Organ-on-a-Chip, with Dr Ruth Mackay

Dr Ruth Mackay for this session introducing the Organ-on-a-Chip model.

The Organ-on-a-chip Research Group are an interdisciplinary group of experts from Life Sciences and Engineering developing microfluidic devices to culture tissues in order to replicate organ like functions. The engineered tissues can be used in pre-clinical trials as a substitute for animal testing, replicating more closely the human physiopathology. The group’s main research focus is on women’s health and developing four main organ-on-a-chip (OOC) models: the breast, vagina, ovary, and placenta.