BEL News
Visit of TEDD network to Department BSSE and BEL
Members of TEDD network visited Department BSSE and BEL including research presentations and laboratory tours.. TEDD is Swiss competence center devoted to Tissue Engineering for Drug Development and Substance Testing.
Best presentation award at EPG Conference for Manon Murdeu
Best presentation award (second place) for Manon Murdeu (EMPA St. Gallen and BEL) at 19th European Placenta Group (EPG) Conference 2024 in Hradec Kràlové, Czech Republic.
8th BEL-PEL conference on emerging topics in science in new BSSE building
Alumni and coworkers of BEL and PEL (former group of Prof. H. Baltes) met for a day to talk about emerging topics in science.
Springer Nature Test of Time award to A. Hierlemann
Microsystems & Nanoengineering / Springer Nature Test of Time Award at MicroTAS 2024 in Montreal to A. Hierlemann for contributions to tracking neurons and axons by means of high-density microelectrode arrays.
ECNP excellence award for Aayush Marishi
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) excellence award for Aayush Marishi for his poster presentation on NOS1AP overexpression impacting network-level electrophysiology of in-vitro neuronal networks.
Spinoff MaxWell Biosystems visited BEL and BSSE
BEL spinoff MaxWell Biosystems visited the Department BSSE and BEL group on the occasion of celebrating their 8th year of incorporation.
BEL contribution to paper on event-based microelectrode arrays
BEL contribution to paper on self-clocked microelectrode array, which digitizes bio-signals at the pixel level by encoding changes as asynchronous digital address-events when they exceed a certain threshold.
Transwell-based microfluidic platform for high-resolution imaging of airway tissues
Novel microfluidic platform for cultivation of transwell-based lung tissues provides the possibility to alternate between air–liquid interfaces for culturing and liquid–liquid interfaces for imaging. Platform enables tissue cultivation and analysis under standardized well plate conditions.
Poster prize at MPS Summit 2024 for Martin Stano
Best Poster Award (3rd place) at the Microphysiological Systems (MPS) World Summit for Martin Stano presenting a platform for in-vitro sonodynamic therapy testing.
Mechanical stimulation and electrophysiological monitoring at sub-cellular resolution
Synchronized combination of atomic force microscopy, high-density microelectrode array, and fluorescence microscopy developed. System can mechanically characterize and stimulate individual neurons at picoNewton force sensitivity and nanometer precision while monitoring electrophysiological activity at sub-cellular spatial and millisecond temporal resolution.