A key objective for the BIRDIE project has been to bring together expertise from different research areas to create innovative technologies that extend what is possible within kidney research and disease modeling. Because of this, we are proud to announce…
Read More BIRDIE recognized by European Commission Innovation Radar
Chronic kidney disease is a growing health concern that affects 10 percent of the population worldwide and there is a large demand for more accurate cell-based models of the kidney. Researchers in the EU-funded BIRDIE consortium have now, by combining…
Read More New biomaterial formulation enables more precise ways to model kidney function
Researchers in the BIRDIE consortium have created a versatile stem cell-based model of the kidney proximal tubule. The study, published in Toxicology In Vitro, shows that the model can accurately predict the toxic effect of multiple reference compounds. Additionally, the…
On March 12, we gathered several international experts on organ-on-chip technology and kidney diseases in Maastricht to discuss how to bring advanced in vitro research technologies from bench to business. The workshop covered a diverse set of topics ranging from…
Read More Getting together to build the future of in vitro models
How can organ-on-chip technologies and other advanced in vitro methods take the step from the lab bench to becoming a driver for increased drug development efficiency and new biomedical innovations? This is the topic for an upcoming research and innovation…
Read More From bench to business – Building the future of in vitro models
Last week, Francesca Perin defended her “Versatile multicomponent (bio)ink for advanced biofabrication”. The research work was carried out as a joint agreement between Università di Trento and Maastricht University with BIRDIE coordinator Carlos Mota as main supervisor. Big congratulations on…
NiekWelkenhuysen Technical wizard and long distance running extraordinaire. I am a Technical Project Development Lead at Fluicell, which means that my responsibilities range from planning to executing and monitoring our ongoing project development activities. You could say that I am…
The BIRDIE team has had an exciting summer of science with our researcher attending multiple conferences and meetings, including participation at TERMIS in Seattle and at the EUROoCS in Milan. Going to meetings is a great way for us to…
AleksandraRak-Raszewska Postdoctoral stem cell scientist with a long history of experimental research. I am a stem cell biologist and postdoctoral scholar at Maastricht University. Before joining BIRDIE, I did a PhD at University of Liverpool where I studied mouse embryonic…
Coraline Chéneau Passionate postdoctoral fellow at Nantes Université, working to improve health and stop climate change. I am a postdoctoral scholar at Nantes Université, where I work to develop a proximal tubule cell model that can enable us to better…
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