E16: Sandhya Sriram on cultivating cholesterol-free shrimp and growing your own meat at home

In this episode, you'll hear about:

How Shiok came to focus on shrimp, one of the most consumed proteins in the world. No other cell-based meat company was working on shrimp, giving Shiok excellent market potential. 
Why focusing on seafood has some advantages as the cells are easier to handle compared to mammalian cells.
The challenge of isolating shrimp muscle stem cells when most of stem cell research is done on animals that are closer to humans.  
How Shiok is experimenting with plant extracts in place of chemical ingredients to lower the cost of its nutrient media to bring its product cost from a few thousand dollars per kilogram to a two digit figure within a year