Irfan Tahir - New Harvest fellow and PhD biomaterials researcher

"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 yetFind me on Twitter @Sofiasbio for more bio stories! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sofias.bio