3月15日13時に第15期公募情報を公開いたしました。
4月1日13時より応募者登録サイトへの登録が可能です。
Information on the 15th call for applications was opened at 13:00 on 15 March.
Applicants can register on the registration website from 1 April at 13:00.
Biomimetic Microengineered Devices: Organ-on-a-Chip
Recent advances in microsystems technology and tissue engineering have led to the development of organ-on-a-chip systems that can reconstitute organ-level function in vitro by mimicking natural tissue architecture and microenvironmental cues within microfluidic devices. Since the physiological microenvironments in living systems are mostly microfluidic in nature, microfluidic systems facilitate engineering of cellular microenvironments. The organ-on-a-chip systems could predict human responses to medicines and toxins by using living human cells and thus could provide an alternative to animal testing. The ultimate goal is to connect multiple organ chips fluidically to model organ-organ coupling and whole body physiology. This presentation will give an overview of organ-on-a-chip systems that use microfluidic approaches to recapitulate cellular microenvironments inside the body, including a bone marrow-on-a-chip system.
Before the seminar, Shiojiri Kaori-san (1st batch) will give a brief talk on her experience in studying abroad.