Welcome to Fork The System — a podcast spotlighting the innovators, researchers, and advocacy leaders reimagining how we feed the world.

Our fifth guest is Max Tham, a current Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore. Max started his research journey working on anticancer agents, but now leads a research group investigating the molecular reactions of Heme, a molecule in animal meats that gives meat its distinct flavour. Max is now commercializing this research through the tHEMEat Company, a food tech start-up producing a Heme-based flavour catalyst called Veme to give alternative protein products the same smell and taste as meat.

Resources:

• tHEMEat company website: https://www.themeatsg.com/
• Max’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-tham-891426190

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Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WboT7eY60yPXzi0rwukUKDbgKDXLrsyVODLJm_YedYo/edit?usp=sharing

Substack Recap: https://open.substack.com/pub/forkthesystem/p/a-recap-of-fork-the-system-episode-ce5?r=5s965p&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Welcome to Fork The System — a podcast spotlighting the innovators, researchers, and advocacy leaders reimagining how we feed the world.

Our fourth guest is Oscar Barrero Leal. Oscar recently finished his Doctorate in International Economic Law at Middlesex University and is now an Assistant Professor at the University of Ibagué in Colombia. Oscar teaches and conducts research in the intersections of global food systems, food security, public policy, and economic law. Oscar wrote his thesis on the rice trade — specifically, how international policies governing the global rice trade affected domestic Colombian rice markets.

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Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15mzuxvfSZW6C5Fv85Bn8pLgqx6OqvGrs_9RdaAqrFFQ/edit?usp=sharing

Substack Recap: https://forkthesystem.substack.com/p/a-recap-of-fork-the-system-episode-4cc?r=5s965p

Welcome to Fork The System — a podcast spotlighting the innovators, researchers, and advocacy leaders reimagining how we feed the world.

Our third guest is Rikard Saqe, a current Master’s of Chemical Engineering student at the University of Waterloo. Rikard started off his research journey working on drug discovery and healthcare technology. He has since transitioned into cultivated meat research and is particularly interested in cell-based seafood and potential applications of artificial intelligence in the field. Rikard has received over $700,000 in research grants and has worked with institutions like the Good Food Institute and New Harvest.

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Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15vWPLXz-HoRxZ_VQndgcC0jLxUSMVPz73guLzqf4sWc/edit?usp=sharing

Substack Recap: https://open.substack.com/pub/forkthesystem/p/a-recap-of-fork-the-system-episode-b1c?r=5s965p&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Resources:

• The Good Food Institute: https://gfi.org/
• Plant Futures: https://plantfuturesinitiative.org/
• Canadian Alternative Protein Symposium: https://canadaaltprotein.ca/
• New Harvest Canadian Student Activation Fund: https://www.new-harvest.org/canadian-student-activation-fund/
• Rikard's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rikard-saqe/