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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Do you want to learn about X chromosome inactivation and X-linked intellectual disability, read the post of our NOCI PhD student Kyra Swildens.

Get to know NOCI PhD student Muriel Holzreuter from University of Twente. And learn about measuring TEER in 3D Vessels-on-Chip.

Researchers from University Medical Centers in Leiden, Utrecht and Rotterdam in the Netherlands jointly affiliated within hDMT, intend to develop new organ and disease models using human stem cells