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Identification of Small Molecules as Novel Adipogenic Enhancers for Edible Adipose Tissues (Case No. 2024-125)
Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology have developed a novel small molecule-based approach for enhancing lipid accumulation and adipogenesis in edible adipose tissues for cultured meat production. Background: With the global population expanding rapidly, there is an urgent demand for sustainable protein...
Published: 6/11/2026   |   Updated: 6/5/2026   |   Inventor(s): Amy Rowat, Robert Damoiseaux, Qingwen Xie
Keywords(s): 3D biofabrication, Agbio, Agriculture, Biomaterial, Cell and tissue culture, Cell Culture, Cell Growth, cell proliferation, cell-extracellular matrix (ECM), cellular aggregates, Cellular agriculture, Cellular Differentiation, Confocal Microscopy, Cultured meat, fat quantification, fatty acids, High-Content Screening, High-Throughput Screening, Industrial applications: food processing, fermentation, lipidomics, meat, meat production, nutrition, scaffolds, Screening Libraries, Small molecule screening, small molecules, subcutaneous adipose tissue, Sustainable nutrition, Tissue Engineering
Category(s): Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Life Science Research Tools > Screening Libraries, Life Science Research Tools > Cell Lines, Life Science Research Tools > Cell Counting And Imaging, Life Science Research Tools > Microscopy And Imaging, Therapeutics > Agtech And Animal Health, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing, Materials > Functional Materials
2021-285 Chemical Stimulation of Cellular Contractability to Enhance the Quality of Cultured Meat
Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology have developed a novel methodology to improve the texture and overall quality of muscle grown ex vivo for sustainable biomanufacturing applications. Background: Livestock production is known to be ecologically expensive due to its use of large swaths of land and release...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Updated: 10/31/2022   |   Inventor(s): Amy Rowat
Keywords(s): Beyond meat, biomanufacturing, Cell and tissue culture, Cell Culture, Cellular agriculture, Cultured meat, Food Chain, meat, meat production, Sustainable nutrition
Category(s): Chemical, Therapeutics > Agtech And Animal Health
Methods for Producing Cultured Meat that has Heterogeneous Composition
UC Case No. 2019-311 SUMMARY:UCLA researchers in the Departments of Integrative Biology and Physiology and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology have developed a novel method for the production of marbled, cultured meat with desirable texture and flavor. BACKGROUND:Revolutions in food production are necessary to support a growing global population,...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Updated: 11/5/2019   |   Inventor(s): Amy Rowat, Nora Kawecki, Siobhan Braybrook
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Category(s): Life Science Research Tools > Cell Lines, Materials > Nanotechnology
2012-282 Mechanical Phenotyping Of Single Cells: High Throughput Quantitative Detection And Sorting
SUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology and Bioengineering have developed a novel high throughput mechanically activated sorting device. BACKGROUNDCells are soft, viscoelastic materials whose main structural components are proteins and membranes and whose mechanical phenotype can be significantly altered during...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Updated: 10/10/2019   |   Inventor(s): Amy Rowat, David Hoelzle, Clara Chan
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Category(s): Life Science Research Tools > Cell Counting And Imaging, Life Science Research Tools > Mass Spectrometry
2017-99C Quantitative Deformability Cytometry: Rapid, Calibrated Measurements Of Cell Mechanical Properties
SUMMARY:UCLA researchers in the Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology have developed a novel microfluidic device that enables rapid measurement of cell mechanical properties.BACKGROUND:Cell mechanical properties are emerging as a label-free biomarker for altered cell and pathological states. Information about cells, such as their elastic...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Updated: 8/28/2019   |   Inventor(s): Amy Rowat, Kendra Nyberg
Keywords(s): Cell Counting/Imaging, Diagnostic Markers & Platforms, Diagnostic Platform Technologies (E.G. Microfluidics), Life Science Research Tools, Microfluidics And Mem's, Microscopy And Imaging
Category(s): Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Microscopy And Imaging, Diagnostic Markers, Life Science Research Tools > Cell Counting And Imaging, Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems, Platforms > Diagnostic Platform Technologies