The organ-on-a-chip technology enables the replication of human organs on a very small scale and is regarded as a future alternative to animal experiments and as a technology with great potential, for example, for the investigation of new active pharmaceutical ingredients as well as in personalized medicine.

Since the development of organ-on-a-chip requires multidisciplinary competences, the newly founded EUROoC network aims in particular at interdisciplinary education and training of scientists.

Nine project partners from the academic sector, a medium-sized company and the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment are involved. In addition, there are ten other partner organizations.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB coordinates the establishment of a European research network to promote organ-on-a-chip technology.

The project is funded by the European Union as part of the Marie Skłodowska Curie Innovative Training Network (MSCA-ITN) program.

Click here for the press release of the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB:
https://www.igb.fraunhofer.de/en/press-media/press-releases/2018/eurooc.html