Upside Foods: Cultivated Meat Startup Expands to Life Sciences with Lucius Labs

Upside Foods: Cultivated Meat Startup Expands to Life Sciences with Lucius Labs

4 Mins Read US cultivated meat pioneer Upside Foods is branching out its cell culture expertise by launching a new division targeting the life sciences sector, called Lucius Labs. One of the leaders of the cultivated meat category has diversified beyond food to offer cell culture media and analytics services to the life sciences industry. California-based Upside Foods, among the only companies approved to sell cultivated meat in the US, has spun…

Exclusive: UPSIDE Foods looks beyond cultivated meat to life sciences with cell culture media spin-off Lucius Labs

Cultivated meat pioneer UPSIDE Foods has launched Lucius Labs, a new division specializing in cell culture media for the life sciences industry. UPSIDE Foods has not responded to a request for comment, but CSO Bob Newman, PhD, explained in a LinkedIn post that the firm is looking for a sales exec “to help build a new vertical business in the life sciences industry with an initial focus on cell culture media.” He added: “Our team has developed de…