News
EIC Pathfinder Funding for Halogen-free Etching of Silicon and Glass
While the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) is banning the use of fluorochemicals because of their detrimental effects on the environment and health, the European Commission (EC) has launched the European Chips Act to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to Europe.µFlow Cell partner of Redwire Space to develop 3D BioSystem for ESA
The µFlow Cell of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is happy to share that it is a subcontractor of Redwire Space NV in a 14 million euro contract to design, develop, and qualify the 3D BioSystem on the International Space Station (ISS).UNIVERSITAS support for SIMPAQ Exchange Program with CUHAS in Tanzania
We are happy to share that VUB has awarded 3 UNIVERSITAS scholarships to further intensify our cooperation with CUHAS in Tanzania. It will allow 1 master and 2 PhD students to come to Belgium and obtain their degree at VUB. Together with the School of Public Health of Prof.ERC recognizes strong valorization potential of Vortex Technology with third POC grant
Vortex Technology makes uses of external forces (electric or acoustic) to induce vortices in microfluidic channels. It was developed and patented by the µFlow Cell team of prof. Wim De Malsche as part of his ERC Starting Grant project EVODIS.World NTD Day at Jimma University in Ethiopia
With support of VLIR-UOS, a team of µFlow Cell travelled to Ethiopia to install the SIMPAQ (Single Image Quantification of Parasites in Stool) at the parasitology lab of Jimma University.MicroFlow Cell starts cooperation with Jimma University in Ethiopia
With support of VLIR-UOS, the teams of Prof. Wim De Malsche of VUB and Prof. Bruno Levecke of UGent have started a 2 year cooperation with the team of Prof. Zeleke Mekonnen of Jimma University in Ethiopia.Job Opportunities in Microfluidics and Microfabrication!
You want to work at the forefront of microfluidics research, using latest state-of-the-art microfabrication techniques? µFlow Cell has vacancies for one Research Engineer Microfluidics, one PhD Scholarship Acoustofluidics and one PhD Scholarship Vortex Chromatography. To suppor...Innoviris Research Platform on Vortex Chromatography
Innoviris has approved a 1 million euro grant to support vortex chromatography innovation by a multidisciplinary team of VUB, ULB and UZ Brussel researchers, coordinated by the µFlow Cell. Vortex chromatography makes use of externally induced lateral flows to enhance separation performance in m...FWO supports acoustofluidics research
The Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) has committed a 2 million euro grant to support acoustofluidics research by a multidisciplinary consortium of VUB, KU Leuven and UHasselt, coordinated by the µFlow Cell.
Events
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MICROLAB at KfG 2023
During Knowledge for Growth 2023 in Antwerp we launched MICROLAB. MICROLAB is a new Core Facility of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), which will become operational end of 2023.
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MicroFlow Cell at HPLC 2023
The team of µFlow Cell made a strong contribution to HPLC 2023, which took place in Düsseldorf, Germany. At the conference, we presented advances in our Vortex Chromatography research on HPLC in a presentation by prof. Wim De Malsche and a poster by dr. Ilyesse Bihi.