Stefaan Verbruggen
Lecturer in Medical Technology Queen Mary University of London
Dr. Stefaan Verbruggen is a Lecturer in Medical Technology at Queen Mary University of London, specializing in bone cell mechanobiology and predictive in vitro models of cancer metastasis. He also develops computational models of metastatic bone lesion biomechanics as a Visiting Academic at the INSIGNEO Institute. His research spans fetal joint development, cancer cell mechanobiology, and translational biomechanics, supported by a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship and collaborations with institutions like Columbia University.
Seminars
Wednesday 3rd December 2025
Developing Patient-Derived Organ-on-a-Chip Models to Better Predict Patient Response
3:00 pm
- Discussing the use of organ-on-a-chip models to better mimic the tumour microenvironment and cellular interactions
- Exploring the integration of multiple cell types, including immune cells and stromal cells, to create more physiologically relevant models that are reproducible and capture patient heterogeneity
- Validating a mouse breast cancer organ-on-a-chip model with mouse models to uncover their translational relevance and sharing considerations in drug development
