Organ-on-a-Chip Workshop: A LUMC & Fluigent Collaborative Innovation Event

Workshop Recap: Organ-On-a-Chip 

It has been a real pleasure teaming up with the LUMC at the 6th of May to create a workshop all around Organ-On-a-Chip. The event was organized in collaboration with Hanna Lammertse from LUMC and Linn Aune from FLUIGENT.

• There were very insightful talks from experts from this field: Carlo Alberto Paggi, PhD from chiron and Dik van Gent from Erasmus MC, Valeria Orlova and Merve Bulut from LUMC. 
• There were 3 different hands-on sessions with our colleagues Felix Rogowitz and Joseph Farah showcasing what is possible with our FLUIGENT products.
• The participants also got a little tour in the lab where Maury Wiendels and Merve Bulut showed their current work on Organ-on-a-chip. 
• The day ended with networking drinks discussing future trends and current research areas!

There will be more to come from the Leiden-University-Medical Center as they are just also setting up their Organ-On-a-Chip Center (part of renew Leiden). Stay tuned!

Agenda:

✅ Introduction to Microfluidics and FLUIGENT Technology

✅Application Talks:

• Merve Bulut: 3D vessel-on-chip model to study the interaction of hiPSC-derived endothelial cells and monocytes.
• Valeria Orlova from LUMC: 3D vessels on a chip to model vascular disease and beyond.
• Carlo Alberto Paggi from Chiron: Discussing mechanical stimulation and its effects on metabolic behavior of cells and aggregates.
• Dik van Gent from Erasmus MC: Breast cancer tissue slices on chip.

✅ Hands-on Sessions:

Organ-on-a-Chip Perfusion Platform and Microfluidic Perfusion Setup: Felix Rogowitz and Joseph Farah from FLUIGENT, and Maury Wiendels from LUMC: Demonstrating advanced perfusion systems.