Netherlands Organ-on-Chip Initiative (NOCI)

Themes: Health and Wellbeing

To develop new microphysiological platforms to better predict the effect of medicines, based on a combination of human stem cells and microtechnology.

NOCI aims at creating a new platform, based on a combination of human stem cells and microchip fabrication technology, to learn more about the development of diseases and to better predict the effects of medicines. It will be a decisive step towards personalized health care.

For more information, see the project homepage.

Project data

Researchers: Lina Sarro, Massimo Mastrangeli, Clementine Boutry, Elena Aprea, Feyza Pirim, Alireza Tajeddin
Starting date: December 2017
Closing date: November 2027
Funding: 18800 kE; related to group 0 kE
Sponsor: NWO
Partners: LUMC, UTwente, Hubrecht Institute, UMCG, Erasmus MC,
Contact: Massimo Mastrangeli