So exciting to see another group trying to make real, authentic vegan dairy products! Good luck and let us know if we can help in any way.
My group, Muufri, has been working on vegan dairy for a few months, since May of this year. We're participating in a startup accelerator called SynBio Axlr8r, which has given us $30k in funding and access to lab space at University College Cork in Ireland.
Our plan is to release a bottled milk that can compete with soy / almond / rice-type milks, and which can be used the same way real milk can -- in cheesemaking, yogurts, ice creams, etc.
Since you guys are doing real vegan cheese, I imagine there's a lot of room for collaboration between our groups. For instance, we're developing full-flavor, plant-based milkfats that could help your cheese taste amazing. Or, maybe our vegan milk could even prove to be a good feedstock for your cheesemaking process.
We are passionate about animal welfare - our end goal is to end the exploitation and abuse of cows. According to Muufri, the best way to accomplish this will be with a thriving business. It seems like you guys are on a similar page, so we should definitely talk!
On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 8:33:32 PM UTC+1, Patrik D'haeseleer wrote:
Hi all!
Come check out the IndieGogo campaign we just started to to fund the Counter Culture Labs / BioCurious DIYbio team for iGEM:
The goal of the project is to engineer the four major cheese proteins (caseins) into yeast, express and purify them, combine with water and fats to form micelles, and then make cheese! No more odd nut cheese substitutes! *Real* cheese, made from real cheese proteins, made in real baker's yeast!
We've got a $75 "Biohacker Special" just for this crowd: all the plasmids and detailed instructions for how to make your own cheese-producing yeast strain.
For all you hardcore DIYbio fans, check out the tons of information we've already collected on our wiki:
Please help us spread the word! If you can't afford to contribute, go for the $1 perk to get our updates and talk about us on your social intertubes. There's tons of other cool rewards as well: from the obligatory T-shirt, to some unique 3D printed jewelry (oops - still need to add that one!), to brainstorming sessions with your favorite mad scientists.
Or if you know someone willing to spend $10 million to shut us down - well, there's an option for that too! :-)
Patrik
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