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Over 180 participants from 12 different countries joined the
third International Organ-on-Chip Symposium (IOOCS18) held in
Eindhoven, the Netherlands, on 8 and 9 November 2018. This year
IOOCS18 was organized by NOCI, TU/e and hDMT. No less than 55 posters of
high quality were presented which ensured lively discussions
between the participants.
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On November 27th 2018 the ECSEL Joint Undertaking presented the
results of the InForMed project and the Health.E Lighthouse
Initiative at the high-level conference "The impact of EU
research and innovation in our daily life" in the European
Parliament building in Brussels.
The InForMed team in front of their stand in the...
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Recently, the Radboudumc became a member of the hDMT consortium.
On Wednesday, November 14, 2018, the first hDMT meeting took place
on the 8th floor of the Radboud Institute of Molecular
Life Sciences. Dr. Janny van den Eijnden-van Raaij, managing
director of hDMT, kicked-off with an interactive session by
introducing the activities of the...
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Soheila Zeinali from the Organs-on-Chip technologies
group of the University of Bern (Switzerland) received the Best
Poster Award at the International Organ-on-Chip Symposium 2018
(IOOCS 2018) in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. This year there were no
less than 55 poster presentations which were all of high quality
according to the scientific jury.
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Amongst
the seventeen Lush Prize 2018 winners from nine countries was
Nikolas Gaio of Delft University of Technology, an hDMT partner
which actively collaborates on the further development of
Organ-on-Chip technology. Organ-on-Chip technology not only is a
big promise for better human model systems, but also has the
potential to minimize...
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At the Leiden BioScience Park, the Netherlands, a new high-tech
stem cell facility will emerge in the coming years: the NEtherlands
Center for the Clinical Advancement of Stemcell Therapies (NECST).
Researchers and start-up companies are welcomed here for the
development of stem cell and gene therapy products.
NECST is set up by the...
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Accenture
Innovation Awards is a year-round program that brings together
innovators from different spheres and helps them elevate their
ideas.
During the annual innovation competition for start-ups Accenture
Innovation Awards 2018 in Maarssen, 2 November 2019, prizes were awarded in the themes health,
security, mobility, food, climate,...
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Cisca
Wijmenga is awarded the distinguished United European
Gastroenterology (UEG) Research Prize 2018 for her outstanding work
on 'A coeliac mucosal barrier-on-chip model to investigate its role
in initiation of coeliac disease'.
The UEG award recognizes excellence in basic science,
translational or clinical research and provides...
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Featuring
the world's first neural synthesizer, artist Guy Ben-Ary and his
collaborators performed at the TodaysArt Festival in The Hague on
21 September. For this performance, he collaborated with the lab of
professor Erik Danen at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug
Research to transform neural stem cells into neural networks on
a...
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Eindhoven University of Technology develops microsystems
for organ research.
Organs-on-chip can help to study disease processes and are
probably a better model than test animals or cultured cells in a
petri dish. Professor Jaap den Toonder of Eindhoven University of
Technology develops such organs-on-chip in his special
Microfab/lab:...
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The recent publication about Organ-on-Chip in the Journal
Scientific Reports from hDMT partners TU Delft, TU Eindhoven and
UTwente is another example of how the collaborative environment in
hDMT is promoting innovation in the Organ-on-Chip field.
Last month, William F. Quiros-Solano (TU Delft) and his
co-authors published the article...
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During the International MicroNanoConference 2017 in Amsterdam
the annual MNBS workshop was held. This workshop formed the basis
for the Report on the 11th Annual Concertation and Consultation
Workshop on Micro-Nano-Bio-Systems: MNBS 2017 that recently has
been released.
One of the topics discussed during the workshop and in the
report is...
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One of the outcomes of the ORCHID Vision workshop that was held in
Stuttgart on 23 May 2018 was the establishment of the Organ-on-Chip
Society. hDMT has taken the initiative to set up this society and
is planning the launch during the International Organ-on-Chip
Symposium (IOOCS18) in Eindhoven on 8 and 9 November. Membership of
the society will...
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hDMT was represented during the official launch of the UK
Organ-on-a-Chip Network on 7 September 2018 at Queens Mary's
Graduate Centre in London. During the different networking sessions
experts from industry and academia presented their work and ideas
about shaping the multidisciplinary research community in
Organ-on-a-Chip in the...
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The
FET Flagship proposal 'Health EU' has been successfully submitted.
This proposal is coordinated by Alexander Eggermont (Goustave
Roussy), Adrian Ionescu (EPFL) and Albert van den Berg (UTwente).
The ambitious unifying goal is empowering every citizen
with a Human Avatar enabling access to comprehensive personalized
healthcare,...
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The first round of Twente University RadBoudumc Opportunities
(TURBO) grants is devoted to the search for the proof of concept
for a chip that simulates the brain-blood barrier. A lot has been
sown, it is now time to reap: "We can convert stem cells into brain
cells and, by analogy, have developed two new chips. Now we will
find out...
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On
5 and 6 July, technologists, stem cell specialists, industry and
patient representatives came together in DesignLab University of Twente. They explored
the potential of a living retina fragment on a chip, working as a
model for the eye, and formulated a common research agenda for the
coming years.
hDMT researcher Andries van der Meer of...
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In
the future, everyone has their own virtual twin brother or sister
who has to monitor the health of people. That is the objective of
an European program called Health EU. The program is being carried
out in collaboration with the Dutch hDMT, and is in the race for a
FET Flagship grant from the European Union. If the grant is
awarded, the...
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Prof.
dr. Christine Mummery has been awarded with the LUMC Premium.
Mummery receives the premium for the broad contributions to the
LUMC, in particular for her scientific achievements. She is
international ambassador of the LUMC and frequently seeks
connection with the outside world. More (in Dutch)
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hDMT
will be taking part in a European research network to promote the
development of Organ-on-Chip technology. hDMT Managing Director
Janny van den Eijnden - van Raaij actively participates as a member
of the Advisory Board and of the Outreach Committee. Moreover, two
hDMT consortium partners, University of Twente and Leiden
University...
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The Top Consortium Knowledge & Innovation office of the
Topsector LSH (TKI-LSH) has launched the HHOOCS program
specifically aimed at fundamental Organ-on-Chip (OoC) research.
The HHOOCS program is a great opportunity to develop an OoC
showcase that integrates human stem cell or organoid in vitro
cultures and/or microfluidics...
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On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee, we cordially invite
you to the 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in
the Life Sciences (WC11) in Maastricht, the Netherlands, on 23-27
August 2020. Please visit the congress website www.wc11maastricht.org for the latest updates.
Themes in a nutshell
The general theme of the...
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This
report covers the 11th edition of the EU-funded MicroNanoBio
Systems cluster annual MNBS Bioelectronics Workshop, which took
place in Amsterdam at the Beurs van Berlage on 12th - 13th December
2017 and was included as part of the International Micro Nano
Conference 2017, of which the main topics were Microfluidics and
Analytical Systems,...
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Explain
your PhD project as clearly as possible in ten minutes!
Monday 18 June 2018 four young scientists battled against each
other in the ScienceBattle. This theatershow has been organised
more than a hundred times now, this was the second time in Den
Haag.
Berend van Meer (LUMC) researches culturing stem cells in
Organ-on-Chip...
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At
wiki.hdmtechnology.nl researchers working at hDMT partner organisations present themselves and
their research to potential collaborators.
For visitors who don't work at hDMT partner organisations, only
the profiles and contact details of hDMT reseachers are
accessible.
With an account, information is also accesible about:
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