The document discusses the 'Shojinmeat Project,' an open-source initiative aimed at promoting cultured meat and cellular agriculture. It highlights the environmental impact of traditional meat production and proposes affordable DIY methods for culturing meat at home. The project encourages collaboration among universities, startups, and individuals to further develop and share techniques for sustainable meat production.

2. ’Open-Source Cultured Meat’
Cellular Agriculture Initiative
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Yuki Hanyu
“Shojinmeat Project”
Global Impact Challenge
25.Feb.2017, Tokyo, Japan

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“Meat”

4. Bio/Intro
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Interested in cultured meat
and cellular agriculture?
Then join us!
Yuki Hanyu, Ph.D
Chemistry &
Systems Engineering
Sci-fi overdose
since… 5? 8?

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“Meat”

7. From where?
Meat is ~x40 more resource intensive
Lamb：~x50, Beef：~x40, Pork：~x20, Poultry：~x7
“Meat”←animals←feed, water, land
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8. Deforestation
Fire-fallow
cultivation Water shortage
“Meat”←animals←feed, water, land
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9. Food Security (食糧安全保障)
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10. Muscle cells Bioreactor (Tank)
Culture
medium
Processing
Cultured Meat
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11. +Solution to 10000 year
long ethical dilemma?
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Resources saved to 1/10~1/100

12. Reason for being in Sci Fi

13. $260,000
The Cost Bottleneck…. for now.
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$400
(And further down…to $11 & lower
2013
～
2016
Aired on Japanese national TV (NHK), 2016/11/29

14. What if cell culture is scaled up?
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Medicine / stem cell therapy
(再生医療)
Bio-manufacturing (バイオ製造業)
Cultured meat / Cellular agriculture
（細胞農業）
Something more that
I am not aware of
Low cost large
scale cell culture

15. Affordable DIY cultured meat method
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Use of common food and drink
to make DIY culture media
Experiments at home and
biohack spaces

16. Affordable DIY cultured meat hardware
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Modified “Easy cell culture kit” at
$500
Cell culture system that makes
use of DIY culture media
PCT/JP2016/067599
特願2016-568716

17. Affordable DIY cultured meat sharing
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Information on methods & hardware
available on video sharing sites and
fanzine(同人誌) at Comiket (コミケ)

18. Into open-source cultured meat
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I made tastier
meat!!!(｀・ω・´)
I’ve modded the
hardware to
culture kidney.
I used it to
grow heart
cells :-)
Method
Hardware
Sharing
Universities
SME/Startups
Individuals

19. What went wrong with GMO?

20. Everyone, jump in!! Our core methods
are ALREADY open

21. Make meat at home

22. Make meat on Mars