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Björn Örvar

Co-founder & CSO

ORF Genetics

Björn is a co-founder of ORF Genetics. He served as the CEO of the company from 2006 to 2013 and the Executive V.P. and Chief Scientific Officer of ORF Genetics since 2013. Björn received his Ph.D. in plant molecular genetics in 1997 from the University of British Columbia, Canada, and was a post-doctoral fellow at McGill University, Montréal for three years before moving back to Iceland.

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Reducing Cost, Increasing Sustainability and Reaching Scale Using Growth Factors Derived from Barley Seeds

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Cellular agriculture and cultivated meat may have a promising future as a sustainable source for animal proteins. Although the technology is developing fast, there are some major hurdles that needs...

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Extracellular opens Europe’s largest contract pilot facility for cultivated meat and seafood

Vision to eliminate the need for cultivated meat companies to develop pilot-scale facilities

Say ‘cultivated meat’ in Singapore, not ‘lab-grown’ and certainly not ‘cell-based’

SMU researchers study impact of nomenclature and framing on consumer acceptance of cultivated meat

Protein Industries Canada and Innovate UK announce joint call for plant-based food and ingredient R&D projects

The call is part of an ongoing collaboration between the two organizations

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11th - 12th October 2023 | Amsterdam

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