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…
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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…
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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…
Francesca Perin Nature explorer and PhD student at Maastricht University / University of Trento I am a PhD candidate with one foot in Maastricht one in Trento, working to combine biology with materials science. In my research, my goal is…
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