We are very happy to announced that Erland-Noroit has completed the installation of the customized H.Box Class II biosafety cabinet that they have developed specifically for the BIRDIE project and the Biopixlar bioprinting platform. The new instrument setup will be…
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Research talk at ESTIV 2022
BIRDIE researcher Dr. Michelle Jäschke (TissUse GmbH) is giving a talk on November 22 at the upcoming 21st International Congress of the European Society of Toxicology In Vitro (ESTIV 2022) titled Towards a personalized kidney-on-a-chip derived from induced pluripotent stem cells. Michelle's…
An expanded toolbox
To fit the research needs within the project, our consortium partner Fluicell has developed a switching toolhead for their Biopixlar bioprinting platform.The toolhead combines a high-precision printhead with a microfluidic open volume liquid dispensing tip. The new toolhead with be…
BIRDIE at TERMIS 2022
Are you attenging TERMIS-EU 2022 this week? During the conference, there are several opportunities to watch presentations by BIRDIE-associated researchers. The BIRDIE program starts tomorrow, June 28, with the symposium Advanced Biotechnology and Biofabrication approaches for soft tissue engineering and…
The Future of In Vitro Models – Workshop
Join us tomorrow at 15:00 CEST for an exciting stakeholder workshop on the future of in vitro models, gathering experts from multiple areas to discuss new opportunities for research and diagnostics. You can join the workshop live on YouTube here:…
BIRDIE Voices: Vivek Damodar Ranjan
In this edition of BIRDIE voices, we meet Dr. Vivek Damodar Ranjan, a postdoc in the group of Dr. Franck Halary at Nantes Université whose research is directed towards using tubulo-interstitium in vitro models to discover new biomarkers for use…
BIRDIE Voices: Michelle Jäschke
Creating systemic in vitro models is a major challenge for medical research and drug development. While human cell cultures offer accurate representation on a cellular level, they lack the complexity and connectivity of a real organ. Animal models, on the…
Birdie Voices: Jopeth Ramis
We are continuing our Birdie Voices series, presenting the people that make up the Birdie consortium. This time, we meet Dr. Jopeth Ramis, a postdoctoral researcher at Maastricht University who’s work in the Birdie project focuses on creating biomaterials that…
Biride at TERMIS-EU
At this year's TERMIS-EU meeting in Kraków, June 28-July 1, we will be hosting a symposium titled "Advanced Biotechology and Biofabrication approaches for soft tissue engineering and in vitro models" together with the FET-Open project ENLIGHT. Check out the conference…
BIRDIE Voices: Sveva Fagiolino
In a series of articles we will present some of the people that make up the Birdie consortium, each representing a unique perspective on the project and its goals. First out is Sveva Fagiolino who’s work as a PhD student…
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