Somewhat off topic, I guess. See:
http://www.invitromeat.org/
I wish that people would organize cold fusion initiatives like this.
Establishment of the In Vitro Meat Consortium
The In Vitro Meat Consortium was established at a
workshop held at the Norwegian University of Life
Sciences June 15, 2007 (see meeting report). It
is an international alliance of environmentally
concerned scientists striving to facilitate the
establishment of a large-scale process industry
for the production of muscle tissue for human
consumption through concerted R&D efforts and
attraction of funding to fuel these efforts.
The consortium is currently led by an interim
steering committee with a specific mandate. The
interim phase will end with the consortiums
first international symposium April 9-11, 2008,
where (i) the consortium's organizational
structure will be determined, (ii) the scientific
and industrial challenges will be examined and
defined, and (iii) strategies will be consolidate
The First In Vitro Meat Symposium
The first In Vitro Meat Consortium Symposium will
be held at Ås, Norway, 9-11 April, 2008.
The two main goals of the symposium are to
identify and discuss the key scientific
challenges that need to be solved and to
formalize an organizational structure capable of
binding together the various efforts as well as
facilitating the funding of necessary activities.
There is no conference fee, but we ask
participants to cover their own travel and
accommodation costs. The symposium provides a
unique opportunity to make strategic contacts and
to influence the direction of future work and
activities. Indeed, we hope that one day it will
be viewed as a historic meeting. . . .
