John Yuen

John Yuen is a 5th year Bioengineering PhD Candidate in the David Kaplan Laboratory at Tufts University with a prior background in molecular biology and bone biochemistry research at the University of California, San Diego. At Tufts, John works on methods to produce bulk muscle and fat tissues for food and cultured meat applications. These methods include the development of dual-approach bioreactors that combine conventional macroscale channels with tissue vascularization techniques to form a comprehensive tissue perfusion strategy that enables volume efficient engineering of large tissues. John also works on bottom-up approaches to form large tissues using small tissue fragments, specifically for low cost, scalable cultured fat production.

January 2022