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Self-grown meat analogue
Materials made with fungal mycelium have recently gained popularity as novel material in various industries, among others to produce meat analogues. So far, we successfully devised a straightforward technique for producing foamed hydrogel scaffolds that facilitate the growth of fungal mycelium.
Our next objective involves refining the design of the 3D food matrix to serve as a host material, allowing us to guide the growth of mycelium and create an anisotropic material with fibrous texture similar to meat fibers. This will be achieved by employing a variety of triggers known to influence the direction of fungal mycelial growth.
The goal of this project is to implement results from previous projects on directing fungal mycelial growth from 2D onto a 3D host material.
The goal of this project is to implement results from previous projects on directing fungal mycelial growth from 2D onto a 3D host material.
- Refine the foamed 3D host material recipe to direct fungal mycelial growth towards an anisotropic material.
- Explore post-processing methods of the hydrogel foam to direct fungal mycelial growth towards an anisotropic material.
- Characterize the resulting fungi-hydrogel material employing optical, mechanical and analytical methods.
- Refine the foamed 3D host material recipe to direct fungal mycelial growth towards an anisotropic material. - Explore post-processing methods of the hydrogel foam to direct fungal mycelial growth towards an anisotropic material. - Characterize the resulting fungi-hydrogel material employing optical, mechanical and analytical methods.