Description

For the first time, Ombion Center for Animal-free Biomedical Translation and AZAR Innovations organize an Organ-on-chip MasterClass in co-operation with ICAT Innovation Center for Advanced Therapies and hDMT Institute for human organ and Disease Model Technologies.

Target group:
Biomedical scientists from academia and industry from around the world who wish to get started or gain more experience with organ on a chip systems.

Dates:

On-site training (3 full days):
Start: 08:45 – 23 September 2026
End:   17:00 – 25 September 2026

Online personalized support:
9 September 2026 – 25 October 2026

Location:
Utrecht Science Park – ICAT, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Goal:
Help scientists adopt, develop or use organ on a chip assays faster and easier.

Why this training?

• Designed specifically for biologists entering the Organ-on-Chip field
• Learn from trainers with years of hands-on experience
• Experience both academic and commercial systems
• From theory to a complete Organ-on-Chip assay
• Technology-neutral and unbiased perspective
• Learn from real-world challenges, not just success stories
• Continuous learning and support beyond the training

Contents:
This MasterClass consists of:

1. On-demand interactive e-learning (1.5 month online access)

Engaging sessions with presentations, quizzes and group assignments about:

• Introduction:
  • What is organ-on-chip assay?
  • Why organ-on-chip assay?
  • How to choose or design an organ-on-chip assay?
• Experiment: 
  • Do I need perfusion?
  • Which flow system to choose?
  • How do I calculate the system properties?
• Organ-on-chip libraries: 
  • Databases of published data
  • Databases of commercial systems
  • Databases of enabling technologies

2. Hands-on lab training (3x, each 1/2 day)

• Chips & Cells:
  • Seed cells in different chip types
  • Learn tips & tricks of seeding cells in different chips
  • Change medium inside chips
• Chips & Flow:
  • Connect the chips to 5 different perfusion systems
  • Run perfusion systems
  • Refreshing, sampling and microscopy with perfusion systems
  • Common troubleshooting
• Commercial systems:
  • Work with commercial chips or enabling technologies
  • Design your system using commercial systems  

Ibidi is a leading provider of innovative products for cell microscopy and functional cell-based assays as well as sophisticated automation solutions for the long-term cultivation of 2D and 3D cell cultures. The ibidi range of products offers organ-on-a-chip solutions for classic cell culturing, and also complex assays (e.g., angiogenesis, chemotaxis, and wound healing). ibidi also specializes in instruments, such as a unique perfusion system for the simulation of blood vessels, and a turnkey UV illumination platform for microfabrication.

Proefdiervrij
A world without laboratory animals, that is our goal. We are fighting against animal suffering and for a better, healthier future for all of us. Our collaboration with science brings change. Together with people who have the drive to get ahead of the troops, we are making a difference.

Dynamic42 provides immunocompetent, physiological organ-on-chip models combining ISO-certified, medical-grade standards with ease of use for scientists. Dynamic42 offers contract research for preclinical drug evaluation in human models of the vasculature, liver, cancer, intestine, and lung as well as customized model development. The company further is producer of the DynamicOrgan System the open organ-on-chip platform, provides a variety of low drug adsorption biochips and hands-on as well as online training courses within their Dynamic42 Academy.

ARTIC Technologies provides scalable cell culture well-plate with cotronlled physiological flow. The platform enables scientists to recreate dynamic, physiologically relevant conditions in vitro while maintaining the simplicity, throughput, and compatibility of standard laboratory workflows. In addition to the hardware platform, ARTIC offers standardized protocols and application support to help researchers develop more predictive and physiologically relevant assays and facilitate the adoption of advanced in vitro models.

More companies to be announced!

3. Design your organ on a chip assay

• Organ-on-chip Challenge:
  • Design a complete organ-on-chip assay in groups under supervision of the trainers
  • Start with the use case, continue with identifying the requirements, and choose a system
  • Use our step-by-step method to design your assay

4. Expert views

• • Discover applications of organ on chips with experts
  • Learn about Do’s and Don’ts
  • Interact with the experts
  • Get inspiration for your own system design

Prof. Roger Kamm (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT)

Studying biological barrier function in microphysiological systems

Prof. Severine Le Gac (University of Twente)

Presentation title to be announced.

Trainers:

Dr. Hossein Amirabadi 

• • Bioengineer, educator and consultant
  • List of projects
  • Organ-on-chip development since 2013
  • Board member of the 3Rs Collaborative
  • Co-founder of ARTIC Technologies B.V.
  • Actively advising scientists and entrepreneurs in organ on a chip
  • 4 (pending) patents and more than 15 scientific publications in organ-on-chip (list of publications)

Dr. Emre Dilmen

• • Biomedical scientist and entrepreneur
  • Experience working with organs on chips and organoids since 2019
  • Active in scientific education for 5 years
  • Passionate about bringing innovative biomedical technologies to society
  • 7 publications focusing on organoids and organ-on-a-chip technologies

Cannot attend this event? Take a look at other MasterClasses here, or fill in this form to know about upcoming Organ on a chip MasterClasses.

Any questions? Feel free to send us an email via [email protected].