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Modern Meadow moves to New Jersey

by Melody M. Bomgardner
August 28, 2017 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 95, Issue 34

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Credit: Modern Meadow
This piece of Modern Meadow leather was made in the lab.
A small piece of animal-free leather made by Modern Meadow
Credit: Modern Meadow
This piece of Modern Meadow leather was made in the lab.

Modern Meadow, a start-up making lab-derived animal materials, including leather, will move its headquarters from Brooklyn, N.Y., to Nutley, N.J. The 7,300-m² site, on a former Roche campus, will also house lab space and a pilot manufacturing facility. Modern Meadow engineers cells to grow collagen, which self-assembles into fibrils that in turn are converted into leather. New Jersey pitched in tax credits worth up to $32 million. Modern Meadow says it will grow its Brooklyn-based design and research studio.

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