As the NextGenMicrofluidics OITB project comes to a close, we invite you to a final event as a satellite of the Health Tech Hub (HTH) Styria at the MedUniGraz. The event in the afternoon of March 26th, 2025, will showcase technological breakthroughs from the NGM project and bring together experts from the field of microfluidics. A hands-on demonstrator showcase and networking event “MicroFluids and MicroBites” will allow participants ample time to learn about this dynamic community.
View all abstracts here.
Location: Aula, MED CAMPUS Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstraße 6, 8010 Graz, Austria
Agenda, Wednesday, 26 March 2025
11:30-12:00 KEYNOTE – Microfluidics: Revolutionizing Healthcare with Small-Scale Solutions
Keynote lecture from Iene Rutten, Biosensors group – Lammertyn lab, Department of Biosystems – KU Leuven
12:15-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:00 Microfluidics Hands-On Demonstrations (Tour 4)
14:00 -18:00 The Next Generation of Microfluidics: linking expertise across Europe coordinated in Austria
NextGenMicrofluidics: Test Bed for upscaling microfluidic devices based on nano-enabled surfaces and membranes (Anja Haase, Joanneum Resarch, Austria)
- Self-contained LoC platform for multiplexed MDx and food safety monitoring (George Tsekenis, BRFAA, Greece & Jörg Nestler, BiFlow, Germany)
- High-volume production of foil based microfluidics for multiplex immunoassays exemplified by SARS-CoV-2 (Max Sonnleitner, GENSPEED Biotech, Austria)
- Smartphone-Enabled Home Diagnostics for Potassium in Blood (Martin Hajnsek, ERBA Technologies, Austria)
- Cell Culture Devices for neuron cell culture and axon outgrowth monitoring (Ane Ayerdi Izquierdo, TECNALIA Research and Innovation, Spain)
- Point-of-Need Lab-on-a-Chip for Industrial Enzyme Detection (Verónica Mora Sanz, TECNALIA Research and Innovation,Spain)
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 Microfluidics Innovation Hub (MIH) – We get microfluidics rolling!
- Overview of MIH services & activities (Ronald Tingl and Divesh Baxani Kamal, MIH, Austria)
- Pushing single cell biomedical applications with innovative droplet microfluidics (Marian Weiss, Veraxa Biotech, Germany)
- Lumeox – a novel blood analysis platform for an early diagnostic (Till Böhme and Tobias Jacob, Lumeox, Germany)
17:00 Advanced Microfluidics Initiative (AMI) and the Austrian landscape
Chair: Martin Smolka, Joanneum Research
- In-line monitoring of cell viability in organ-on-chips (Torsten Mayr, TU Graz / PyroScience)
- Miniaturizing for Impact: How Microfluidics & Semiconductors Power Mass Customization and Unlock Access to Life-Saving Cell Therapies (Sara Sofia Deville, Sarcura)
- Automating organoid culture: A unique platform for stem cell and organoid generation, cultivation, and expansion (Felix Spira, Molecular Devices)
- elyte diagnostics – K+ForMe potassium home monitoring technology (Stefan Köstler, elyte diagnostics)
18:00 – 19:00: MicroFluids and MicroBites: Networking and Showcase with hands-on samples from microfluidic innovations
Members of the NGM community and BioNanoNet Association can contact info@bnn.at to receive a discount code to attend the entire event for free, including the NGM session and networking evening.
Register here and use the code at the end!
