Siso Mbanxa

Siso Mbanxa brings specialized expertise in plant and animal cell culture techniques essential for advancing Newform Foods' cultivated meat production platforms. As Tissue Culture Manager at Rhodes University's Biotechnology Innovation Centre, she leads lab operations spanning media preparation, inoculations, subculturing, contamination control, and analytic troubleshooting.

Her strengths managing aseptic workflows and upholding rigorous quality standards equip her to readily optimize Newform Foods' cell isolation, proliferation, and differentiation protocols. Siso likewise contributes proficiency training staff on correct bioprocessing methods having served as a teaching assistant for Rhodes postgraduate biotechnology courses since 2021.