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SELECTBIO Conferences Organ-on-a-Chip & Tissue-on-a-Chip Europe 2019

Dries Braeken's Biography



Dries Braeken, R&D Manager, Life Science Technologies, IMEC

Dries Braeken received the MSc degree in Biomedical Sciences from KU Leuven, Belgium, in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree in Medical Sciences from the KU Leuven (in collaboration with imec, Leuven, Belgium) in 2009. Since 2017 he is Group Leader in the Life Science technologies department at imec. He is (co)-author of more than 50 internationally peer-reviewed publications and 7 patents. His research interests are in the development and validation of silicon technologies for cell and tissue interfacing in healthcare applications.

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Nanotechnology Enabling Advanced Organ-on-Chips

Tuesday, 18 June 2019 at 16:15

Add to Calendar ▼2019-06-18 16:15:002019-06-18 17:15:00Europe/LondonNanotechnology Enabling Advanced Organ-on-ChipsOrgan-on-a-Chip and Tissue-on-a-Chip Europe 2019 in Rotterdam, The NetherlandsRotterdam, The NetherlandsSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com

Drug toxicity is a major challenge for the pharmaceutical industry. Today’s toxicity models are inefficient as they are mainly based on simple in vitro models, or poorly translating animal models. Organs-on-chip promise to better mimic the human physiology, in order to improve toxicity screening in the drug development process. Beyond toxicity screening, OoC devices can also model disease and help develop novel targets. In this presentation, I will highlight how nanotechnology can play a role in these new model systems, and demonstrate heart-on-chip and brain-on-chip devices in development.


Add to Calendar ▼2019-06-18 00:00:002019-06-19 00:00:00Europe/LondonOrgan-on-a-Chip and Tissue-on-a-Chip Europe 2019Organ-on-a-Chip and Tissue-on-a-Chip Europe 2019 in Rotterdam, The NetherlandsRotterdam, The NetherlandsSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com