NOCI retreat September 24-25, 2020 One of the most important features of the NOCI consortium is to enable direct interaction with all members from different organ-on-chip related areas. This is enabled by the organization of bi-yearly training and retreats. The...
The instant I turn on the news, I’m bombarded with a lot of ‘negative’ information.As we are still in this global pandemic probably for the foreseeable future, I would like to spread some positive information and highlight a development in studying the COVID-19 which...
Today the Foundation ‘Biowetenschappen en Maatschappij’ has launched a booklet, entitled ‘Mini Organs-on-Chips. Towards new research models for studying disease and finding treatments’. This new publication in the series of so-called...
The winner of the Hugo van Poelgeest prize for alternatives to animal testing has been announced! On October 2nd, the prize of € 3,000 was awarded to a young researcher who is conducting excellent, animal-free research in the life sciences. With his research into...
3D Cardiac Tissues Will Be Soon Nourished and Stimulated in a Compact Format 1.4mn euro project to Bi/ond-led consortium between Bi/ond, Fluigent and LUMC to develop the first Organ-on-Chip system that can keep complex 3D tissue models alive and mimic the...
What had to become the 2nd big European Organ-on-Chip Society (EUROoCS) meeting in Upsala for 3 days, was eventually re-organized into a very successful 2-day online event on the 8th and 9th of July, due to the current worldwide COVID-19 crisis. Science from the...
