Focused Workshop • 2026

Challenges to Translation in Microfluidics and Organ-on-Chip

A one-day workshop bringing together industry, academia and government to confront the real-world barriers to deploying microfluidics and organ-on-chip technologies in clinical and industrial settings.

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In-person only • Limited capacity • Targeted at researchers, innovators and policy-makers.
About the workshop

Translating microfluidics and organ-on-chip into impact

The workshop will provide a focused forum to identify scientific, technological and regulatory bottlenecks that currently limit the translation of microfluidic and organ-on-chip systems into real-world applications.

Microfluidic platforms and organ-on-chip models have matured into powerful tools for controlling cellular microenvironments, modelling tissue function and probing drug responses with high spatiotemporal precision. Yet, despite impressive progress at the proof-of-concept level, widespread adoption in industry and healthcare remains challenging.

This one-day event will bring together stakeholders from industry, academia and government institutions to discuss practical routes to translation. Sessions will cover design and fabrication strategies compatible with scale-up, integration of sensing and readout modalities, standardisation and validation, and case studies of successful technology deployment.

Our goal is to map out concrete opportunities for collaboration and to define shared priorities for the microfluidics and organ-on-chip community in the coming years.

Microfluidic platforms Organ-on-chip models Regulation & standards Industrial translation Preclinical testing
Speakers

Confirmed keynote & invited speakers

The workshop will feature keynote and invited talks from leading researchers and innovators in microfluidics, organ-on-chip technologies and their translation to real-world applications.

Keynote

Prof Martin Knight

Queen Mary University of London

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Keynote

Dr Massimo Mastrangeli

Delft University of Technology

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Invited

Prof Lourdes Basabe Desmonts

University of the Basque Country

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Invited

Dr Darwin Reyes

National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)

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Additional speakers and session chairs will be announced as they are confirmed.

Registration

Free registration (compulsory)

There is no registration fee, but places are limited. To help us manage capacity and ensure a balanced representation of stakeholders, we ask all participants to register in advance.

How to join

Fee
Free of charge
Registration deadline
31 January 2026
Who should attend?
Researchers, engineers, clinicians, industrial partners and policy-makers interested in microfluidics and organ-on-chip.
Format
In-person only (no hybrid streaming planned).
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Please register by 31 January 2026. We may close registration earlier if the event reaches capacity.

Sponsors

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This workshop is made possible thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, who are actively engaged in advancing microfluidics, organ-on-chip technologies and their translation into real-world applications.