If you would have told me 15 years ago that I would spend my PhD transforming cells that are found in urine towards intestinal epithelial cells and into a miniature intestine on-chip, I would not have believed it. Even today, it still sounds a bit like science...
As a scientist with a background in microengineering, I was intrigued early on by the interaction of microsystems with the living world. The field of microengineering includes the exploration of the physics of sensors, actuators and their fabrication at the...
Berend van Meer (LUMC), samen met Paul Vulto (Mimetas) en Bert de Vries (TU Eindhoven) in een podcast van BNR Eyeopeners “Medicijnen specifiek gemaakt voor jouw eigen lichaam” (in Dutch). Listen here to the podcast. Medicijnen specifiek gemaakt voor jouw...
One of the areas that NOCI is investigating is the development of brain-on-a-chip models for epilepsy. I was recently invited to write a Dutch piece in the journal “Epilepsie, periodiek voor professionals”, where we explain how we can replicate and analyze complex...
When I was an undergraduate student, I learned in a journal club that the lab of Hans Clevers in Utrecht had just shifted the boundaries of cell biology and tissue engineering: Single adult stem cells from patients’ biopsies – cultured under the right conditions –...
As a neurobiologist, I have been intrigued by the brain since my study Medical Biology in Utrecht. It is the most mysterious organ of the body, containing our thoughts, dreams and our curiosity, with much left to discover how it functions and how it’s dysfunction can...
