Bluu Seafood reaches essential milestone with fish cells growing in suspension

Dr Duong T. Nguyen, Bluu’s Director of Research and Bioprocess Innovation, and Dr. Karen Wohlers, Scientist Process Development, cultivating fish cells in one of the company’s stirred-tank bioreactors. Source: Bluu GmbH / Anna Krampitz.

Press Release

Berlin, Dec 13th, 2022. Bluu Seafood, the leading cultivated fish company in Europe, has successfully adapted its proprietary fish cell lines to growth in suspension without the use of microcarriers or other scaffolds. This is a crucial step that will enable fish cell production in large scale stirred-tank bioreactors.

Establishment of cell suspensions is the latest milestone in a series of R&D breakthroughs that include development of GMO-free immortalized…