Category Archives: News

Christine Mummery Receives the 2023 ISSCR Public Service Award

The prize recognizes the outstanding contributions of public service to the fields of stem cell research and regenerative medicine.

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13.5 million euros for hDMT INFRA StemCells

National infrastructure to implement new organ and disease models using human stem cells

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WC12 Abstract deadline extended

The 12th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences will take place between August 27-31 2023, at Niagara Falls, Canada. Due to high demand—and in appreciation of all your efforts—the abstract deadline has been extended! Abstract submission deadline is Monday, February 20, 2023, 12:00 pm Canada/USA EST. For more information and submission of the abstract see the conference website.

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Prinses Beatrix Spierfonds ‘Op weg naar therapie’ grant

Dr. Federica Conte has been awarded the 'Op weg naar therapie' grant from the Prinses Beatrix Spierfonds aimed to support a two-year project focused on the integration of MS-based metabolomics

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MPS World Summit 2023 abstract submission extended

The 2nd MPS world summit 2023 in Berlin is less than 6 months away. The organizers are happy to announce that deadline for abstract submission is extended! Submit your abstract by February 15th 2023! Early bird registration is open until March 31st. EUROoCS members get a discount during the early bird registration.   Programme: Check the program, keynote speakers, venue and social events: https://mpsworldsummit.com Abstract submission: https://mpsworldsummit.com/2023-abstract-submission/ Registration: here Hotel: There is a limited number of rooms at the conference hotel reserved. Book here.  

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Thesis José M. Rivera-Arbeláez (University of Twente)

Following the dots – versatile and modular approach for engineering and analyzing three-dimensional cardiac tissues On January 27th  2023 José Manuel Rivera-Arbeláez successfully defended his thesis, entitled: ‘Following the dots – versatile and modular approach for engineering and analyzing three-dimensional cardiac tissues’ at the University of Twente. His research was performed under the supervision of prof.dr.ir. A. van den Berg and prof.dr.ir. L.I. Segerink from the faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science and prof.dr. P.C.J.J. Passier and dr. M. Catarino Ribeiro from the faculty of Science and Technology and River BioMedics. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause...

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An update on the intestine-on-chip and liver-on-chip programs at the UMCG

The Immunogenetics group of the Department of Genetics at the University Medical Center Groningen focuses on the development of organoid and organ-on-chip models of the human gut and liver

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NWO Open Competition Domain Science – XS grant for Silvia Mihăilă on bioartificial kidney

Silvia Mihăilă (Utrecht University) received an NWO Open Competition Domain Science – XS grant entitled ‘MAKING WAVES: A modeling-driven microfluidic device with wave configurations to evaluate solutes removal for bioartificial kidney applications’ With the loss of kidney function, the removal of unwanted solutes becomes inefficient. Bioartificial kidney (BAK), an extension to current dialysis therapy, aims at using specialized cells to cover hollow fiber membranes as functional units of a device to remove solutes not eliminated by conventional dialysis. By applying a highly multidisciplinary approach, we will use the experimental data and in silico numerical modeling to predict BAK performance. Iteratively,...

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9th hDMT theme group: Kidney-on-Chip

A good start of the New Year! Another new hDMT theme group has been established and will kick-off on March 16th 2023: Kidney-on-Chip. Coordinators are Silvia Mihăilă (chair, Utrecht University) and Jitske Jansen (vice-chair, Erasmus MC). Aim of the Kidney-on-Chip theme group is to bring together hDMT members focusing on kidney disease models, kidney regeneration and kidney in vitro models for drug screening. This working group aims to promote interaction, share knowledge, and provide opportunities for collaboration. By sharing expertise and facilities, this working group will advance the development of functional human kidney organoids (for health and disease). These systems...

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Kick-off meeting hDMT Bone-on-Chip meeting was a real eye-opener

On December 7th 2022 the brand new hDMT Bone-on-Chip theme group meeting kicked off in Amsterdam. After an overview of the challenges and opportunities in the Bone-on-Chip field by the coordinators Nathalie Bravenboer (chair, Amsterdam UMC) and Liliana Moreira Texeira (vice-chair, UTwente) there were inspiring talks of researchers from different hDMT partner organizations. Looking behind the scenes of the many research groups was a real eye-opener for the participants and already led to new collaborations and stronger existing relationships. All in all a useful start of the hDMT Bone-on-Chip community.

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