Selected Media Coverage
“Hybrid Soft Robotic Total Artificial Heart.” (20 October 2022) Dutch Heart Foundation TV program, The Netherlands. [AMC]
“Jobfair 2022.” (20 October 2022) Askanews, Italy. [SSSA]
Meinders, Karlijn. “Zachte robots gebaseerd op een sputterende ketchupfles.” (11 July 2022) BNR radio, The Netherlands. [AMOLF]
“Zachte robot beweegt dankzij ventiel ketchupfles.” (11 July 2022) De Ingenier, The Netherlands [AMOLF]
Schenk, Dorine. “Sputterende ketchupfles laat zachte robot bewegen en reageren.” (13 July 2022) New Scientist, The Netherlands. [AMOLF]
VAn Nijmwegen, Elisabeth. “Van een chipszak tot een Nobelprijs voor softe robotica.” (3 November 2021) Atlas NTR, The Netherlands. [AMOLF]
A hybrid heart for heart failure – how much remains to be done? An interview with Jolanda Kluin. Future Cardiol. 2020 Apr 23 doi: 10.2217/fca-2020-0041 [AMC]
Harte, Anita. Professor dr. Jolanda Kluin doet onderzoek naar een zacht robothart. (March 2021) Interview in Papillion (journal of the Dutch Society for Pulmonary Hypertension) [AMC]
PHA Media. Survey and interview together with the PHA-UK (Pulmonary Hypertension Society United Kingdom, May 2021). [AMC]
Karlijn Meinders. “Zo simpel kan een autonoom en zelflerend robotje zijn.” (11 May 2021) BNR Radio, The Netherlands. [AMOLF]
Dijk, Pancras. “Als ideeën beginnen te stromen.” (12 November 2020) De Ingenieur, the Netherlands. [AMOLF]
Interview Anthal Smits on regenerative heart valves. (March 2021) KIJK! Magazine, The Netherlands. [TU/e]
“Preclinical tests with biodegradable implants” (January 2021) De Ingenieur, The Netherlands. [TU/e]
Marga van Zundert, “Kunsthart: Half-levend, half-robot.” (11 February 2021) C2W, The Netherlands. [TU/e]
“’Soft’ robotic heart could be answer to donor heart shortage.” (27 February 2020) Biba MedTech. [ALL]
“Sant’Anna in gara con un cuore bio-ispirato” (11 February 2020) Sole 24 Ore .salute, Italy. [SSSA]
“Hybrid Heart, progetto Sant’Anna tra i finalisti della challenge inglese” (5 February 2020) it, Italy. [SSSA]
“Biorobotica, ricerca Sant’Anna al top in Europa” (5 February 2020) it, Italy. [SSSA]
“Ricerca: il progetto del cuore bio-robotico concorre per un premio da 30 milioni di sterline” (5 February 2020), it, Italy. [SSSA]
Arnold Mandemaker. “Robothart moet levens redden.” (4 February 2020) Eindhovens Dagblad, The Netherlands. [TU/e]
Kaya Burgess. “Beat that: robotic heart aims to win competition for £30m grant.” (23 January 2020) The Times, United Kingdom. [ALL]
Tom Bawden. “Revolutionary wireless ‘hybrid heart’ prototype for humans could be ready by 2028.” (23 January 2020) The I, United Kingdom. [ALL]
Martin Bagot. “World’s first totally robotic heart will end need for transplants in 10 years.” (23 January 2020) The Mirror, United Kingdom. [ALL]
Sarah Knapton. “Robo-heart could solve organ transplant crisis.” (23 January 2020) The Telegraph, United Kingdom. [ALL]
Ben Spencer. “’Soft’ robotic heart that uses synthetic material combined with layer of lab-grown human cells could put an end to human transplants by 2028.” (23 January 2020) The Daily Mail, United Kingdom. [ALL]
Martin Bagot. “Roboheart: Professor hopes save thousands of lives with world’s first ’hybrid organ’ by 2028.” (23 January 2020) The Express, United Kingdom. [ALL]
Ted Hennessey. “Firstever robotic heart could put an end to transplants, scientist say” (23 January 2020) The Evening Standard, United Kingdom. [ALL]
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman. “Robotic heart? International team develops transplant replacement.” (23 January 2020) The Jerusalem Post, United Kingdom. [ALL]
Anna Smith. “Robotic heart, heart attack vaccine among BHF Big Beat Finalis.” (23 January 2020) Pharma Times. [ALL]
Claire Read. “Robotic Hybrid Heart could end lengthy transplant waiting lists.” (23 January 2020) Lad Bible. [ALL]
“BHF announces finalists competing for 30m pound research price.” European Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Magazine. [ALL]
Tony Winterburn. “Medical Breakthrough: e world’s first totally robotic heart will end need for transplants within 10 years.” (23 January 2020) Euro Weekly News. [ALL]
Matteo Cianchetti, “Leonardo da Vinci. Tra scienza, ingegneria e arte” (5 December 2019) Radio Aula40, Italy. [SSSA]
Marwa Eldiwiny. “Soft Robotics with Luuk van Laake” (15 November 2019) IEEE RAS Soft Robotics Podcast. [AMOLF]
“Santa Giulia Open day” (23 May 2019), Il Telegrafo, Italy [SSSA]
“Scienza declinata in tutte le sue forme possibili”, Il Gazzettino.it , Italy. [SSSA]
Karlijn Meinders. “Kunen we ooit een kloppend hart van biomaterialen maken?” (6 August 2019) BNR Radio, The Netherlands. [TU/e]
“Ecco i robot del mare” (22 May 2019) TGR Toscane. [SSSA]
Rene Steenhorst. “‘Robothart’ van siliconen voor mensen.” (16 April 2019) De Telegraaf, The Netherlands. [AMC]
“Dario: «La prossima sfida sarà il cuore artificiale»” (30 November 2018) Il Terreno, Italy. [SSSA]
“Il ‘padre’ della biorobotica, la sfida futura sono gli organi artificiali come il cuore” (29 November 2018) Ansa, Italy. [SSSA]
Bart Grob. “Het zachte robothart van Bas.” (16 Maart 2018) De Vrolijke Frankenstein, The Netherlands. [AMOLF]
Huib de Vries. “Een nieuw hart uit een 3D-printer” (21 February 2018) Reformatorisch Dagblad, The Netherlands. [AMC]
“Trapianti, muscoli artificiali e il resto umano: ecco il primo cuore robotico” (5 December 2017) Il Fatto Guotidiano, Italy. [SSSA]
Filomena Fotia. “Medicina: batterà in Europa il primo cuore “ibrido”, in parte umano e in parte robotico Per approfondire” (5 December 2017) Meteoweb, Italy. [SSSA]
Martijn Van Calmthout. “Aan tafel met Frankenstein – De gemaakte natuur.” (16 September 2017) Talk show Museum Boerhaave – Nacht van Kunst en Kennis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [AMOLF]
Marc-Robin Visscher. “Zacht robotisch kunsthart in de maak.” (4 August 2017) Radio show NPO1 Nieuws en Co, The Netherlands [AMOLF]
Press Release
“Dalla medicina alla green economy Universita e impresse a bracetto.” (24 February 2023), La Nazione Lucca. [SSSA]
“Responsive soft robots inspired by sputtering ketchup bottle” (8 July 2022), AMOLF and TU/e website. [AMOLF]
“Regenerative heart valves and blood vessels a step closer” (7 January 2021), TU/e website. [TUE]
“Riconoscimenti internazionali, HybridHeart tra i 4 finalisti del Big Beat Challenge, la competizione che finanzia i migliori progetti internazionali su malattie cardiache e circolatorie” (30 January 2020), Sant’Anna Magazine, Italy. [SSSA]
“Hybrid Heart shortlisted for 30 million pound research grant” (27 January 2020), AMOLF website. [AMOLF]
“Hybrid Heart shortlisted for 30 million pound research grant” (23 January 2020), Hybrid Heart website. [ALL]
“Sant’Anna school BioRobotics institute among the research partners of EU funded project for a biocompatible total artificial heart” (5 December 2017) Sant’Anna Magazine. [SSSA]
Rob Buiter. “Een zacht robothart.” (27 October 2017) Website AMC. [AMC]
Societal Outreach
Overvelde. “Van sputterende ketchupfles tot zachte robot.” (2022) AMOLF open day. [AMOLF]
Lorenzon. “Soft robotics and artificial organs.” (2022) Bright, the night of European Researchers, Pisa. [SSSA]
Lorenzon. “Soft robotics for artificial organs and assistive devices.” (2023) Bright, Massa. [SSSA]
Zrinscak. “A soft robotic total artificial heart.” JoTTO Fair, IMT, Italy. [SSSA]
Zrinscak. “Come si progretta una cuore artificale.” San Fautino open day. [SSSA]
Lorenzon. “A soft robotic total artificial heart.” (2021) BRIGHT, The European night of researchers. [SSSA]
Zrinscak. “Women in Science” (2022) Donne e Ragazze nella Scienza. [SSSA]
Bouten. “In situ cardiovascular tissue engineering” (2021) PhD course of the Dutch Heart Foundation. [TU/e]
Bouten. “Regenerative medicine, Dream or Reality?” Lustrum Movement Science, Free University Amsterdam. [TU/e]
Kluin. “Science in Cardiothoracic Surgery” (2022) VECTOR course. [AMC]
Paul A.A. Bartels, Patricia Y.W. Dankers. “Adhesive supramolecular biomaterials as the endocardium of an artificial heart” (2020) Career event biomedical engineering. [TU/e]
Anthal I.P.M. Smits, “How to become a tissue engineer.” (2020) TU/e Webinar, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. [TU/e]
Tech Share Day “Artificial, bioartificial and tissue-engineered organs” (November 2020), Italy. [SSSA]
Dan Jing Wu, “Een kloppend biomateriaal.” (2019) Eye Openers, The Netherlands. [TU/e]
Dan Jing Wu. “Using plastics to repair human body parts.” (2019) Famelab National Finals, Utrecht, The Netherlands. [TU/e]
Dan Jing Wu, “Een hart van kloppend plastic.” (2019) Expeditie Next, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [TU/e]
Carlijn Bouten, “Het lichaam verleiden tot zelfherstel” (2019) Paradiso Lezing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [TU/e]
Carlijn Bouten, “Machtige Materialen ’Hoe maak je van plastic levende hartkleppen?’” (2019), Universiteit van Nederland, online video lecture and podcast, broadcasted, The Netherlands. [TU/e]
Carlijn Bouten, “In situ cardiovascular tissue engineering”, (2019) seminar at the ‘Hartweek’, Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, The Netherlands. [TU/e]
Carlijn Bouten and Patricia Dankers, “Materials-driven regeneration”, (2019) Seminar ING Bank, The Netherlands. [TU/e]
“Exhibition Drivers of Change” (2019), Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. [TU/e]
Open day Biorobotics Institute. (October 2019) Pontedera, Italy. [SSSA]
Johannes T. B. Overvelde, “Origami-inspired Materials and Robots.” (2019) Royal Academy of Art, Den Haag, The Netherlands. [AMOLF]
Open day AMOLF. (October 2019) Amsterdam, Netherlands. [AMOLF]
Malnisio Science Festival. (October 2019) Montereale Valcellina, Italy. [SSSA]
BRIGHT, La notte dei ricercatori toscani. (September 2019) Pisa, Italy. [SSSA]
Open day Livorno. (May 2019) Livorno, Italy. [SSSA]
Oration Prof. Jolanda Kluin “the road not taken” leerstoel Translational Cardiothoracic Surgery (January 2019) Amsterdam, Netherlands [AMC]
Open day AMOLF. (October 2018) Amsterdam, Netherlands [AMOLF]
Open day Pontedera. (October 2018) Pisa, Italy [SSSA]
International Robotics Festival. (September – October 2018) Pisa, Italy [SSSA]
Open day Livorno. (May 2018) Livorno, Italy [SSSA]
Exhibition at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave. “Frankie – The artificial starfish.” (March – October 2018) Leiden, the Netherlands [AMOLF]
Invited Talks and Colloquia
Overvelde, “Harnessing instabilities to embody intelligence in soft robots.” (2023) Invited speaker IEEE Robosoft conference, Singapore. [AMOLF]
Overvelde, “Embodied Fluidic Circuits to Control Soft Robots.” (2023) Invited speaker IEEE Robosoft conference, Singapore. [AMOLF]
Overvelde, “Embodying Intelligence in Soft Fluidic Robots.” (2023) Invited lecture Interactive Design colloquium TU/e, Eindhoven. [AMOLF]
Smits, “Mechanobiology in Materials-Driven Cardiovascular Tissue Regeneration.” (2022) Invited seminar Biomechanics workshop, Erasmus medical Centre, Rotterdam. [TU/e]
Smits, “Harnessing inflammation to induce endogenous tissue regeneration – the role of hemodynamic loads.” Invited lecture World Congress of Biomechanics, Taipei (online). [TU/e]
Bouten, “Cardiovascular tissue engineering and regeneration; a plead for further knowledge convergence.” (2022) Keynote address International Society of Applied Cardiovascular Biology (ISACB) meeting, Memphis. [TU/e]
bouten, “Materials-driven in situ cardiovascular tissue engineering.” (2022) Invited lecture Seminar Stephenson School on Biomedical Engineering, Oklahoma. [TU/e]
Bouten, “On matrcies, engineered valves and calcification.” (2023) Inivited lecture Heart valve society annual meeting, Malaga. [TU/e]
Smits, “Modulating the Host Response for Biomaterial-Driven In Situ Tissue Regeneration.” (2023) Keynote lecture DARTBAC symposium, National institute for public health and the environment, Amsterdam. [TU/e]
Bouten, “Materials-driven in situ cardiovascular tissue engineering; where do we stand?” (2023) Colloquium MDR (online). [TU/e]
Bouten, “Materials-driven in situ cardiovascular tissue engineering.” (2023) Invited lecture International Webinars on Topics on Cell and Tissue Engineering (CTeng), 3rd edition (online). [TU/e]
Bouten. “Materials-driven in situ cardiovascular tissue engineering; where do we stand?” (2023) Invited lecture seminar ETH Zurich. [TU/e]
Van Laake, L. “Fluidic control of soft robots for future medical applications.” (2022) Invited speaker HTRIC kick-off event. [AMOLF]
Bouten, C. “Scaffold-driven in situ cardiovacular tissue engineering.” (2021) Invited lecture Join Vascular Biology Meeting 2021. [TU/e]
Bouten. C. “Trends in materials-driven in-situ regeneration.” (2021) Invited lecture TERMIS World conference. [TU/e]
bouten. C. “Will in situ engineered heart valves calcify?” (2022) Invited lecture Materials-Driven Regeneration annual meeting. [TU/e]
Bouten. C. “Challenges of materials-driven in situ cardiovascular tissue engineering.” (2022) Invited lecture ICMS Symposium Engineered Living Materials. [TU/e]
Bouten. C. “Challenges of materials-driven in situ cardiovascular tissue engineering.” (2022) Invited lecture NanoBio Symposium Twente University. [TU/e]
Bouten. C. “Disorganized neotissue in an engineered growth model.” (2022) Invited lecture World Conference Biomechanics. [TU/e]
Kluin, J. “Can we grow a new heart? Tissue engineering in congenital heart disease.” (2021) Invited lecture Pediatric Cardio Intensive Care Society Annual Internatioinal Meeting. [AMC]
Kluin, J. “Tissue engineered patches and conduits.” (2021) Invited lecture Global Heart Forum. [AMC]
Kluin, J. “Engineering the heart.” (2022) Inivited lecture Pediatric Cardio Intensive Care Society. [AMC]
Kluin, J. “Tissue engineered heart velaves and hybrid hearts.” (2021) Keynote lecture 8th Dutch Biomedical Engineering Conference. [AMC]
Kluin, J. “towards a Hybrid Heart.” (2021) Invited speaker UCL Anatomy Society. [AMC]
Kluin, J. “Tissue engineered composite valves: a hope of light at the end of the tunnel.” (2021) Invited lecture Global Heart Forum. [AMC]
Kluin, J. “Towards hybrid hearts.” Invited speaker Oxford Cardiothoracic Society. [AMC]
Kluin, J. “Can we grow a new heart? Tissue engineering in CHD.” Invited speaker Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (PCICS) Annual International Meeting, Boston (2021). [AMC]
Anthal I.P.M. Smits “Unravelling the mechanics of macrophage-driven in situ tissue engineering in health and disease.” (2021) MDR Research Colloquium, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. [TU/e]
Bouten, C., “Materials-Driven In-Situ Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering.” (2021) University of Minnesota, online seminar. [TU/e]
Bouten, C., “Materials-Driven In-Situ Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering.” (2021) Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Virtual Seminar Series of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Florida International University, online seminar. [TU/e]
Bouten, C., “Will in-situ tissue engineered heart valves calcify?” (2021) ISACB Tokyo, online seminar. [TU/e]
Overvelde, J.T.B., “Embodied fluidic circuits to control soft robots” (2021), Princeton University/ PRISM, online (US). [AMOLF]
Luuk van Laake, “Responsive and mechanically programmable sequential actuation of fluid-driven soft actuators.” (2021) , Conversations on Bioinspired Engineering. Online Conference. [AMOLF]
Anthal I.P.M. Smits “Unraveling the Effects of Hemodynamic Cues on Macrophage-driven Cardiovascular Tissue Regeneration from Resorbable Synthetic Scaffolds.” (2020) World Biomaterials Congress, online seminar. [TU/e]
Anthal I.P.M. Smits “Development of immunomodulatory scaffolds for in situ heart valve and blood vessel regeneration.” (2020) Drexel Immune Modulation and Engineering Symposium (IMES), Philadelphia, USA, online seminar. [TU/e]
Anthal I.P.M. Smits “Harnessing the immune-response in heart valve regeneration.” (2020) Heart Valve Society Scientific Meeting, Abu Dhabi. [TU/e]
Anthal I.P.M. Smits “Modulating Macrophages to Drive In Situ Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering.” (2019) Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS)-EU Chapter, Rhodes, Greece. [TU/e]
Anthal I.P.M. Smits “In Situ Materials-based Valve Tissue Engineering; the host dictates the outcome?” (2019) Heart Valve Society Scientific Meeting, Sitges (Barcelona), Spain. [TU/e]
Anthal I.P.M. Smits “Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Materials-Driven Cardiovascular Tissue Regeneration.” (2019) MDR Event, ‘s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. [TU/e]
Anthal I.P.M. Smits “Materials-driven Cardiovascular Regeneration.” (2019) Workshop: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Biomateriomics, by the NMI Reutlingen & University of Tübingen, Reichenau, Germany. [TU/e]
Bouten, C., “Can we grow valves inside the heart?” (2020) Jongbloed Lezing, UMCU. [TU/e]
Bouten, C. “Materials-driven ‘in situ’ cardiovascular tissue engineering” (2020) Cardiorenal Winterschool, Seeheim. [TU/e]
Bouten, C., “Heart Valve Tissue Engineering” (2020) International Society of Applied Cardiovascular Biology, online seminar. [TU/e]
Bouten, C., “Heart Valve Tissue Engineering: Lessons to be learned” (2020) Second International, Conference of Tissue-Engineered Heart Valves (ICTEHV), Abu D’habi. [TU/e]
Bouten, C., “Will TEHV be the future of TAVR?” (2020), debate (with sir Magdi Yacoub), Annual Heart meeting of the Heart Valve Society, Abu D’habi. [TU/e]
Bouten, C. “On the role of hemodynamics in materials-driven ‘in situ’ vascular tissue engineering” (2020) International Symposium on Biomechanics in vascular biology and cardiovascular disease. [TU/e]
Bouten, C., “Cell-matrix interaftions for (re)building organized tissues in situ” (2020) Breakfast @ Cell Biology, Radboud University, The Netherlands. [TU/e].
Bouten, C., “Mechanobiology of Cells and Extracellular Matrix” (2020) Cambridge University. [TU/e]
Bouten, C., “Resorbable Immunomodulatory Biomaterials for in situ cardiovascular tissue engineering” (2020) World Biomaterials Congress, Glasgow, online seminar. [TU/e]
Overvelde, J.T.B., “Embodied fluidic circuits to control soft robots” (2020), BioRob Cardio Workshop, online (US). [AMOLF]
Overvelde, J.T.B., “Embodied fluidic circuits to control soft robots” (2020), ETH Zurich seminar series on robotics, online (CH). [AMOLF]
Overvelde, J.T.B., “Embodied fluidic circuits to control soft robots” (2020), Lunch meeting D&C, online (NL). [AMOLF]
Overvelde, J.T.B., “Continuous learning of emergent behavior in robotic matter” (2020), Robosoft, online (US). [AMOLF]
Overvelde, J.T.B., “Adaptive behavior through decentralized learning in soft robotic matter” (2020), Living Machines Conference, online (GE). [AMOLF]
Jolanda Kluin. “in-situ biodegradable iValve: chronic sheep experiments.” (2020) Cardiac Surgery Meeting Gdansk. Gdansk, Poland. [AMC]
Jolanda Kluin. “A translational approach toward artificial heart valves.” (2020) Amsterdam UMC Center of Excellence. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [AMC]
Bouten, C., “Regenerating tissue and organ function with intelligent” (2019) life-like materials, Maastricht, The Netherlands. [TU/e]
Bouten, C., “Materials-driven in situ tissue engineering of heart valves and vessels” (2019) 6th International Symposium on Interface Biology of Implants (IBI), Rostock, Germany. [TU/e]
Bouten, C., “Materials-driven in situ heart valve tissue engineering; where do we stand?” (2019) ISACB-VTE meeting, Zürich, Switzerland. [TU/e]
Bouten, C., “Designing cellular niches for in situ cardiovascular tissue engineering” (2019) IBEC, Barcelona. [TU/e]
Johannes T. B. Overvelde, “Soft Robots.” (2019) Topics in IC, Utrecht, The Netherlands. [AMOLF]
Luuk van Laake, “Towards Fully Soft Robots Using Fluidic Circuits.” (2019) Chains. Veldhoven, Netherlands. Presentation. [AMOLF]
Johannes T. B. Overvelde, “Soft Robotic Matter.” (2019) ICMS, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. [AMOLF]
Johannes T. B. Overvelde, “Embedded Control of Soft Robots.” (2019) General Physics Colloquium, Groningen, The Netherlands. [AMOLF]
Johannes T. B. Overvelde, “Embedded Control of Soft Robots.” (2019) ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands. [AMOLF]
Johannes T. B. Overvelde, “Embedding Fluid Logic and Self-learning in Soft Robotic Matter.” (2019) livMatS, Freiburg, Germany. [AMOLF]
Johannes T.B. Overvelde. “Soft Robotic Matter.” (2019) Hyber. Helsinki, Finland. [AMOLF]
Matteo Cianchetti. “Soft Robotics Mechanisms – The Fascinating role of fibers”. (2019) IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics. Seoul, Korea. [SSSA]
Johannes T.B. Overvelde. “Sequential Actuation of Soft Robots by Harnessing Soft Fluidic Networks.” (2019) ICMS Outreach Symposium. Eindhoven, the Netherlands. [AMOLF]
Jolanda Kluin. “Cardiac devices: the good, the bad, the ugly.” (2019) Karel V Symposium, Utrecht, The Netherlands. [AMC]
Jolanda Kluin. “Engineering the Heart.” (2019) Protagoras Symposium, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. [AMC]
Jolanda Kluin. “Replacing cardiac structures.” (2019) 68th European Society for CardioVascular Surgery Congress, Groningen, The Netherlands. [AMC]
Jolanda Kluin. “Engineering the Heart” (November 23th 2018) Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands [AMC]
Jolanda Kluin. “Heart valve tissue engineering: a surgeons view” (2018) 1st International Conference of Tissue Engineered Heart Valves, Amsterdam, The Netherlands [AMC]
Jolanda Kluin. “Replacing cardiac structures, a surgeons perspective” (2018) 52nd Annual Meeting of the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Athens, Greece [AMC]
Conference Presentations and Posters
Kluin. “Hybrid Total Artificial Heart.” (2022) South & Middle American Meeting Cardiac Surgery Society, Cartagena, Colombia. [AMC]
Kluin. “Soft Robotic Total Artificial Heart.” (2023) EACTS Innovation Summit, Paris. [AMC]
Ibrahim. “Heparin-guided binding of VEGF to supramolecular biomaterial surfaces to create dual-functionalized hemocompatible devices.” (2022) European Society of Biomaterials, Bordeaux. [TU/e]
Ibrahim. “The Role of monocytes derived macrophages in endothelial injury.” (2022) International Society of Applied Cardiovascualr Biology (ISACB) meeting, Memphis. [TU/e]
Ibrahim. “Heparin-guided binding of VEGF to supramolecular biomaterial surfaces to create dual-functionalized hemocompatible devices.” (2022) Netherlands Society of Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials. [TU/e]
Ibrahim. “Heparin-guided binding of VEGF to supramolecular biomaterial surfaces to create dual-functionalized hemocompatible devices.” (2023) Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) European Chapter meeting, Manchester. [TU/e]
Ibrahim. “The Role of monocytes derived macrophages in endothelial injury.” (2023) issue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) European Chapter meeting, Manchester. [TU/e]
Lucrezia Lorenzon, Giulia Beccali, Matteo Cianchetti, “A preliminary study on an innovative Soft Robotic Artificial Heart Ventricle” (2023) IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft). Singapore. Presentation. [SSSA]
Debora Zrinscak, Fabiola Coluccia, Claudia de Chirico, Lucrezia Lorenzon, Martina Maselli, Matteo Cianchetti, “Towards a soft biomimetic total artificial heart” (2022), Gordon Research Conference on Robotics (GRC). Ventura, USA. Poster presentation. [SSSA]
Lorenzon, Becalli, Maselli, Cianchetti. “A Self-sensing Inverse Pneumatic Artificial Muscle.” (2020) IEEE International conference on Soft Robotics. Poster. [SSSA]
Zrinscak, Coluccia, de Chirico, Lorenzon, Maselli, Cianchetti. (2022) Gordon Research Conference on Robotics. Poster. [SSSA]
Van Laake, Overvelde. “Reprogrammable sequential activation of soft actuators.” (2022) IEEE International conference on Soft Robotics. Poster. [AMOLF]
Van Laake, Overvelde. “Reprogrammable sequential activation of soft actuators.” (2022) IEEE International conference on Soft Robotics. Presentation. [AMOLF]
Van Laake, Overvelde. “Experimental characterizatoin and numerical simulation of soft total artifical hearts.” (2022) ESMC. Presentation. [AMOLF]
Van Laake, Overvelde. “Non-linear Fluidic Control Circuits Enable Autonomy in Soft Robotics.” (2022) Embodied Intelligence Conference. Presentation. [AMOLF]
Bartels, Dankers. “Anti-thrombogenic supramolecular biomaterials.” (2022) Functional Molecular Systems Annual Meeting. Poster. [TU/e]
Bartels, Dankers. “Development of an adhesive supramolecular coating as the synthetic endocardium of an artificial heart.” (2021) Bright lands polymer days conference. Presentation. [TU/e]
Arfaee, Overvelde, Kluin. “A soft robotic fluidic transmission system.” (2021) SES. Online poster. [AMC, AMOLF]
Arfaee, Overvelde, Kluin. “A soft robotic fluidic transmission system.” (2021) APS March Meeting. Online poster. [AMC, AMOLF]
Paul A.A. Bartels, Patricia Y.W. Dankers. “Adhesive supramolecular biomaterials as the endocardium of an artificial heart” (2020) CHAINS Conference. Online conference. Poster. [TU/e]
Paul A.A. Bartels, Patricia Y.W. Dankers. “Adhesive supramolecular biomaterials as the endocardium of an artificial heart” (2021) ICMS Symposium. Online conference. Poster. [TU/e]
Maziar Arfaee, Johannes T.B. Overvelde, Jolanda Kluin, “Pumping fluid with a thin-walled pneumatic soft actuator.” (2021) 25th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (25th ICTAM), Milano, Italy. Poster. [AMC]
Dina M. Ibrahim, Moniek. G.J. Schmitz, Paul A. A. Bartels, A.I.P.M. Smits, Patricia Y. W. Dankers, and Carlijn V. C. Bouten, “Harnessing circulating monocytes for in situ endothelialization of blood contacting supramolecular surfaces ” (2021) Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS). Poster. [TU/e]
Dina M. Ibrahim, Moniek. G.J. Schmitz, Paul A. A. Bartels, A.I.P.M. Smits, Patricia Y. W. Dankers, and Carlijn V. C. Bouten,” Strategy for endothelization of an artificial heart (Hybrid Heart project)” (2021) Materials-Driven Regeneration (MDR). Poster. [TU/e]
Dina M. Ibrahim, Moniek. G.J. Schmitz, Paul A. A. Bartels, A.I.P.M. Smits , Patricia Y. W. Dankers, and Carlijn V. C. Bouten,” Strategy for endothelization of an artificial heart (HybridHeart project)” (2021) Institute for Complex Molecular Systems annual symposium. Poster. [TU/e]
Lucrezia Lorenzon, Debora Zrinscak, Martina Maselli, Matteo Cianchetti. “Modelling and Characterization of a Soft Inverse Pneumatic Artificial Muscle” (2021) ACTUATOR21 – 17th International Conference and Exhibition on New Actuator Systems and Applications. Oral presentation. [SSSA]
Matteo Cianchetti. “Embodied Intelligence for resilient soft robots” (2021) 2021 International Workshop on Embodied Intelligence. Oral presentation. [SSSA]
Luuk van Laake, Johannes T. B. Overvelde, “A heartbeat for soft robots.” (2021) Physics@Veldhoven. Veldhoven, Netherlands. Presentation. [AMOLF]
Luuk van Laake, Sevda Malek Kani, Johannes T. B. Overvelde, “Programming Soft Robots Using Non-linear Fluidic Circuits.” (2020) Physics@Veldhoven. Veldhoven, Netherlands. Poster. [AMOLF]
Luuk van Laake, Sevda Malek Kani, Johannes T. B. Overvelde, “Programming Soft Robots Using Non-linear Fluidic Circuits.” (2020) Gordon Conference – Robotics. Ventura, United States. Poster. [AMOLF]
Luuk van Laake, Sevda Malek Kani, Johannes T. B. Overvelde, “Responsive and Mechanically Programmable Sequential Actuation of Fluid-driven Soft Actuators.” (2019) SES. St. Louis, United States. Presentation. [AMOLF]
Dina M. Ibrahim, Paul A. A. Bartels, Patricia Y. W. Dankers, Joland Kluin, Anthal I. P. M. and Carlijn V. C. Bouten, “In situ endothelialization of an artificial heart: Can we regenerate the endocardium.” (2019) Netherlands society for biomaterials and tissue engineering (NBTE). Netherlands. Poster. [TU/e]
Dina M. Ibrahim, Paul A. A. Bartels, Patricia Y. W. Dankers, Joland Kluin, Anthal I. P. M. and Carlijn V. C. Bouten, “In situ endothelialization of an artificial heart: Can we regenerate the endocardium.” (2019) Materials driven regeneration (MDR). Netherlands. Poster. [TU/e]
Luuk van Laake, Johannes T. B. Overvelde. “A Heartbeat for Soft Robots.” (2019) Klein Colloquium @AMOLF. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Presentation. [AMOLF]
Luuk van Laake, Johannes T. B. Overvelde, “A Heartbeat for Soft Robots.” (2019) Soft Matter Meeting. Eindhoven, Netherlands. Presentation. [AMOLF]
Luuk van Laake, Iniguez-Rabago, A., Oliveri, G., “Soft Robotics Research at AMOLF.” (2019) Springboard 2019 @AUC. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Presentation. [AMOLF]
Luuk van Laake, Johannes T. B. Overvelde, “Soft Fluidic Networks Driving Soft Robots.” (2019) Workshop ESPCI-UVA-AMOLF. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Presentation. [AMOLF]
Paul A.A. Bartels, Patricia Y.W. Dankers. “Adhesive supramolecular biomaterials as the endocardium of an artificial heart” (2019) CHAINS Conference. Veldhoven, Netherlands. Poster. [TU/e]
Paul A.A. Bartels, Patricia Y.W. Dankers. “Adhesive supramolecular biomaterials as the endocardium of an artificial heart” (2019) FMS annual meeting. Zwolle, Netherlands. Poster. [TU/e]
Paul A.A. Bartels, Patricia Y.W. Dankers. “Adhesive supramolecular biomaterials as the endocardium of an artificial heart” (2019) MDR annual meeting. ‘s Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Poster. [TU/e]
Luuk van Laake, Johannes T.B. Overvelde. “Mechanically Programmable Sequential Actuation of Fluid-driven Soft Actuators.” (2019) APS March Meeting. Boston, United States. Presentation. [AMOLF]
Martina Maselli, Debora Zrinscak, Vanni Magliola, Matteo Cianchetti. “A piezoresistive flexible sensor to detect soft actuator deformation” (2019) IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics. Seoul, Korea. Poster. [SSSA]
Daniele D’Accolti, Debora Zrinscak, Mariangela Manti, Matteo Cianchetti. “Preliminary study on a magnetically driven soft robotic total artificial heart” (2018) National conference of the Italian Group of Bioengineering. Milano, Italy. Poster. [SSSA]
Margherita Brancadoro, Mariangela Manti, Selene Tognarelli, Matteo Cianchetti. “Preliminary experimental study on variable stiffness structures based on fiber jamming for soft robots” (2018) IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics. Livorno, Italy. Presentation. [SSSA]
Organized Workshops
Bouten, C., MDR annual meeting 2023, Thorn, NL. [TU/e]
Bouten, C., 2023 Heart Valve Society annual meeting, March 29-April 1, selected sessions on valve science. [TU/e]
Smits, A., International Conference of Tissue Engineered Heart Valves (ICTEHV), March 29, 2023, Málaga, Spain. [TU/e]
Smits, A., Netherlands Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (NBTE) Annual meeting (Board member). [TU/e]
Overvelde, J.T.B., Autonomous Matter, AMOLF, April 21, 2023, NL [AMOLF]
Cianchetti, M., Improving fluid ejection efficiency through torsional instability, IEEE Robosoft, April 4, 2023, Singapore (Organizer). [SSSA]
Bouten, C, MDR annual meeting 2022, Elspeet.NL (Organizer)
Bouten, C, TERMIS world, 2021, Scientific Advisory Board
Bouten, C, Heart Valve Society 2021, Scientific Advisory Board
Anthal Smits co-organizer full workshop. (February 2020) 2nd international Heart Valve Tissue Engineering conference. Abu Dhabi. [TU/e]
Anthal Smits co-organizer session “Modulating macrophages for materials-driven in situ tissue regeneration: a personalized approach?” (May 2019) Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS)-EU Chapter, Rhodes, Greece. [TU/e]
Carlijn Bouten, Heart Valve Society Annual Meeting, Sitges, Spain, April 2019, conference organization and chair of the Tissue Engineering sessions. [TU/e]
Carlijn Bouten co-organizer session “Curing Heart Valve Disease: Merging Clinical, Biological and Engineering Perspectives.” (September 2018) ISACB conference. Bordeaux, France. [TU/e]
Matteo Cianchetti co-organizer session “Continuum Soft Robotics.” (October 2018) International Conference on Robotics and Intelligent Systems. Madrid, Spain. [SSSA]
Carlijn Bouten co-organizer full workshop. (May 2018) 1st international Heart Valve Tissue Engineering conference. Amsterdam, the Netherlands. [TU/e]
Carlijn Bouten organizer track “Tissue Engineering.” (June 2018) World Conference of Biomechanics. Dublin, Ireland. [TU/e]
Journals
Paterno, L., Lucrezia, L., “Soft robotics in wearable and implantable medical applications: Translational challenges and future outlooks.” (2023) Frontiers in Robotics And AI, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2023.1075634 [pdf] [SSSA]
Arfaee, M., Vis, A., & Kluin, J. “Future technologies in total artificial heart development: can a robot become as good as a donor heart?” (2022) European heart journal, 43(48), 4970–4972. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac512 [pdf] [AMC]
Debora Zrinscak*, Lucrezia Lorenzon*, Martina Maselli, Matteo Cianchetti, “Soft robotics for physical simulators, artificial organs and implantable assistive devices” (2023), Progress in Biomedical Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1091/acb57a [pdf] [SSSA] *Equal contribution
Van Laake, L.C., De Vries, J., Kani, S.M., & Overvelde, J.T.B. (2022). A Fluidic Relaxation Oscillator for Reprogrammable Sequential Actuation in Soft Robots, Matter 5, (9), 2898-2917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2022.06.002 [pdf] [AMOLF]
Vis, A., Arfaee, M., Khambati, H., Slaughter, M.S., Gummert, J.F., Overvelde, J.T.B., Kluin, J. “The ongoing quest for the first total artificial heart as destination therapy.” (2022) Nature Reviews Cardiology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41569-022-00723-8 [pdf] [AMC, AMOLF]
Vis, A, Lammers, J.C.A.M., De Vroege, R, Van Nieuwburg, M.M.J., Jansen, M.S., Visser, J.M.J., Meuris, B., Gründeman, P.F., Kluin, J. “Strategies to Improve Survival from Surgery for Heart Valve Implantation in Sheep.” (2021) Comparative medicine 71, p235-39. https:doi.org/10.30802/AALAS-CM-20-000118. [pdf] [AMC]
Related journal articles
Marzi J, Munnig Schmidt EC, Brauchle EM, Wissing TB, Bauer H, Serrero A, Söntjens SHM, Bosman AW, Cox MAJ, Smits AIPM, Schenke-Layland K. “Marker-independent monitoring of in vitro and in vivo degradation of supramolecular polymers applied in cardiovascular in situ tissue engineering”, 2022 Front Cardiovasc Med; 9: 885873. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.885873. [TU/e]
Bouten, C.V.C., Cheng, C.K., Vermue, I.D., Gawlitta, D., Passier, R. “Cardiovascular tissue engineering and regeneration: A plead for further knowledge convergence”, (2022) Tissue Engineering, Part A, 28,p525-41, 2022. https://doi: 10.1089/ten.TEA.2021.0231 [TU/e]
Valk, van der, D.C, Fomina, A., Uiterwijk, M., Hooijmans, C.R., Akiva, A., Kluin, J., Bouten, C.V.C., Smits, A.I.P.M. Calcification in pulmonary heart valve tissue engineering; a systematic review and meta-analysis in large-animal studies” 2023, Am. Coll. Cardiol. Basic Trans. Science, Available online. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacbts.2022.09.009 [TU/e]
Koch SE, De Kort BJ, Holshuijsen N, Brouwer HFM, Van der Valk DC, Dankers PYW, Van Luijk JAKR, Hooijmans CR, De Vries RBM, Bouten CVC, Smits AIPM. “Animal Studies for the Evaluation of In Situ Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts – A Systematic Review, Evidence Map and Meta-Analysis”, (2022) npj Regen Med; 7: 17. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41536-022-00211-0. [TU/e]
Vis, A, Lammers, J.C.A.M., De Vroege, R, Van Nieuwburg, M.M.J., Jansen, M.S., Visser, J.M.J., Meuris, B., Gründeman, P.F., Kluin, J. “Strategies to Improve Survival from Surgery for Heart Valve Implantation in Sheep.” (2021) Comparative medicine 71, p235-39. DOI: 10.30802/AALAS-CM-20-000118. [AMC]
Uiterwijk M, van der Valk DC, van Vliet R, de Brouwer IJ, Hooijmans CR, Kluin J. “Pulmonary valve tissue engineering strategies in large animal models.” (2021) In: PLoS One 2021;16:e0258046.
Oliveri, G., Van Laake, L. C., Carissimo, C., Miette, C., Overvelde, J. T. B. “Continuous learning of emergent behavior in robotic matter.” (2021) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118(21). [AMOLF] Available OA through [web] [data]
Conference Proceedings and Other Journals
M. Arfaee, J.Kluin, J.T.B. Overvelde (2023),Modeling the behavior of elastic pouch motors, IEEE Robosoft conference, Singapore. [AMOLF, AMC]
L. Lorenzon, G. Beccali, M. Cianchetti (2023), A Preliminary Study on an Innovative Soft Robotic Artificial Heart Ventricle, IEEE Robosoft conference, Singapore. [SSSA]
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 767195