Food Technology

VLAB’s Sandor Schoichet Explains Why CEA Innovation Promises a Better Food Supply

Sandor Schoichet said that he is excited about a new technology called controlled environment agriculture, or CEA, which, he explained, is poised to revolutionize key elements of farming. This is the focus of the VLAB panel “Indoor AgTech: Planting the Seeds of a Better Food Supply” on May 27. An alum of MIT and University [...]

By | 2021-05-19T17:03:30-07:00 May 19th, 2021|AgTech, Events, Food Technology, Volunteers|Comments Off on VLAB’s Sandor Schoichet Explains Why CEA Innovation Promises a Better Food Supply

Will bacteria in the gut lead to new breakthroughs in personalized medicine?

A recent panel discussion at VLAB event at Stanford University examined the role microbes might play in human health. Mark Bunger, Senior Research Director at Lux Research, moderated the event. As an introduction, Bunger shared some information on what would define a microbiome, where it resides, and how big is a mircrobiome. Microbiome is an [...]

By | 2017-05-18T17:47:11-07:00 March 11th, 2015|Biotech, Event Summary, Food Technology, VLAB|Comments Off on Will bacteria in the gut lead to new breakthroughs in personalized medicine?

Innovations in Food Technology

http://youtu.be/Bk-9ndL3ykM At VLAB’s February 2014 event on “Where’s the Beef: Startups Disrupting the Food Chain,” moderator Stacy Feld, Partner at Physic Ventures, broke the ice with a survey. Only one vegan raised her hand. “How many of you are meat eaters?” Over half the crowd. “Vegetarians?” Less than half. “Vegans? … Well at least we have [...]

By | 2017-05-18T17:47:12-07:00 March 8th, 2014|Food Technology|Comments Off on Innovations in Food Technology