Metabolic Imaging & Tissue engineering Group News

It's been busy, it's been tough but it's been also fun! Our team has trained a number of MSc students, with excellent projects, spanning the scope from establishment of novel organoid models, to testing of mechanical properties of the hydrogel-producing biomaterials on the small intestinal epithelium organoids and FLIM analysis of neural ('brain') iPSC-derived organoids. Thanks to everyone involved! The end of year (June) was culminated in presenting of research at Ghent Gut Inflammation Group (Ruslan, Irina, Hang, Lenie) and participating (as instructors, Ruslan and Michele) in the FEBS course on Functional Imaging of cellular dynamics (Amsterdam, 9-15 June 2024)!         Stay tuned for more exciting news on our research!

(video: time lapse FLIM of endocytosis in human colon cancer cells using LysoSensor Green, (C) Dmitriev Lab, 2023) The period of ~October 2023 until ~May 2024 (almost complete academic year!) was too busy for publishing any updates but thanks for staying tuned (if you did so). Some key updates for this period: Successful start of FLIMagin3D project, with the 3 new PhD students (Hang, Michele and Gabriele) + visiting (via secondments) PhD students, joining our team to address challenges in multi-parameter FLIM of organoids and multicellular spheroids, advancing imaging & probes for cell oxygenation, FLIM-FRET, tissue mechanics and biofabricated inter-species communities. More about the FLIMagin3D can be found here:  https://www.flimagin3d.com/   Some visiting scientists with exciting projects, including Dr. A. Russegger, R. Harkhoe, partners from OsteoNet Horizon MSCA Staff Exchange network Our group (including the microscopes!) has relocated to the new 'The Core' / MREB3 re