10 August 2023 Excellence Series | Proteins for life: Optimising meat and the potential for meat alternatives

Join us on 10 Aug as we hear from Professor Jim Morton sharing his work exploring the role of proteins in living organisms and how they are modified in and when turned into products.

Using meat as an example, he will show how a protein involved in muscles becomes important in the tenderising of meat.  He will also discuss the importance of meat in the human diet, efforts to optimise value from this expensive food and the state of research into alternatives to meat.

As a biochemist, Professor Jim Morton, has studied proteins in bacteria, plants and animals for forty years. He has a particular interest in on the modifications of proteins of economic interest and much of this research has been in partnership with AgResearch.

This event is being held in our new building on campus - Waimarie, Īnaka Room.

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Read more on Professor Morton's research profile.