Call for hDMT researchers, Biomed NXTGEN Hightech partners and other experts in the Netherlands to contribute to the Dutch Standards Committee Microphysiological Systems and Organ-on-Chip. Bring your expertise to participate in the international standardization project for robust, reproducible and scalable models.
NEN has established the Dutch Standards Committee on Microphysiological Systems (MPS) and Organ-on-Chip (OoC), and experts in this field are invited to join.
The goal of this Dutch Standards committee is to bring MPS and OoC experts together, such as scientists, biologists, engineers, policy makers, manufacturers and suppliers to represent the Netherlands in international standardization.
First meeting was 8th of November
Supporting innovation
MPS and OoC represent a rapidly growing and innovative field. Currently, there is a lack of standardised protocols and guidelines within the MPS and OoC domain. Standards can support the reproducibility and comparability of results and the interoperability of various MPS and OoC components and systems, thereby supporting innovation and scalable production.
Focus Group Organ-on-Chip
The need for standardisation was recognized by the Focus Group Organ-on-Chip (FG OoC), a group of 120 European experts who plotted the landscape of ongoing activities in the field, defined priority needs and opportunities, and recommended further actions to ensure that standards support the deployment of Organ-on-Chip in industry and help to ensure its regulatory acceptance. The FG OoC has submitted the work program to ISO (standardization at the international level) for adoption, recognizing the global value chain for OoC technologies.
Link to the international Organ-on-Chip Standardization Roadmap
Dutch experts needed
This committee represents the Netherlands in the standardization process and puts Dutch experts directly in the center of the internationally organized market. The standards committee meets three to four times a year. The standards committee actively follows the work at the international level, focusing on ISO TC 276 Biotechnology, ISO TC 48 Laboratory Equipment – WG3 Microfluidics, ISO TC 212 Medical laboratories and in vitro diagnostic systems.
For more information about participation click here.
The project is part of the Biomedical domain within NXTGEN Hightech , the National Growth Fund, with the ambition of bringing the Netherlands to the top internationally.
Source: NEN
