Sartorius and Science Prize for Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy
The annual Sartorius and Science Prize for Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy is geared towards researchers focused on basic or translational research that advances regenerative medicine and cell therapy. The initiators are looking forward to receiving your application before 1 October 2019. Eligible fields: Entries accepted from the fields of regenerative medicine, cell therapy,[…]
Looking for collaborators?
Are you looking for collaborators in the OoC field and are you a member of the EUROoCS, then you have access to the EUROoCS Forum and you can add an announcement in the section "Find your collaborators".
European Organ-on-Chip Society open for active membership
Press release: European Organ-on-Chip Society open for active membership The founding phase is complete: the European Organ-on-Chip Society (EUROoCS) is now welcoming members to join. The annual conference, held this year in Graz (Austria), saw launch of the community website and the start of its availability as an information resource. “We invite scientists, engineers,[…]
Call for proposals for WC11 sessions deadline extended
The International Scientific Committee for WC11 has been formed and had its first brainstorm meeting just before Christmas last year. The four themes Safety, Disease, Innovative technologies and Ethics, welfare and regulatory affairs were discussed, resulting in an extensive list of topics per theme. Among the many topics are (multi-)organ-on-chip, the virtual human, stem[…]
First EUROoC newsletter
EUROoC proudly presented the first EUROoC newsletter on 20th May 2019. If you are interested in receiving the EUROoC Newsletters, please register via the EUROoC website.
An active Israelian Organ-on-Chip community during one day symposium
On Tuesday 19 March 2019 a one-day Organ-on-Chip symposium was organized by dr. Ben Maoz and dr. Gad Vatine at the Tel Aviv University (TAU) in Israel. It was a lively meeting divided in four parts: Cancer/Metabolism, Vasculature, Technologies and Lab on Chip. Some 150 attendants watched new work presented in oral presentations and[…]
Flemish first Life-on-Chip Conference great succes
The first edition of the two-day conference 'Life-on-Chip - The Road from Idea to Reality' in the Provincial House in Leuven was attended by more than 140 international participants, speakers and exhibitors. The participants were all players from the Health/Life Sciences and micro- and nanotechnology sectors. During the conference Janny van den Eijnden -[…]
Call for proposals for WC11 sessions
The International Scientific Committee for WC11 has been formed and had its first brainstorm meeting just before Christmas last year. The four themes Safety, Disease, Innovative technologies and Ethics, welfare and regulatory affairs were discussed, resulting in an extensive list of topics per theme. Among the many topics are (multi-)organ-on-chip, the virtual human, stem[…]
Impression of the ORCHID Strategy workshop
Following up on the ORCHID Vision workshop, the ORCHID Strategy workshop was held in Leiden, the Netherlands on 17 January 2019. 32 experts from academia, innovation hubs, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry, patient organizations, ethics school, biotech companies and regulatory agencies attended the workshop. They represented developers, end users and regulators in the Organ-on-Chip (OoC)[…]