Helpathon LymphChip

Looking back on a great workshop focused on microfluidics co-organized by the LUMC hiPSC & OoC Centre & Fluigent on the 9th of April! Following an introduction to Fluigent’s microfluidic technologies systems by Jad El Khoury and Fluigent’s new automated organ-on-chip platform system Omi by application scientist Anel Rakhmatullina, there were guest lectures by Dr. […]

Christiane Thanisch from ibidi presented the latest products designed to facilitate cell-based assays and imaging. She highlighted the imaging properties of the ibidi polymer and presented culture systems that allow the application of flow. She also focused on migration/invasion assays and various 3D applications. To support researchers, a wide range of downloadable material is available, […]

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 fibroblast-produced […]