Month: May 2024
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OPEN POSITION for PhD Candidate
…in Proteomics and Functionalized Nanoparticles for the Analysis of Traces As part of the DaVinciQD 2.0 project, funded by RAAK-PRO and conducted in collaboration with Saxion Hogeschool, Police Academy and the Netherlands Forensic Institute, we are looking for an enthusiastic PhD candidate. The candidate will engage in research focusing on the analysis of biological traces…
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CIRCULAR
Development of a High-Throughput Heart-on-a-Chip Platform using Pipetting Robots. A Heart-on-a-Chip is a microfluidic chip reproducing the organ’s function using heart muscle cells cultured inside the chip chamber. This technique is a promising tool for drug development and a cost-efficient alternative for the ethically questionable animal models. In order to push this technique towards to…
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CIRCULAR (BML)
Electrical stimulation of Cardiomyocytes in a Heart-on-a-Chip. Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a serious health status affecting 33 million worldwide. The drug development for AF is cost intensive and a time-consuming process. Organ-on-Chip technology has the potential to revolutionize drug development. While conventional processes involve animal testing, this number can be reduced significantly by using human…
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MenoPause (BML)
An osteoblast/osteoclast co-culture model to study menopause related osteoporosis. Menopause marks the final menstrual period in a woman’s life. In the period preceding menopause, called perimenopause, a shift in hormonal balance occurs. While some women go through this period uneventfully, others experience negative consequences that affect their physical health and workability. One of the physical…