Irfan Tahir - New Harvest fellow and PhD biomaterials researcher
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"Keep all of your fundamentals strong and for sure you'll find a place in cell ag". Irfan is currently a Ph.D. candidate and New Harvest Fellow at the Engineered Biomaterials Research Laboratory at the University of Vermont where he is tissue engineering cultured meat on plant-based scaffolds. In this episode: from mechanical engineer to tissue engineer Irfan's research in plant-based scaffolds fundamental vs applied research why plastic is so great that biomaterials haven't fully replaced it yet Find me on Twitter @Sofiasbio for more bio stories!
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