Spun out of research conducted at Kansas State University, PepGel is a research and pre-clinical product development company that is working on hydrogel technology that allows for 3D cell culture. The company is developing standard cell culture systems and applications for stem cell culture. The company's technology has downstream applications in tissue engineering and organ regeneration, 3D printing, and analytical tool development, and medical device applications such as hemostatic agents and tissue regeneration agents.