vikasshiva.bsky.social · Feb 1
Also, follow the vegan lists if you haven't already 😜
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Vikas @vikasshiva.bsky.social · Feb 1
😂 probably not as well as twitter
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Vikas @vikasshiva.bsky.social · Feb 1
Clean Meat:

This is the lab grown meat stuff you all have probably heard of. A good primer is Clean Meat by Paul Shapiro. This field is the most behind - there have been several advances, but it requires significant capital, and has issues (contamination, yield, taste).
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Vikas @vikasshiva.bsky.social · Feb 1
One of my new missions (with @adityanair.bsky.social and @nimishamehta.bsky.social), is to switch entirely to the alt protein sector, and have other vegans do so too. There are 3 very promising sectors:

1. Clean Meat
2. Precision Fermentation
3. Plant-Based Proteins

Will elaborate below.
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Vikas @vikasshiva.bsky.social · Feb 1
How do you only have 18 followers? I'm trying to have famous friends here and you're failing me.
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Vikas @vikasshiva.bsky.social · Jan 27
Hey all! I'm interested in moving away from tech companies into the clean meat/alt protein space. If you have any advice, please let me know!
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The Onion @theonion.com · Jan 9
Jealous Trump Throws Own State Funeral To Upstage Carter’s
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Jealous Trump Throws Own State Funeral To Upstage Carter’s
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Jan 6
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X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.

Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?

If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
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