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...
This week the results of the mid-term review were received. The funding for the Netherlands Organ-on-Chip Initiative (NOCI) program will be continued for a second term of 5 years. The NOCI program will continue until October 1st 2027. The midterm review consisted of a...
Oxygen tank, some pieces of lead, an air vest, and a buddy, and we are ready to jump into the water. After some initial panic of breathing out of a tube, equalizing the ears, here opens a wonder of the underwater world. Few meters under the water surface, shades of...
The price for best presentation (€200) at the European Vascular Biology Organization (EVBO) summer school 2021 went to Dennis Nahon (NOCI PhD-student from Leiden University Medical Center) for the presentation of his work on ‘A Modular 3D NVU-on-a-chip model for...
An Organ-on-Chip (OoC) is a microfabricated device mimicking the physiological environment of the human body in order to culture cells in a micro environment that fit biological requirements. Ultimately the human body is made of an extreme diversity of tissues with a...
Almost everyone would like to ban animal testing. But in practice, animal experiments are still needed, for example to investigate new drugs for side effects. In this episode of Enkeltje Wetenschap Berend van Meer (LUMC/UTwente) explains that Organs-on-Chips might...
