Skip to main content

Lifetime achievement award Sue Gibbs

December 12, 2023

Once every ten years the Willy van Heumen lifetime achievement award is presented to a researcher with a special track record in research to Replace, Reduce and Refine animal studies.

On December 12, 2023 Sue Gibbs was awarded with this price for her scientific contribution to reduce the use of animals for experiments, to educate students and young researchers on animal-free methods and to communicate to increase awareness and visibility of animal-free alternatives.

For more information see: 

https://vu.nl/en/news/2023/sue-gibbs-receives-prestigious-willy-van-heumen-lifetime-achievement-award

More news

LymphChip review paper on the interplay between lymph node extracellular matrix, fibroblasts and immune cells

LymphChip review paper on the interplay between lymph node extracellular matrix, fibroblasts and immune cells

March 7, 2025
Daphne Panocha and Reina Mebius have published a review in Trends in Immunology about the complex interplay between lymph node extracellular matrix, fibroblasts and immune cells. Understanding this interplay will help the development of a human physiological lymph node-on-chip which can mimic human adaptive immune responses. The link to the full publication is: Lymph node […]
Read more
Successful Workshop on Maskless Photolithography & Nano-Indentation

Successful Workshop on Maskless Photolithography & Nano-Indentation

March 4, 2025
On March 4th, the LUMC OoC Centre, Alvéole and Optics11 Life together organized a workshop focused on maskless photolithography and nano-indentation techniques. The day started with an introduction to the techniques and how to apply them to a range of research questions by experts from both companies and the LUMC. Following the introduction, the participants […]
Read more

LymphChip cardiac microtissue paper among the top 10 cited papers in Stem Cell Reports

February 27, 2025
Stem Cell Reports has presented a list of the 10 highly cited publications published during 2023-2024. The publication of Ulgu Arslan on vascularized hiPSC-derived 3D cardiac microtissue on chip is one of these papers, please see the link below. Top-cited stem cell papers    We are pleased to present a selection of highly cited papers published […]
Read more