https://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/niraj-tadasare/index.htmlAbout me I am Niraj, a “Researcher turned Entrepreneur” and currently Co-founder of Cell Forge Technologies Pvt. Ltd. in India, where we are reimagining how complex proteins are manufactured. After working with bacteria, yeast, hydra, mammalian and insect cells, silkworms, C. elegans, and rodents, I became fascinated by an overlooked microorganism called the ciliate—and its potential to become a biological factory to turn that idea into a scalable manufacturing platform. I am trying to bring together biology, automation, and engineering.Hugoenhttps://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/niraj-tadasare/week-01-hw-project-ideas/index.htmlMon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/niraj-tadasare/week-01-hw-project-ideas/index.html1) What would you like to biomanufacture, and why? — Building a New Chassis for Cytokines I want to manufacture recombinant cytokines and growth factors used in cell therapy, gene therapy, and stem-cell applications using a non-model microorganism—a ciliate. A ciliate combines eukaryotic machinery capable of producing, folding, and adding mammalian-like post-translational modifications to complex proteins with potentially rapid, economical microbial-like growth, while automation can be used to optimize manufacturing processes faster.https://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/niraj-tadasare/final-project/index.htmlMon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/niraj-tadasare/final-project/index.html