hDMT

hDMT is a consortium of renowned scientists from the fields of engineering, biology, physics, chemistry, pharmacology and medicine. They share knowledge, expertise and facilities to develop organ-on-chip models, by integrating state-of-the-art human stem cell technologies and top level engineering with a wide variety of other disciplines. hDMT is a pre-competitive, non-profit technological R&D institute. hDMT researchers work in academic research institutions, university medical centers and biotechnology companies in the Netherlands. Its partners refer to hDMT as ‘a laboratory without walls’. hDMT aims to disseminate models and data through open access publication and valorisation. HDMT’S OBJECTIVE To develop validated cultured cell models of healthy and diseased human tissues and organs through organ-on-chip technology, and enable their valorisation, implementation and availability to interested users for a wide variety of applications. An advantage of this technology could be the reduction of animal experiments.