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SUMMARY:Organ-on-Chip
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Dr. Jaap M.J. den Toonder Eindhoven University of Techno
 logy\nInstitute of Microengineering - Distinguished Lecture\n\nDue to the 
 covid-19 restrictions currently in place\, the lecture will take place rem
 otely by zoom only.\n\nZoom Live Stream: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/8689918739
 6\n\nAbstract: Microfluidics technology offers the possibility to create d
 evices in which chemical\, mechanical\, and physical conditions can be pre
 cisely controlled. This makes it possible to create well-defined micro-env
 ironments to realize advanced multi-cellular culture systems to investigat
 e tissue and organ function\, and to recreate aspects of diseases to under
 stand processes and mechanisms in disease progression. This forms the new 
 field of Organ-on-Chip. In this lecture\, I will explain the philosophy of
  Organ-on-Chip\, the opportunities it offers for biomedical research\, dru
 g development and personal diagnostics\, I will give examples of organ-on-
 chip technologies and associated fabrication methods developed in recent y
 ears\, and I will illustrate the development and possibilities of Organ-on
 -Chip with examples of our own research on cancer research.\n\nBio: Jaap d
 en Toonder studied at Delft University of Technology where he obtained hi
 s MSc in Applied Mathematics (with honors). He received his PhD  (with ho
 nors) from the same university on a numerical/theoretical and experimenta
 l study of drag reduction in turbulent flows by polymer additives. In 1995
 \, he joined Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven\, and began workin
 g in mechanics of solid materials. He worked on a wide variety of applicat
 ions\, such as ceramic capacitors\, optical storage systems\, IC low-k mat
 erials\, RF MEMS\, soft electronics\, biomedical devices\, polymer MEMS\, 
 and micro-fluidics. In 2008\, he became Chief Technologist\, leading the 
 R&D program on (micro-)fluidics\, and (starting  2011) materials science 
 and engineering. He was involved in research programs on molecular diagno
 stics\, lab-on-chip\, immersion lithography and energy applications. In ad
 dition to his job at Philips\, Jaap den Toonder was a part-time professor
  at the TU/e  Materials Technology group between 2004 and 2013.  He has 
 (co-)authored over 100 scientific papers\, as well as over 40 patent app
 lications. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Lab on a Chip\, Micro
 -and Nanoelectromechanical Systems\, Micromachines\, and Biomimetics. Den 
 Toonder is recipient of an ERC Advancd Grant in 2019.\n\n 
LOCATION:https://epfl.zoom.us/j/86899187396
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