![](/wp-content/themes/yootheme/cache/59/Kick-off-Immuno-Gut-spin-off-LymphChip-Helpathon-59708038.jpeg)
Kick-off Immuno-Gut (spin-off LymphChip Helpathon)
The kick-off meeting of Immuno-Gut took place on March 28, 2024 at the Mirai House home of the Department of Anatomy and Embryology of LUMC.
This project is financed with a phase 1 Create2Solve grant from ZonMw and aims at the optimization and standardization of methods to produce serum and Matrigel free iPSC derived immune competent intestine via an intra- and inter-laboratory validation study. Sue Gibbs from Amsterdam UMC, location VUMc coordinates this project in a collaboration with LUMC and NCardia.
The foundation for this project was laid during the LymphChip Helpathon #8 on finding animal-free alternatives for fetal calf serum and Matrigel that was held in May 2023 in Amsterdam.
During this kick-off Initial results were shared and action points were discussed.
Meer nieuws
![Theano Tsikari is invited to give talks and received a travel grant](/wp-content/themes/yootheme/cache/5b/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2024-05-09-om-09.50.17-5b4c3f65.png)
Theano Tsikari is invited to give talks and received a travel grant
![LymphChip Summer School 2024](/wp-content/themes/yootheme/cache/1d/lymphchip-1d659ae6.png)
LymphChip Summer School 2024
![](/wp-content/themes/yootheme/cache/9c/Kick-off-Immuno-Gut-spin-off-LymphChip-Helpathon-9c8f7ae3.jpeg)
Kick-off Immuno-Gut (spin-off LymphChip Helpathon)
![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](/wp-content/themes/yootheme/cache/81/Technology-Seminar-on-custom-made-specialty-polymers-81b43278.jpeg)
Technology Seminar on custom-made specialty polymers
![Nikon Imaging Course](/wp-content/themes/yootheme/cache/d8/Nikon-Imaging-Course-d89f70e1.jpeg)
Nikon Imaging Course
![Lifetime achievement award Sue Gibbs](/wp-content/themes/yootheme/cache/88/Lifetime-achievement-award-Sue-Gibbs-888723f8.jpeg)
Lifetime achievement award Sue Gibbs
![Create2Solve grant](/wp-content/themes/yootheme/cache/14/Create2Solve-grant-14368ea6.png)
Create2Solve grant
![](/wp-content/themes/yootheme/cache/ba/massimo-bad862b0.jpeg)
Monitoring organs-on-chip: a story by Massimo Mastrangeli
![2nd Annual Meeting LymphChip](/wp-content/themes/yootheme/cache/4d/20231030_175621-scaled-4d973788.jpeg)
2nd Annual Meeting LymphChip
![First research paper LymphChip published](/wp-content/themes/yootheme/cache/df/cover_stem_cell_reports-df2eea61.jpeg)