The Organoids and Spheroids Europe 2025 Conference focuses on an important and expanding field wherein cells are being assembled using Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip technologies in a functionally-relevant manner. These clusters of "assembled cells" have functional significance and can mimic in vivo organ structure.
Liver cells assembled on-board chips in a physiologically-relevant architecture using microfluidics can, for instance, be utilized for toxicity screening and the ability to assemble organ fragments ex vivo can provide an exquisite means to reconstruct biological processes (both physiological and pathological) "in a dish" or "on a chip." A number of chips such Lung-on-a-Chip, Brain-on-a-Chip, Gut-on-a-Chip, Marrow-on-a-Chip, Bone-on-a-Chip, Nerve-on-a-Chip amongst others have been built and will be presented and explored at this conference. The conference will also focus on "disease-on-a-chip", cancer-on-a-chip, immune system-on-a-chip.
Topics Covered at the Conference Include:
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Cancer-on-a-Chip
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Organ-on-a-Chip/Body-on-a-Chip Assembly using Microfluidics
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Organoids-on-a-Chip
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Organoids: Latest Trends in Research Activities
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Spheroids -- 3D Aggregates of Cells in Culture
Agenda
DAY ONE - 24 June 2025
09:00 - Conference Opening Plenary Session
- Paul Coudray, CEO, Kloé, France
- Chairperson's Introduction and Welcome to All Participants
09:15
- Claudia Gärtner, CEO, Microfluidic ChipShop GmbH, Germany
- The Evolving Microfluidics, Lab-on-a-Chip and MPS Fields
09:45
- Maiwenn Kersaudy-Kerhoas, Professor of Microfluidic Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
- Microbial Cell-Free DNA Approach to Infectious Disease Diagnosis
10:15
- Steve Soper, Foundation Distinguished Professor, Director, Center of BioModular Multi-Scale System for Precision Medicine, The University of Kansas, USA
- Label-Free Detection and Identification of Single Molecules Harvested from Liquid Biopsy Markers for Applications in Medicine and Biology
10:45
- Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall: Hot Drinks, Fruit Juice and Mineral Water
11:30
- Martyn Boutelle, Professor of Biomedical Sensors Engineering, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
- Real-Time Microfluidic Devices for Healthcare - Applications in the NICU
12:00
- Josué Sznitman, Dean, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
- Advancing Lung-on-Chip Platforms for Preclinical Ventilatory and Inhalation Assays
12:30
- Mark Bradley, Professor of Therapeutic Innovation, Precision Healthcare University Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
- Polymers to Control the Fabrication and Behaviour of Sensors and Surfaces
13:00
- Networking Lunch in the Exhibit Hall -- Meet Exhibitors and Engage with Colleagues
14:29
- Sub-Session Title: Lab-on-a-Chip and Microfluidics 2025 -- 3D-Printing and Device Fabrication in Microfluidics
14:30
- Gregory Nordin, Professor, Brigham Young University, United States of America
- Innovations in High-Resolution 3D Printing for Microfluidics
15:00
- Sebastian Weingärtner, Associate Professor, Department of Imaging Physics, TU Delft, The Netherlands
- 3D Printing Microscopic Magnetic Field Inhomogeneities for Microstructural MRI
15:30
- Technology Spotlight Presentation
- Jing Chen, Founder & CEO, Hicomp Microtech, United States of America and China
- Scaling Up Microfluidic Innovations from Lab to Fab
16:00
- Afternoon Networking Break: Hot Drinks, Fruit Juice, Mineral Water and Cakes
16:29
- Sub-Session Title: Technologies and Companies Driving Lab-on-a-Chip and Microfluidics Innovations
16:30
- Nan Zhang, Associate Professor, University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- High-Efficiency DNA Extraction and Isolation for the Point-of-Care (POC) Microfluidic-based Diagnostic System
17:00
- Oscar Zabaco, Consultant for Microfluidics, Spain
- LOC & OOC - From Early Prototyping to a Commercial Device ... Building the Bridge
17:30
- Technology Spotlight Presentation
- Nicolas Brillouet, CTO, Kloé, France
- Microfluidics and Microfabrication: Welcome to “KLOÉ World”
18:00
- Clotilde Costa Nogueira, Principal Investigator at Translational Medical Oncology group (Santiago Health Research Institute Foundation [IDIS] (Santiago de Compostela)), Spain
- Development of a Long-term Circulating Tumor Cells Organoid Model Derived from Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer
18:30
- Evening Networking and Social Event Sponsored by Kloé -- Conference Sponsor and Co-Organizer
DAY TWO - 25 June 2025
08:00
- Morning Networking: Hot Drinks, Fruit Juice, Mineral Water and Viennoiseries
08:59
- Session Sub-Title: Technologies and Companies in Lab-on-a-Chip and Microfluidics 2025
09:00
- Ron Wolbert, Senior Representative, PP TechSales, Czech Republic
- Non-Contact High Precision Liquid Handling in Pico-/ Nano-/ Low-Micro Liter Volume Without a System Liquid Interface or Cross-Contamination of the Liquids
09:30
- Iris Prinz, Head of Sales and Business Development, STRATEC Consumables GmbH, Austria
- Advancing Personalized Medicine: Innovations in Liquid Biopsy and Organ-on-Chip Technologies for Enhanced Drug Development
10:00
- Little Things Factory GmbH/PLANOPTIK AG Technology Spotlight Presentation
10:30
- Mid-Morning Networking Break: Hot Drinks, Fruit Juice and Mineral Water
11:00
- Pascal Etienne, Professor, Charles Coulomb Laboratory, University of Montpellier, France
- Design and Manufacturing of Opto-Microfluidic Modules Based on Silica Aerogel: Towards Integrated Optofluidics
11:30
- Keynote Presentation
- Simona Mura, Full Professor, Université Paris-Saclay, France
- Relevant 3D In vitro Models For Predictive Screening of Nanodrugs
12:00
- Giacomo Domenici, Scientist, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (iBET), Portugal
- 3D Cell Models of the Central Nervous System: A Focus on High-Grade Glioma
12:30
- Séverine Le Gac, Professor, Applied Microfluidics for Bioengineering Research, University of Twente, The Netherlands
13:00
- Networking Lunch in the Exhibit Hall -- Meet Exhibitors and Engage with Colleagues
14:00
- Pierre Joseph, CNRS Research Director, LAAS-CNRS, University of Toulouse, France
- Microfluidic Tools to Measure Mechanical and Transport Properties of Multicellular Aggregates
14:30
- Stephan Matecki, Professor, Vice Dean and President Scientific Council Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier, France
- A New Biofunctionalized and Micropatterned PDMS is Able to Promote Stretching Induced Human Myotube Maturation
15:00
- Bertrand Cinquin, CNRS Research Engineer, ENS Saclay, France
- Microfluidics & Microfabrication for the Development of Biotechnologies (At IPGG Platform)
15:30
- Afternoon Networking Break: Hot Drinks, Fruit Juice, Mineral Water and Cakes
16:00
- Chaminda Salgado, Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness and Innovation, United Kingdom
- Funding Available for Developing/Repurposing Your Lab-on-a-Chip Technology in Preparation for the Next Pandemic
16:30
- Lidija Malic, Team Leader, National Research Council Canada
- PREDICT: Machine Learning Powered Point-of-Care Platform for Prediction of Clinical Deterioration in Patients with Suspected Sepsis
17:00
- Konstanze Brandauer, TU Wien, Austria
- Sensor-Integrated Gut-on-a-Chip for Monitoring Senescence-Mediated Changes in the Intestinal Barrier
17:30
- Fabiola Elena Chacon Chale, Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon, France
- Speeding-up Genetic Purification in the Production of Botrytis Cinerea Mutant Spores Using Deterministic Lateral Displacement
18:00
- Close of Conference
Speakers
- Claudia Gärtner, CEO, Microfluidic ChipShop GmbH
- Josué Sznitman, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
- Clotilde Costa Nogueira, Principal Investigator at Translational Medical Oncology group (Santiago Health Research Institute Foundation [IDIS] (Santiago de Compostela))
- Simona Mura, Full Professor, Université Paris-Saclay
- Giacomo Domenici, Scientist, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (iBET)
- Séverine Le Gac, Professor, Applied Microfluidics for Bioengineering Research, University of Twente
Location
ADDRESS
Radisson Blu Hotel, Montpellier
190 Rue d'Argencourt
Montpellier
34000
France
