💡 We are thrilled to highlight groundbreaking research from members of our community, which could lead to new treatments for steroid-induced muscle weakening. Here's a closer look at their innovative 3D muscle model study! A new 3D muscle model for steroid myopathy promises a novel avenue for combinatorial therapy of corticosteroids with Taurine, its investigators claim. Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Barcelona have developed a groundbreaking 3D in vitro muscle model to study the effects of corticosteroids on muscle health. The study, led by Prof Javier Ramon Azcon’s group at IBEC reveals how the steroid dexamethasone causes muscle weakening and proposes a potential treatment with taurine. The team’s model showed that dexamethasone leads to muscle fibre shrinkage, a condition termed as steroid myopathy. Steroid myopathy is a common side-effect of prolonged corticosteroid use, particularly in disease where steroids are an important therapeutic avenue, like in Cushing’s disease. The researchers found that a protein called glucocorticoid receptor moves into the cell nucleus and activates the ubiquitin–proteasome system, breaking down muscle tissue. “Our research not only developed a human cell derived 3-D model of steroid myopathy in skeletal muscles but also evidenced how supplementation of Taurine can help in mitigating steroid myopathy”, explained Sheeza Mughal, the study’s lead author. Importantly, the researchers noted that Taurine counteracts the negative effects of dexamethasone in their novel model. This is particularly significant for patients with adrenal tumours, who have elevated corticosteroid levels that cannot be reduced. In such cases, Taurine presents a promising therapeutic approach to combat persistent steroid myopathy. Taurine has long been hailed as having several health benefits, including cardiovascular, neurological function and muscle strength, yet clinical evidence is somewhat lacking. The present study signifies an important role of the conditionally essential amino acids in the combinatorial steroid-Taurine therapy, paving the way for controlled trials. According to the corresponding author of the study, Dr. Juan M. Fernández Costa, this breakthrough exemplifies how tissue engineering can revolutionize personalized medicine. “The use of human cells in 3D in vitro systems,” he explained, “paves the way for testing drugs tailored to individual patients, providing a compelling alternative to animal experimentation.” The paper was published in Disease Models and Mechanisms and can be accessed at: https://lnkd.in/ezU5yzuQ This highlight was written by Anas Munir
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The European Organ-on-Chip Society (EUROoCS) is an independent, not-for-profit organization
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The mission of EUROoCS is enable Organ-on-Chip technology to facilitate life science research, promote human health and improve quality-of-life for all patients. To achieve this, EUROoCS aims to facilitate OoC scientists, industry, government regulators and the general public in realizing sustainable progress in biological and medical research through education, communication, funding and matchmaking. Beneficiaries include the pharmaceutical-, cosmetics-, chemical- and agri-food industries with impact on consumer products. EUROoCS will thus be the catalyst for change around the experimental use of animals. Through EUROoCS, OoC technology will become standardised and reproducible, promoting adoption by regulators, academia, industry and the general public, towards improving human health and safety.
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Employees at EUROoCS
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Prof. Armin Wolf, PhD
CEO and Founder at TransHeps
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Andries van der Meer
Full Professor of Microphysiological Systems and Organ-on-a-Chip at University of Twente, The Netherlands
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Erika Györvary
Bringing research developments to innovative applications
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Pelin Candarlioglu Deacon
Director of Immunotherapy
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📢 Join us for the next EUROoCS Digital Meeting! 📢 🗓️ Date: October 22, 2024 🕔 Time: 17:00-18:00 CET We are excited to feature three distinguished speakers: Ibra Maulana Title: Tumor-on-chips recapitulating tumor-microenvironment interaction applicable for cell therapy testing Biosketch: Ibra earned his PhD from the University of Tübingen, focusing on tumor-on-chip models for cell-based therapies and the adipose tumor microenvironment. He is now a postdoc at the Max-Delbrück-Center in Berlin, researching disease onset and progression using microphysiological models. Pierre Caullet Title: An amphicrine pancreas-on-chip to model the initiation of PDAC Biosketch: Pierre is a PhD student at CEA Grenoble, France, developing a pancreas-on-chip model to study pancreatic adenocarcinoma and its interactions with endocrine islets. He holds a double master’s degree in biotechnology and physics applied to cell biology. Mattia Ballerini Title: A 3D mechanically-active gut-on-chip enables prediction of response of melanoma to immune checkpoint inhibitors based on fecal microbiota Biosketch: Mattia earned his PhD in Bioengineering from Politecnico di Milano, focusing on a 3D Gut-on-Chip platform to study the intestinal microbiome’s influence on cancer and immunotherapy outcomes. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the MiMic Lab. Please sign up via this link or use the QR code in the picture: https://lnkd.in/erMWamPr Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from these experts and engage in insightful discussions! 🌟 #EUROoCS #OrganOnChip #DigitalMeeting #BiomedicalResearch #TumorOnChip #PancreasOnChip #GutOnChip
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🏆 Congratulations to Angela Ramirez Rosales for receiving the Organ-on-Chip Summer School 2024 #TravelAward from the France 2030 Programme de Recherche Organes et Organoïdes sur puces (MED-OOC)! 🎉 Her passion for advancing #MicrophysiologicalSystems and making #BiomedicalResearch more inclusive and accessible is truly inspiring! Way to go, Angela! 🥳 #OrganOnChip #MPS #OrganOnChipSummerSchool2024 #Science #Education #Training 3R-Center Tübingen #Student #YoungMind
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🌟 Reminder: EUROoCS Digital Meeting 🌟 📅 Date: September 17, 2024 🕔 Time: 17:00 - 18:00 CET Join us for an exciting presentation by Andries van der Meer on the newly published CEN-CENELEC Organ-on-Chip Standardization Roadmap—a key step toward ISO standardization in this field! Don't miss this opportunity for insights and discussions! 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/gGrhM4PV We look forward to your participation!
🌟EUROoCS digital meetings! 🌟 📣 Save the date! 📣 We are thrilled to announce that Andries van der Meer will present the recently published CEN-CENELEC Focus Group Organ-on-Chip Standardization Roadmap at the upcoming EUROoCS Digital Meeting! This roadmap is a significant milestone, marking the first step towards developing an ISO standard for Organ-on-Chip technology. It highlights a crucial advancement in harmonizing and advancing this innovative field, developed with extensive input from European experts. This collaborative effort sets the stage for future developments and standardization initiatives. 📅 Date: September 17, 2024 🕔 Time: 17:00 - 18:00 CET This presentation will be the first EUROoCS digital lecture after the summer holidays, and we can't wait to kick off the series with such an important topic. 🔗 Registration: Register here: https://lnkd.in/gGrhM4PV or use the QR code in the picture. Join us for an insightful lecture and engaging discussions! We look forward to your participation! #EUROoCS #OrganonChip #Standardization #Innovation #MPS CEN and CENELEC NEN European Commission EU Science, Research and Innovation #3Rs #OoC #ECVAM
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Looking back on an exciting #OrganOnChipSummerSchool2024! 🤩 🎓 From Sep 2-6, together with the EUROoCS, we hosted the 2024 edition of the #OrganOnChip Summer School in Tübingen, gathering international #OoC & #MPS experts and highly motivated young researchers for 5 days of cutting-edge lectures & hands-on #workshops 🙌 On Monday, we kicked off with exciting lectures from Maria Tenje (Uppsala University) on #Microfabrication and Lisa-Marie Erlandsdotter (MicroOrgano-Lab) on #StemCell technology 🔬. The afternoon featured hands-on sessions with Thomas E. Winkler (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) on Microfabrication, Lisa Rebers (Bosch) on #Biomaterials & #Hydrogels, and a live-streamed #iPSC culture demo by Lisa-Marie Erlandsdotter from NMI Naturwissenschaftliches und Medizinisches Institut. The day ended with a wonderful Welcome Social, where participants enjoyed local Swabian cuisine and presented their research in some fun and entertaining flash talks. Tuesday started with Lisa Rebers's lecture on Biomaterials, followed by Torsten Mayr (Technische Universität Graz & PyroScience GmbH), who introduced the potential of #Sensors for OoC applications. Kevin Achberger (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) took over and dove deep into the field of #Organoids. Afternoon sessions included valuable insights into #MicroelectrodeArrays (#MEAs) provided by Multi Channel Systems GmbH, Biomaterials, & #OpticalSensors, and ended with an epic Summer School Dinner at the riverside with some great food, laughter, and lots of #networking. Wednesday featured insightful lectures from EUROoCS president & professor at Universiteit Utrecht Andries van der Meer on Microfluidic Dynamics, Tânia Capelôa (#JRC EURL #ECVAM) on Good Cell & Tissue Culture Practices (#GCCP) & #Reporting, and last but certainly not least, Julia Marzi (NMI Naturwissenschaftliches und Medizinisches Institut) on #Imaging. The day then closed with an iconic punt boat ride on the Neckar River - a quintessential Tübingen tradition! 🛶 Day 4 kicked off with a fun yet deep lecture by Steven Ray Wilson (Universitetet i Oslo (UiO)) on #Omics Readouts and Costanza Rovida (Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) Europe) on crucial #RegulatoryAspects 📑, which then led into afternoon workshops on Fluidic Testing, #Microscopy, and #TEER measurements by Silvia Mihăilă (Universiteit Utrecht). The Farewell Social featured a fun ALTERTOX #TATAbox games night along with some delicious Lebanese cuisine. The last day included an #Immunology lecture by Melanie Märklin (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) and a hybrid session on #InSilico Modelling 💻 led by Behnam Amiri (ESQlabs GmbH). We're happy and proud that the event equipped our #students with cutting-edge skills & deep knowledge for advancing OoC research. We're grateful to our sponsors InSphero , PyroScience GmbH, Multi Channel Systems GmbH, and MED-OOC Research Program and already excited about next year's Summer School - stay tuned! 🙌
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It's a wrap! 🥳🎉 One incredible week at this year’s #OrganOnChip Summer School 🎓, co-organized by the 3R-Center Tübingen and EUROoCS, comes to an end! 👏 A heartfelt thank you 🙏 to our outstanding lecturers who traveled to Tübingen to share their expertise 📚📓📊, to our generous sponsors InSphero , Multi Channel Systems GmbH, PyroScience GmbH, and the MED-OOC Research Program for their vital financial support, and the dedicated MicroOrgano-Lab team behind the scenes who ensured everything ran smoothly! 💪🏻 Most importantly, thank you to the students who made this week inspiring, exciting, and a true success! Your passion and dedication to #NovelApproachMethodologies is what drives us forward! 🚀 Seeing your enthusiasm is the greatest reward! 🧬🌍 We’re already looking ahead to the #OrganOnChipSummerSchool2025—stay tuned for more details coming soon! 🙌 #OrganOnChip #YoungMinds #PhD #MPS #NAMs #ScienceEducation #SummerSchool #Education #Training
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What’s an #OrganOnChip Summer School in #Tübingen without an iconic punt boat tour on the Neckar river? 🛶😎 After diving deep into some heavy #OoC #Science, our brilliant group took a well-deserved break to enjoy one of Tübingen’s must-do activities. It’s a tradition here—nobody graduates from our summer school without experiencing the charm of a punt boat tour! 😉🎓 Great science, great company, and stunning views—what more could you ask for? Here’s to balancing hard work with a bit of fun! 🙌 #OoCSummerSchool2024 #PuntBoatTour #Tübingen #SummerSchoolAdventures #WorkLifeBalance EUROoCS Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen NMI Naturwissenschaftliches und Medizinisches Institut
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Day 2 of our #OrganOnChip Summer School 2024! 🙌 What a fantastic first day! We kicked off with insightful lectures on #Microfabrication by Maria Tenje (Uppsala University) and #StemCells by Lisa-Marie Erlandsdotter (MicroOrgano-Lab) 📚🧑🏫 Hands-on sessions followed, featuring #Biomaterials with Lisa Rebers (Bosch) and microfabrication with Thomas E. Winkler (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). We also had an exciting first: a livestream 🎥 on #iPSC culture 🧫🔬, led by Lisa-Marie. Today, we’re shifting gears to focus on biomaterials, #Sensors, and #Organoids. Another day of learning and exploration awaits! Let’s go! 🚀 EUROoCS #MPS #Education #PhD #OoCSummerSchool2024
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🚀 We’ve just kicked off the 2024 #OrganOnChip Summer School in Tübingen! 🚀 Just as last year, we’ve teamed up with the EUROoCS’s “Teaching & Training” working group to bring our students a week packed with next-level #science and hands-on fun! This year, we’ll dive into: 🔬 #StemCell-based #InVitroModels and #Organoids 🛠️ #Microfabrication of OoC/MPS systems 🌱 #Biomaterials 🧪 #GCCP & in vitro #Reporting 📸 In-line #Analysis with #Sensors, #Imaging, and #Omics readout ⚡ #TEER measurements & #MicroelectrodeArrays 💻 #InSilico modelling 📜 #Regulatory requirements 🧬 #Immunology With a team of renowned experts in the field, iur students will gain new skills, meet like-minded peers, and get inspired by the latest in #OoC tech! Let’s make this week epic! 🎉😎🙌#OoCSummerSchool2024
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🌟 EUROoCS 2024 Recap! 🌟 What an incredible event! EUROoCS2024 brought together pioneers in Organ-on-Chip technology to showcase the latest innovations and discuss future policy roadmaps. From groundbreaking research presentations to impactful networking sessions, it was an inspiring week for all involved. A huge thank you to our local organizers, Marco Rasponi and Paola Occhetta for their dedication and hard work. For a detailed recap of the event highlights, visit our website. This piece was written by our Dissemination & Outreach Working Group members: Anas Munir and Mara Lucchetti. 📅 Looking forward to seeing everyone next year at iMPSS in Brussels! 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/e7WGSmPV #EUROoCS2024 #OrganonChip #OoC #Microphysiologicalsystems #MPS #NAMs #iMPSS2025