Technology Seminar on custom-made specialty polymers
March 26, 2024
Hans van der Aa, COO of PolyVation, gave a technology seminar in which he presented the capabilities of PolyVation and the various applications of their custom-made polymers. Depending on the need of the customer, the properties of the polymers can be tweaked to control for instance the physical and biological properties of the materials. Application areas of these polymers include medical devices, tissue engineering and drug delivery.
Within LymphChip, the PolyVation polymers are used for the biofabrication of biomimetic 3D microscaffolds for advanced skin‑ and gut-on-chip models with integrated lymphatics and immune cells.
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January 16, 2025
Valeria Orlova and Tatiana Petrova have published a paper in Nature Cardiovascular Research in which the origins of mammalian lymphatic vessels have been studied. In conclusion, the centripetal model via the paraxial mesoderm lineage may offer a more promising approach for direct differentiation of LECS in vitro without the need to pass through an intermediate […]
Workshop: Maskless Photolithography & Indentation
December 9, 2024
Dear LymphChip members, On January 21 the hands-on Workshop: Maskless Photolithography & Indentation organized by Alvéole, Optics11 Life and LUMC will be held at Sylviusweg 62 in Leiden, The Netherlands. A QR code to register for this workshop is presented in the attached flyer and below. Costs are 200 Euro (academic), 230 Euro (industry).
Midterm Self-evaluation LymphChip
November 25, 2024
Three NWA-ORC consortia: BioClock, LOSS and LymphChip met November 25 at the Lorentz Center in Leiden for a midterm self-evaluation to work towards societal impact. During the day best practices, challenges, needs and actions were discussed by young and senior researchers and by representatives from co-funding and cooperation partners.