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Three of our NOCI members won the Proefdiervrij Venture Challenge and were awarded € 25,000
Last week, three of our NOCI members, Milica Dostanic (LUMC/TUD), Dennis Nahon (LUMC), and Reneé Moerkens (UMCG), together with Isabel Sariol (Leiden Institute of Chemistry), won the Proefdiervrij Venture Challenge and were awarded € 25,000. Their team, HeartSmart, is...
hDMT Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary with a Succesful Conference
On April 2-3, 2025, the hDMT 10-year Anniversary Conference brought together leading scientists and young researchers from hDMT partner organizations to celebrate a decade of innovation in dynamic human models. The event, held in Lunteren, was full of excellent...
Renée Moerkens successfully defended her PhD thesis titled “Re-creating the human intestine at microscale”, earning a cum laude distinction
On January 22th, Renée Moerkens successfully defended her PhD thesis titled “Re-creating the human intestine at microscale” at the University of Groningen, earning a cum laude distinction. Her research describes the development of an intestine-on-chip: a...
Get to know NOCI PhD student Eline Smits from UMCG
Two years ago, I started my PhD in the Immunogenetics lab run by Sebo Withoff and Iris Jonkers at the Department of Genetics of the University Medical Center Groningen in the context of the NOW Gravitation program ‘Netherlands Organ-on-Chip Initiative’ (NOCI). In our...
Laura Windt successfully defended her PhD thesis titled “Tissue Engineered Models of the Human Heart”.
On Januari 17th, Laura Windt successfully defended her PhD thesis titled “Tissue Engineered Models of the Human Heart”. Her research describes the tissue engineering of a human cardiac 3D model that is physiologically relevant and qualified to measure contractile...
Lena Sophie Koch successfully defended her PhD thesis
On October 31st, Lena Sophie Koch successfully defended her PhD thesis titled “The Gut-Brain Axis on Chip to Unravel Inter-Tissue Interactions" The microbiome-gut-brain axis (MGBA) represents the bi-directional path for interaction between the gastrointestinal tract...
Our NOCI PhD student Marc Vila Cuenca receives an Award from Alzheimer Netherlands for research into vascular dementia
Dr. Marc Vila Cuenca (CADASIL & Orlova group) receives 125,000 euros from Alzheimer Nederland for his research into vascular dementia. Mutations in the NOTCH3 gene are the leading hereditary cause of vascular dementia, affecting approximately 1 in 300 people...
Hande Aydogmus successfully defended her PhD thesis
On September 23rd, Hande Aydogmus successfully defended her PhD thesis titled “Integrated Sensors for Organ-on-Chip Platforms.” In her research, she explored the integration of CMOS-compatible cleanroom fabrication methods and field-effect transistor (FET)-based...
Dennis Nahon succesfully defended his thesis
On June 26th, Dennis Nahon, successfully defended his PhD thesis titled: ‘Modeling vascular disease using self-assembling human induced pluripotent stem cell derivatives in 3D vessels-on-chip.’In this thesis he developed novel models to study vascular diseases, to...
Get to know NOCI PhD student Kyra Swildens from Erasmus MC
Do you want to learn about X chromosome inactivation and X-linked intellectual disability, read the post of our NOCI PhD student Kyra Swildens.