Author: Tessa Bouwmeester

  • Integrated Photonic Processor for Quantum Computing

    Integrated photonic technology enables computations with light on a chip similar to how modern microchips perform computations with electrons. Even more remarkable, photonic processors can operate with light at its fundamental quantum level, which fuels rapid developments in photonic quantum computing. In our quantum photonic lab at Saxion, we explore key technologies enabling photonic quantum…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Week van de overgang (Week of MenoPause)

    April 12th, 2024 This week was ‘de week van de overgang’. During this week, Smart Solutions Students Benthe Vos, Lisa Landman, Wiktoria Harwath, Marije van der Linde, Marit de Graaf, Tessa Velthof, Isa Fransen en Milan Exel posted on LinkedIn to create more awareness about MenoPause. View their LinkedIn posts here! LinkedIn post 1: Click…

  • Interview Tech Gelderland

    March 21th, 2024 Original Source (in Dutch) by TechGelderland: here Translation to English: Tessa Bouwmeester works as a researcher at Saxion University of Applied Sciences in Enschede and is taking the master’s degree in Molecular Life Sciences part-time at HAN. She will graduate later this year. Bouwmeester is working as a researcher on the MenoPause…

  • Criminal Investigation XD: nanotechnology in forensic investigation toward a safer society

    January 30th, 2024 Original Source (in Dutch) by Max Nab: The smart cotton swab. A tool that can date fingerprints on the spot. These are examples of technological innovations that lecturers Martin Bennink (Applied Nanotechnology) and Jaap Knotter (Technologies for Criminal Investigation) have developed for use at crime scenes. In the Criminal Investigation DX project,…

  • Pioneers in Healthcare Voucher

    Pioneers in Healthcare Voucher

    January 23th, 2024 Earlier this week our research team #AppliedNanotechnology at #Saxion has been awarded a #PioneerInHealthcare voucher (#PIHC). entitled “Continuous glucose monitoring (#CGM) in the intensive care unit”.  This project will be coordinated by Kim Kamphorst from the Deventer Ziekenhuis, and other involved partners are Ziekenhuisgroep Twente (ZGT) and Medisch Spectrum Twente (MST). Both…