Lea Melzener

The paper screens peptides to optimise alginate hydrogels for cultivated meat, identifying RGD-containing peptides as most effective for cell attachment and myogenic fusion.

This study shows that adding electrospun short-stranded zein fibers to alginate hydrogels improves muscle precursor cell alignment and myogenic differentiation, enhancing muscle tissue formation in cultivated meat systems.

This study identifies key pathways for improving muscle cell differentiation in vitro, achieving near-complete fusion and enhanced muscle protein production in bioartificial constructs.