Smart MC's latest review article, "Scaling up stem cell production: harnessing the potential of microfluidic devices," published in the prestigious 'Biotechnology Advances' journal, offers an informative and detailed examination of the role of microfluidic devices in stem cell manufacturing. This comprehensive review addresses the critical challenges currently faced in the stem cell industry, such [...]

An article published yesterday by Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) placed Smart MCs in the spotlight as a key Australian player in the bioprocessing sphere. The article features an exclusive interview with Smart MCs CEO Payar Radfar, discussing the company’s achievement securing a major government grant for an automated production line. Industry [...]

Smart MCs, a biotech startup born out of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) ecosystem, has been awarded an Accelerating Commercialisation government grant for their scaled up microcarrier production line, a project totalling $600K. Smart MCs has been awarded the Accelerating Commercialisation Grant by the [...]

We are thrilled to welcome Prof. Steve Oh as our Scientific Advisor. With his extensive knowledge and experience in stem cell bioprocessing, including microcarrier cultures, bioreactor expansion, hESC cultures on engineered surfaces, differentiation of hESC-derived cardiomyocytes, and imaging and monitoring of pluripotent stem cells, Steve brings a wealth of expertise to our team. [...]

Smart MCs Present at BIV Demo day Six months ago, Smart MCs team had only a proof-of-concept technology to produce edible microcarriers from food ingredients. To expedite the technology development, Smart MCs team decided to join Big Idea Ventures' program and receive [...]

Big Idea Ventures' Demo day 2022 We are so excited to announce that Smart MCs' team will be presenting at the Big Idea Ventures' 2022 Demo Day in Singapore. We are looking forward to get together with top leading people who are seeking to changing the food industry to a more sustainable, ethical [...]

Smart MCs Booth Smart MCs team was privileged to represent UTS Startups as one of the deep-tech and translational research based Startups in the UTS Vice Chancellor's Innovation Showcase 2022. The event was around the future of Australia’s research and innovation system, university research [...]

Smart MCs visit of siaw 2022 Smart MCs team attended three major exhibitions during their Singapore visit from 25th-29th of October 2022. It was a great chance to attend Singapore International Agri-Food Week 2022, Agri-Food Tech Expo Asia 2022 and Singapore Week of Innovation & Technology 2022 in-person. Smart MCs team enjoyed [...]