MERLN
@merln-um.bsky.social
Institute for Technology Inspired Regenerative Medicine
Maastricht University
www.merlninstitute.com
Maastricht University
www.merlninstitute.com
During the #WeekendvandeWetenschap on the 4th of October, MERLN opened its lab doors to everyone who curious about science. Visitors could experiment with measuring PH values, 3D printing, and DNA isolation. Many thanks to the team!
October 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
During the #WeekendvandeWetenschap on the 4th of October, MERLN opened its lab doors to everyone who curious about science. Visitors could experiment with measuring PH values, 3D printing, and DNA isolation. Many thanks to the team!
Looking back at an amazing #MERLN PhD Day 2025! Many thanks to the organizing committee for composing such a high-quality program with so many talented researchers. Thank you #SebastienCallens and #ElenaDellaBella for the inspiring presentations. We are looking forward to the next!
October 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Looking back at an amazing #MERLN PhD Day 2025! Many thanks to the organizing committee for composing such a high-quality program with so many talented researchers. Thank you #SebastienCallens and #ElenaDellaBella for the inspiring presentations. We are looking forward to the next!
Just one more day to go until MERLN’s PhD Day begins! This year’s theme is ‘Combining Knowledge and Building Solutions: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Regenerative Medicine’. We are excited for a day full of inspiring talks, poster presentations, and rapid-fire sessions!
September 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Just one more day to go until MERLN’s PhD Day begins! This year’s theme is ‘Combining Knowledge and Building Solutions: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Regenerative Medicine’. We are excited for a day full of inspiring talks, poster presentations, and rapid-fire sessions!
Sincere thanks to Associate Professor Duygu Ege from Boğaziçi University for her inspiring talk on 'Eco-conscious hydrogels for applications in bone, skeletal muscle, neural, and cardiac regeneration' at MERLN. The visit was hosted by our Scientific Director, Lorenzo Moroni #merlninstitute
July 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Sincere thanks to Associate Professor Duygu Ege from Boğaziçi University for her inspiring talk on 'Eco-conscious hydrogels for applications in bone, skeletal muscle, neural, and cardiac regeneration' at MERLN. The visit was hosted by our Scientific Director, Lorenzo Moroni #merlninstitute
We are happy to announce that MERLN’s PhD Candidate, Liline Fermin, will receive the MDR Young Talent Incentive. This grant, providing €10k, will allow her to explore a new direction in her research on ‘Utilizing eosinophil response to enhance biomaterial-driven bone regeneration’. #merlninstitute
July 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
We are happy to announce that MERLN’s PhD Candidate, Liline Fermin, will receive the MDR Young Talent Incentive. This grant, providing €10k, will allow her to explore a new direction in her research on ‘Utilizing eosinophil response to enhance biomaterial-driven bone regeneration’. #merlninstitute
Sincere thanks to Parth Chansoria for his inspiring talk on 'Biofabrication Across Frontiers: Shaping Light to Engineer Biomimetic Tissues' at MERLN. Parth is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Health Sciences and Technology at #ETHZurich. The visit was hosted by Lorenzo Moroni.
June 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Sincere thanks to Parth Chansoria for his inspiring talk on 'Biofabrication Across Frontiers: Shaping Light to Engineer Biomimetic Tissues' at MERLN. Parth is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Health Sciences and Technology at #ETHZurich. The visit was hosted by Lorenzo Moroni.
We are thrilled to announce that our Scientific Director, Lorenzo Moroni, has received the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant for his project MECCANO. This €3.5M grant will allow him to explore a new direction in his research on engineering complex materials to guide and train stem cells.
June 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
We are thrilled to announce that our Scientific Director, Lorenzo Moroni, has received the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant for his project MECCANO. This €3.5M grant will allow him to explore a new direction in his research on engineering complex materials to guide and train stem cells.
🎉We’re excited to announce two MERLN projects have received funding from ZonMw’s Human Measurement Models to advance animal-free innovation. Congrats to PIs, Berta Cillero Pastor and Silvia Bolognin👏👏🍾
June 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🎉We’re excited to announce two MERLN projects have received funding from ZonMw’s Human Measurement Models to advance animal-free innovation. Congrats to PIs, Berta Cillero Pastor and Silvia Bolognin👏👏🍾
HEROS: Harnessing Eosinophils Response to improve Osteogenesis - Niloofar Tahmasebi Birgani
HEROS focuses on studying the interactions between eosinophils and the cells involved in bone regeneration, and the potential to modulate these interactions using osteogenic biomaterials.
HEROS focuses on studying the interactions between eosinophils and the cells involved in bone regeneration, and the potential to modulate these interactions using osteogenic biomaterials.
May 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
HEROS: Harnessing Eosinophils Response to improve Osteogenesis - Niloofar Tahmasebi Birgani
HEROS focuses on studying the interactions between eosinophils and the cells involved in bone regeneration, and the potential to modulate these interactions using osteogenic biomaterials.
HEROS focuses on studying the interactions between eosinophils and the cells involved in bone regeneration, and the potential to modulate these interactions using osteogenic biomaterials.
Mimicking corneal dynamics: An organ-on-a-chip platform for corneal endothelium research - Yang Ge
This project develops a microfluidic chip that mimics the curvature, flow, and pressure conditions of the eye, creating a more suitable environment for cell growth and function.
This project develops a microfluidic chip that mimics the curvature, flow, and pressure conditions of the eye, creating a more suitable environment for cell growth and function.
May 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Mimicking corneal dynamics: An organ-on-a-chip platform for corneal endothelium research - Yang Ge
This project develops a microfluidic chip that mimics the curvature, flow, and pressure conditions of the eye, creating a more suitable environment for cell growth and function.
This project develops a microfluidic chip that mimics the curvature, flow, and pressure conditions of the eye, creating a more suitable environment for cell growth and function.
Sparks of Life: Bioelectrical Control of Lineage Specification in Human Stem Cells with BLiP-Chip - Jonathan Briones
This project investigates whether exogenous electric fields can direct cell differentiation during early embryonic development.
This project investigates whether exogenous electric fields can direct cell differentiation during early embryonic development.
May 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Sparks of Life: Bioelectrical Control of Lineage Specification in Human Stem Cells with BLiP-Chip - Jonathan Briones
This project investigates whether exogenous electric fields can direct cell differentiation during early embryonic development.
This project investigates whether exogenous electric fields can direct cell differentiation during early embryonic development.
Next week marks the start of #TERMISEU2025! 🔥We are excited to see so many MERLN researchers featured throughout the four-day program. We look forward to an inspiring conference in Freiburg.🚀
May 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Next week marks the start of #TERMISEU2025! 🔥We are excited to see so many MERLN researchers featured throughout the four-day program. We look forward to an inspiring conference in Freiburg.🚀
🎙️MERLN Speaker Series will host Assoc Prof Dr. Adam Celiz on May 27, presenting ‘Engineering soft materials as advanced tissue matrices and next generation medical devices’.
🌟Join and explore hydrogel's role as biomimetic matrices for 3D cell culture and surgical glues.
🌟Join and explore hydrogel's role as biomimetic matrices for 3D cell culture and surgical glues.
May 16, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🎙️MERLN Speaker Series will host Assoc Prof Dr. Adam Celiz on May 27, presenting ‘Engineering soft materials as advanced tissue matrices and next generation medical devices’.
🌟Join and explore hydrogel's role as biomimetic matrices for 3D cell culture and surgical glues.
🌟Join and explore hydrogel's role as biomimetic matrices for 3D cell culture and surgical glues.
🎉Congratulations to our postdoc, Dr. Carlos Peniche Silva, for being awarded the Kootstra Talent Fellowship on his research project “TendoMir: MicroRNA-enhanced Mechanical Stimulation for Tendon Regeneration”.
May 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🎉Congratulations to our postdoc, Dr. Carlos Peniche Silva, for being awarded the Kootstra Talent Fellowship on his research project “TendoMir: MicroRNA-enhanced Mechanical Stimulation for Tendon Regeneration”.
Meet Dr. Paul Wieringa, assistant professor at MERLN, developing in vitro tissue models to reveal novel insights into endometriosis & fallopian tube.
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👨🔬“I enjoy working on these kinds of innovative approaches. It allows us to explore questions that we previously were unable to."
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👨🔬“I enjoy working on these kinds of innovative approaches. It allows us to explore questions that we previously were unable to."
May 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Meet Dr. Paul Wieringa, assistant professor at MERLN, developing in vitro tissue models to reveal novel insights into endometriosis & fallopian tube.
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👨🔬“I enjoy working on these kinds of innovative approaches. It allows us to explore questions that we previously were unable to."
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👨🔬“I enjoy working on these kinds of innovative approaches. It allows us to explore questions that we previously were unable to."
🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. Shivesh Anand on securing the prestigious NWO Rubicon Grant! He’ll be advancing electro-osmotic bioactive pumps for the treatment of lymphedema at Stanford University School of Medicine. Proud moment! ❤️🚀
May 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. Shivesh Anand on securing the prestigious NWO Rubicon Grant! He’ll be advancing electro-osmotic bioactive pumps for the treatment of lymphedema at Stanford University School of Medicine. Proud moment! ❤️🚀
Last week, we hosted the 3rd Reg4Bone network meeting at MERLN. Martijn van Griensven welcomed our partners from industry, research, clinical institutions in Germany and Netherlands, who are collaborating to develop innovative solutions for bone regeneration in large defects.
🌟 www.reg4bone.com/en
🌟 www.reg4bone.com/en
May 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Last week, we hosted the 3rd Reg4Bone network meeting at MERLN. Martijn van Griensven welcomed our partners from industry, research, clinical institutions in Germany and Netherlands, who are collaborating to develop innovative solutions for bone regeneration in large defects.
🌟 www.reg4bone.com/en
🌟 www.reg4bone.com/en
🎉Big congratulations to our postdoc, Dr. Jonathan Briones, on being awarded the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships for his research in early human embryogenesis using blastoids derived from pluripotent stem cells, aiming for improving in-vitro fertilization techniques. Bravo!!
March 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🎉Big congratulations to our postdoc, Dr. Jonathan Briones, on being awarded the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships for his research in early human embryogenesis using blastoids derived from pluripotent stem cells, aiming for improving in-vitro fertilization techniques. Bravo!!
MERLN, the international lead partner in the #ZIM Innovation network Reg4Bone, will host the 3rd network meeting on April 23 2025.
Join industry, research, clinical experts from DE and NL to drive innovative solutions for bone regeneration.
Join or connect with us?👉https://www.reg4bone.com/en
Join industry, research, clinical experts from DE and NL to drive innovative solutions for bone regeneration.
Join or connect with us?👉https://www.reg4bone.com/en
March 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
MERLN, the international lead partner in the #ZIM Innovation network Reg4Bone, will host the 3rd network meeting on April 23 2025.
Join industry, research, clinical experts from DE and NL to drive innovative solutions for bone regeneration.
Join or connect with us?👉https://www.reg4bone.com/en
Join industry, research, clinical experts from DE and NL to drive innovative solutions for bone regeneration.
Join or connect with us?👉https://www.reg4bone.com/en
Excited to share that Prof. Lorenzo Moroni recently visited CÚRAM and delivered an exciting talk on biofabrication technologies and innovative strategies for regenerative medicine.👨🔬💡Sincere thanks to Dr. Andrew Daly for hosting this event. We look forward to further collaborations between us.🌍
March 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Excited to share that Prof. Lorenzo Moroni recently visited CÚRAM and delivered an exciting talk on biofabrication technologies and innovative strategies for regenerative medicine.👨🔬💡Sincere thanks to Dr. Andrew Daly for hosting this event. We look forward to further collaborations between us.🌍
🎙️MERLN Speaker Series is excited to feature two speakers on Mar 18:
Prof. Sandra Van Vlierberghe from Ghent University and Dr. Jasper Van Hoorick from BIO_INX
🌟Join us and enjoy a unique blend of academic insight and industrial innovation for Biomedical Engineering
#3Dprinting #TissueRegeneration
Prof. Sandra Van Vlierberghe from Ghent University and Dr. Jasper Van Hoorick from BIO_INX
🌟Join us and enjoy a unique blend of academic insight and industrial innovation for Biomedical Engineering
#3Dprinting #TissueRegeneration
March 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
🎙️MERLN Speaker Series is excited to feature two speakers on Mar 18:
Prof. Sandra Van Vlierberghe from Ghent University and Dr. Jasper Van Hoorick from BIO_INX
🌟Join us and enjoy a unique blend of academic insight and industrial innovation for Biomedical Engineering
#3Dprinting #TissueRegeneration
Prof. Sandra Van Vlierberghe from Ghent University and Dr. Jasper Van Hoorick from BIO_INX
🌟Join us and enjoy a unique blend of academic insight and industrial innovation for Biomedical Engineering
#3Dprinting #TissueRegeneration
🎓Join the One-of-a-Kind Bachelor in Regenerative Medicine and Technology (BSc RMT) at Maastricht University
📅We warmly invite you to our 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟴𝘁𝗵!
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📅We warmly invite you to our 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟴𝘁𝗵!
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February 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🎓Join the One-of-a-Kind Bachelor in Regenerative Medicine and Technology (BSc RMT) at Maastricht University
📅We warmly invite you to our 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟴𝘁𝗵!
🔗Register here: lnkd.in/eCxATBXP
🔗For more details: lnkd.in/ewtEY8VM
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📅We warmly invite you to our 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟴𝘁𝗵!
🔗Register here: lnkd.in/eCxATBXP
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🎙️MERLN Speaker Series will feature Prof. Dr. Ben Goult on Feb 11, presenting ‘TALIN in MECHANOmemory – spatial organisation by binary mechanochemical switches.’
🌟Join us and discover how TALIN switches interact with enzymes 👀 and their roles in disease with @bengoult.bsky.social
🌟Join us and discover how TALIN switches interact with enzymes 👀 and their roles in disease with @bengoult.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
🎙️MERLN Speaker Series will feature Prof. Dr. Ben Goult on Feb 11, presenting ‘TALIN in MECHANOmemory – spatial organisation by binary mechanochemical switches.’
🌟Join us and discover how TALIN switches interact with enzymes 👀 and their roles in disease with @bengoult.bsky.social
🌟Join us and discover how TALIN switches interact with enzymes 👀 and their roles in disease with @bengoult.bsky.social
🎉Thrilled to share that our PI, Dr. Vanessa LaPointe, has been appointed as a new member of The Young Academy @DeJongeAkademie.
As a member, she'll champion projects focusing on science policy, interdisciplinarity, internationalisation, and bridging academia with society and art.🌍🔬🌟
As a member, she'll champion projects focusing on science policy, interdisciplinarity, internationalisation, and bridging academia with society and art.🌍🔬🌟
January 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🎉Thrilled to share that our PI, Dr. Vanessa LaPointe, has been appointed as a new member of The Young Academy @DeJongeAkademie.
As a member, she'll champion projects focusing on science policy, interdisciplinarity, internationalisation, and bridging academia with society and art.🌍🔬🌟
As a member, she'll champion projects focusing on science policy, interdisciplinarity, internationalisation, and bridging academia with society and art.🌍🔬🌟
🎉Congratulations to our MERLNer Dr. @PierpaoloFucile on being elected as Chair-Elect of the TERMIS-EU SYIS (Student and Young Investigator Section). Well-deserved!!
In his role, he’ll work with the Chair to lead SYIS-EU activities and prepare for his transition to the Chair role.
In his role, he’ll work with the Chair to lead SYIS-EU activities and prepare for his transition to the Chair role.
January 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🎉Congratulations to our MERLNer Dr. @PierpaoloFucile on being elected as Chair-Elect of the TERMIS-EU SYIS (Student and Young Investigator Section). Well-deserved!!
In his role, he’ll work with the Chair to lead SYIS-EU activities and prepare for his transition to the Chair role.
In his role, he’ll work with the Chair to lead SYIS-EU activities and prepare for his transition to the Chair role.