Year review
Regenerative Medicine Utrecht
2020
2020 was a bizarre year.
The Corona pandemic had a big impact on us.
The RMU-center was closed for 8 Weeks.
Promotions and conferences were cancelled and researchers were forced to work at home
Corona
Fortunately, the research was restarted before the summer.
Corona
And tools became available to hold meetings online
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The building was made corona-proof.
And despite everything,
there were so many reasons to be proud
We had new (associate) professors
Several awards & grants
We had on-line seminars and events
We did education and training
We had a lot of new doctors
And we were in news a lot
And it's been 5 years since the RMCU opened
Many reasons to be proud
Our new professors
Harold Brommer
Professor
Heelkunde van het paard
Tina Vermonden
Professor
Biomaterials for Drug Delivery and Regenerative Medicine
Our new Associate Professors
Bart Spee
Peter de Keizer Niels van der Kaaij
Our new PI
Saber Amin Yavari
AWARDS
Laura Creemers
Reviewer Award Acta Biomaterialia
Pamela Carpendale
Best presentation ISCOMS Congress
Arif Ibrahim Ardisasmita
Best master thesis 2020
Paulina Nunez Bernal
Best oral presentation at the Veterinary Science day
Merle Maas-Krebber
Best poster at MDR2020
We received lots of
Surgical Spine
Center of Excellence
The multidisciplinary expertise in the field of spinal surgery at UMC Utrecht has been officially recognized by the international organization EUROSPINE.
The appointment as a "Surgical Spine Center of Excellence" applies for the
next four years
AWARDS
We received lots of
AWARDS
Prof. René Castelein
awarded as Knight of the Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw
On September 4th, prof. René Castelein said goodbye to UMC Utrecht
Cora Nijboer
EU-grant PREMSTEM consortium
To develop new therapy to treat brain damage in premature babies
Eva van Rooij
NWO Vici
This grant will enable her to develop an innovative line of research and expand her research group in
the coming five years.
Laura Creemers
Marie Curie H2020 ITN grant
Together with Dr. Jacqueline Alblas and Dr. João Garcia, she will be the linking pin of a European network of 15 PhD students that will work on non-
viral gene therapy for the treatment of osteoarthritis and intervertebral disc disease
GRANTS
Riccardo Levato
NOW Idea Generator Grant
to develop and adapt the ultra-fast (volumetric) 3D bioprinting technology for the treatment of
osteoarthritis
Jeffrey Beekman
Health Holland
SARS-CoV-2 research
Moyo Kruijt
Open Technology Programme Grant
A novel Spinal Spring Distraction System: Guiding growth to correct Early Onset Scoliosis (SpiDi)
Saber Amin Yavari
NWO Demonstrator Grant
New Treatment of Hip Dysplasia
GRANTS
Riccardo Levato
ERC starting grant
to develop a 3D printer that can reproduce parts of the human body, including living cells,
within minutes
Miquel Dias Castilho
HHT-HiTmaT 2020 grant
Advaessel: Advanced materials processing and design for regenerating blood vessels
Madelon Maurice
LKB1 gene mutations in colorectal cancer KWF
development and growth
GRANTS
Riccardo Levato
Horizon 2020 Grant
ENLIGHT: New Bioprinting Method
Karin Gerritsen
Horizon 2020 grant
First in man Trial improve peritoneal dialyses
Miguel Dias Castilho
NWO XS grant
Recapitulating bone development through 3D Printing in Suspension Baths - RePrint
GRANTS
Prof.
Howard J.
Hillstrom,
Motion Analysis Laboratory, New
York
Dr. Liliang Ouyang,
Imperial College London
RMU SEMINARS
All these external speakers
found their (online) way to RMCU to inspire us!
Prof. Dr.
Daniel J.
Kelly,
Trinity College Dublin
Prof.
Michele de Luca,
University of Modena and Reggio Emila
Prof.
Graziella Pellegrini,
University of Modena and Reggio Emila
Dr Marc Bohner,
RMS Foundation, Switzerland
Dr. Ruben van Boxtel,
Princess Maxima Center Utrecht
RMU Valorisation Café –
How to create impact with your research 13 July
TPI Helpathon: animal-free innovations 18-19 June
We had various
to attend!
(online)E VENTS
RegMed XB Annual Meeting held in Railway Museum
4-5 March
Utrecht Life Sciences Facility
Event
October 27th
On line
Materials-driven regeneration
meeting
November 19-20
On line
(online)E VENTS
Launch event alliance TU/e, WUR, UU, UMC
Utrecht
December 2
On line Towards Animal-
Free Science: U- AIM webinar November 24 &
December 15
On line
(online)EVENTS
Opening centraal 3D Lab
EVENTS
Education & Training
This year all courses were modified to a hybrid format!
Master course
Regenerative Medicine and Technology Intro Course Biofabrication Introductory course
Bachelor course
Regenerative Medicine
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Short courses
Fundamentals of Biofabrication ONLINE Vascularized tissue engineering ONLINE
16 PhD students started their research project
65 students did their internship at the RMCU
PhD Courses Intro to Stem Cells
Intro to Regenerative medicine
Tissue engineering of the gastrointestinal system Cardiorenal RM
Musculoskeletal RM Perspectives in RM Enabling Technologies From Bench to Bedside
We got 22 new Doctors!
Education & Training
Educational qualification BKO
Merle Krebber
Edward Nieuwenhuis Eva van Rooij
Onno Kranenburg Daniel Saris
achieved their Education Qualification (BKO) congrats
ON LINE
3D Printing andBiofabrication by Dr. Riccardo Levato &
Prof. Jos Malda
Education & Training
Stephanie Veraa
Imaging of the Equine Neck
Lies Fliervoet
Hydrogels releasing polymeric nanoparticles for local delivery of nucleic acids
Laura Louzao Martinez
The extracellular matrix and angiogenesis - two aspects that define cardiovascular health and disease
Nabila Boukelmoune
Nasal mesenchymal stem cell treatment for the repair of chemotherapy-induced neurotoxicities: let the trojan horse in!
We got new Doctors!
Barbara Klotz
Engineering gelatin-based
biomatrices for pre-vascularisation of bone analogues
Mario Hevesi
Biologic Joint Preservation
Chella Hagmeijer
Patient centered strategies to prevent
osteoarthritis after meniscus injury Victor van de Graaf
Biologic Joint Preservation
Joep Eding
RNA targets in cardiac disease
We got new Doctors!
Iris Otto
From cell to society: Bioengineering auricular cartilage for ear reconstruction
Paweena Diloksumpan
The use of converging biofabrication
techniques to address nature's complexity in joint repair
Gitte Berkers
Personalizing CFTR modulator therapies
We got new Doctors!
Delphi Coppens
Regulating gene and cell based therapies as medicinal products
Joep Beumer
Constructing roadmaps towards functional cell types using
organoids
Yorick Post
Modeling Vertebrate Adult Stem Cells And Their Progeny
Jiayi Pei
Multi-omics dissection of acquired and inherited heart failure
We got new Doctors!
Joao Marques Garcia
Tools and Technologies for
Cartilage Repair Alessia Longoni
Endochondral bone regeneration:
Stepping stones towards clinical translation
Irina Mancini
Translation Of (Osteo)chondral Regenerative Strategies
Mylene de Rijter
Diarthrodial joint resurfacing: Multi-scale biofabrication of mechanically stable implants
We got new Doctors!
Iris Pennings
Bioengineering of pre-vascularized bone tissue analogues Laying the basis for a perfusable hierarchical vascular therapies
Casper van der ven
ADDING A DIMENSION: Engineering a 3D heart valve disease model and timed release of RNA therapeutics
We were in the News a lot !
We were in the News a lot !
A regenerative solution for spinal fusions
When pharmacology and theoretical physics meet
New miniature system to study kidney and intestine function Utrecht working group for animal- free innovations in science
We were in the News a lot !
Curing genetic disease in human stem cells
We also went !
it's been 5 years since the RMCU opened
Our Goal:
Strength through sharing knowledge, infrastructure and networks
Connects people and resources
Facilitates and organizes knowledge exchange
Offers high-tech facilities
Provides access to core facilities
Stimulates valorisation
Bio technical Bio
medical Clinical
Regenerative Medicine Center
Utrecht
2015-2020:
in 5 years we have grown considerably (almost doubled)
From 190 to 315 people
From 109 to 210 FTE
From 5 UMCU division to 5 UMCU + 6 UU-Veterinary Sciences groups
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studenten technicians PhD studenten senior researchers clinical researcher PI/Professor administration visiting
instead of a grand live event, we celebrated our RMCU 5 year
existence online
No Labcleaning and TGIF-drinks
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but social and fun events online
We look back at a strange and bizarre year, but despite everything a very successful year.
Special thanks to all researchers and students in the RM Utrecht community!
