(AGENPARL) – ENSCHEDE (NL) mar 09 maggio 2023 The Dutch Research Council (NWO) is investing about 22.7 million euros in seven projects for innovative scientific infrastructure. These awards will be used to develop high-value equipment, data collections and software. For the University of Twente over 3 million euros will go to the Organ-on-Chip Development Centre led by Dr Andries van der Meer.
Organs-on-chips are cultured mini-organs that are used to study the safety and efficacy of food and medical drugs. The development of new organs-on-chips is complex, because it relies on expertise in microfabrication, microfluidics, cell culture, tissue engineering and microscopy. The new facility ‘hDMT INFRA OoCDev’ will enable the development of innovative organs-on-chips by bringing together groundbreaking infrastructure and technical expertise. The facility will be embedded in a national organization and will play an important role in boosting the development of even more realistic organs-on-chips.
Fonte/Source: https://www.utwente.nl/en/news/2023/5/940479/over-3-million-for-organ-on-chip-development