The global demand for seafood continues to climb. Yet overfishing, habitat destruction, and pollution from heavy metals and microplastics make traditional fishing and aquaculture less sustainable every year. One of the most exciting solutions to this challenge is cell-based fish meat, grown directly from fish cells in bioreactors, without needing to raise or harvest [...]
A newly published study in Biomedical Materials validates Smart MCs’ X1 microcarriers, a fully customisable and dissolvable platform for large-scale adherent cell culture. The gelatin-based carriers were shown to outperform a widely used commercial benchmark across multiple sectors, including cultivated meat, regenerative medicine, and vaccine production. This article breaks down what X1 microcarriers are, [...]
Building a Molecular “Lego Set” to Solve the Challenges of Cell Culture We were pleased to welcome Dr. Daniel Peters, CEO and co-founder of MarraBio Ltd, for our July 2025 Smart MCs Webinar, held in collaboration with TCS Biosciences. In this engaging session, Dan introduced a revolutionary approach to mammalian cell culture using [...]
Dengue fever is a serious mosquito-borne illness that affects hundreds of millions of people each year, particularly across Asia, the Pacific, and parts of Australia. There are four types of dengue virus, known as DENV1, DENV2, DENV3, and DENV4. A person can be infected with each type only once, and catching one doesn’t protect [...]
A pivotal shift toward human-relevant science, regulatory alignment, and the adoption of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) In July 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) jointly hosted the FDA-NIH Workshop: Reducing Animal Testing, a pivotal event in biomedical research policy. With broad participation from regulatory bodies, [...]
Smart MCs Pty Ltd is proud to announce its participation in a $900,000 research collaboration with the University of New South Wales (UNSW), supported by $900,000 in funding through the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Program. This project is led by A/Prof. Christopher Marquis and Prof. Kris Kilian at UNSW. The project will focus on [...]
A new study led by Shiina Pasanen and colleagues, published in the Biotechnology Journal (2025), demonstrates a powerful approach to expanding human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) using microcarrier-based systems. Although the team used custom-engineered microcarriers, the results strongly support the broader use of microcarriers in regenerative medicine and scalable cell manufacturing. The Challenge: Scaling [...]
Smart MCs is proud to share that our Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Lin Ding, presented at the 15th International NanoMedicine Conference (OzNanoMed 2025), held from 16–18 June at the Pier One Sydney Harbour Hotel in Sydney. On Tuesday, 17 June at 2:15 PM (AEST), Lin delivered a talk titled “Redraw Our Roadmap with Customer Voices: [...]
We were pleased to host A/Prof. Khoon Lim from the University of Sydney for our June webinar, where he presented on: Light-Activated Biomaterials as Bioinks for 3D Printing Presentation Highlights Hydrogel Development for 3D Bioprinting: A/Prof. Khoon Lim discussed his group's work on hydrogel-based biomaterials, focusing on gelatin and synthetic polymers like polyvinyl alcohol for [...]
We’re proud to announce that Smart MCs will be presenting a research poster at the ISSCR 2025 Annual Meeting, taking place 11–14 June 2025 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Organised by the International Society for Stem Cell Research, ISSCR 2025 is one of the world’s leading conferences for stem cell science [...]
