Author Archives: e.thomassen@hdmt.technology

ARDF ANNUAL OPEN GRANT PROGRAM

The Alternatives Research & Development Foundation (ARDF) is currently accepting applications for its Annual Open grant program. Please see below or the ARDF webpage for more information on this opportunity. Applications are due by 11:59pm ET on April, 15, 2022. RDF’s Annual Open grant program was established to fund research projects that develop alternative methods to advance science and replace or reduce animal use. Proposals are welcome from any nonprofit educational or research institution worldwide, although there is a preference for U.S. applications in order to more quickly advance alternatives here. Expert reviewers evaluate proposals based on scientific merit and...

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Life Science event 2022

On Tuesday April 5th the first edition of the Life Science event will take place in Corpus Congress Centre in Leiden. We are looking forward to an inspiring day with a seminar program based on three main themes: cell biology, Next Gen Sequencing and innovative developments in DNA technologies. The event also offers the opportunity to meet other professionals and to get acquainted with the innovations of our exhibitors. A visit to the Life Science event is free of charge and you can register via the website. Anne Rios, principal investigator at the Princess Máxima Centre, will open the day...

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Hypatia Grant at Radboudumc to design predictive bone-healing-on-chip models

To develop predictive on-chip models of bone healing, Mani Diba has been awarded a Hypatia Tenure Track Grant (1M€) at the Dept. of Dentistry of Radboud University Medical Center. Traditional pathways towards development of bone regenerative biomaterials require extensive in vivo animal testing. Meanwhile, current in vitro methods fail to recapitulate the complexity of the in vivo environment with respect to both extracellular and cellular components. The funded project (BoneChipPredict) aims to design advanced in vitro models for bone defect healing that recapitulate both the dynamic viscoelastic nature of the extracellular matrix and the spatial heterogeneity of cells in bone....

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Kick-off Meeting LymphChip

On February 15, 2022, in total 44 members of LymphChip participated representing the academic partners, co-financing partners and the Advisory Board. Plenary sessions were held to present the aims of LymphChip, to learn about the expectations and contributions from co-financing partners and to evaluate the impact plan, and future plans. In 3 consecutive breakout sessions technical requirements, biological platforms/disease models and the three on-chip-models for heart, intestine and skin/lymph node were discussed. Finally also the first plans for education and dissemination were presented. The Kick-off Meeting was organized in Spatial Chat in view of COVID-19 restrictions. Source: https://www.lymphchip.org/en/home/

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Abstract submision for EUROoCS 2022 now open

Abstract submission for EUROoCS 2022, held on 4-5 July 2022 in Grenoble France, is now open. Submitted abstracts will be selected either for an oral presentation or for the poster session. Submission: via https://euroocs2022.insight-outside.fr/abstracts/ Deadline for abstract submission:    15 April 2022 Deadline for abstract selection:        1 June 2022 Scientific program committee Xavier Gidrol (chair, CEA, France) Fabrice Navarro (chair, CEA, France) Dries Braeken (EUROoCS Board/ imec, Belgium) Madalena Cipriano (University of Tübingen, Germany) Stephanie Descroix (University of Paris Institut Curie, France) Suzy Fitzpatrick (EUROoCS Regulatory Advisory Board/FDA, USA) Jochen Kühnl (EUROoCS Industrial Advisory Board/Beiersdorf, Germany) Martin Raasch (EUROoCS...

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