On April 28–29, 2026, FORTIFIEDx took part in the PREPARE-EU workshop “Translating European Expertise to Pandemic Preparedness” at the Helmholtz...
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On 2–3 June 2025, FORTIFIEDx joined the PREPARE-EU Spring School “Connecting European Expertise for Pandemic Preparedness” in Leuven, Belgium. Organized...
Join us on June 2-3 in Leuven at the Spring school PREPARE-EU “Connecting European Expertise for Pandemic Preparedness”, organized by KU...
On the 23rd of October 2024, the MicroTIPs team of Tyndall National Institute was awarded the 3rd prize of the...
Publications
Santos, S.M.B.D., Wegsteen, C., Vloemans, D., Corion, M., De Ketelaere, B., Spasic, D., & Lammertyn, J. (2024). Fully automated sample to result SIMPLE RPA microfluidic chip towards in ovo sexing application. Npj Biosensing, 1 (1): 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44328-024-00019-6
Vloemans, D., Pieters, A., Dal Dosso, F., & Lammertyn, J. (2024). Revolutionizing sample preparation: a novel autonomous microfluidic platform for serial dilution. Lab on a Chip, 24 (10): 2791–2801. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4LC00195H
Makangara-Cigolo, J., Kenye, K., Lunyanga, L., Jansen, D., Kinganda-Lusamaki, E., Kavira, S., et al. (2025). Clade Ia Monkeypox Virus Linked to Sexual Transmission, Democratic Republic of the Congo, August 2024. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 31(5): 1033-1037. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3105.241690
Wawina-Bokalanga, T., et al. (2025). Epidemiology and phylogenomic characterisation of two distinct mpox outbreaks in Kinshasa, DR Congo, involving a new subclade Ia lineage: a retrospective, observational study. The Lancet, 406(10498): 63 – 75. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00294-6
Korotkov, R., et al. (2025). Multimaterial Digital Light Processing Three-Dimensional Printing of Materials with Different Relaxation Kinetics. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 7 (21): 14581–14592. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.5c02906
Santos, S.M.B.D., et al. (2025). Zoonotic disease detection at the point-of-care: the best of RPA and CRISPR-Cas. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 293, 118139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2025.118139
Wawina-Bokalanga, T., Kinganda-Lusamaki, E., Ngandu, C., Akil-Bandali, P., Kundey-Mafu, J., Ngombe, N., Liesenborghs, L., Paku-Tshambu, P., Subissi, L., Muswamba-Kayembe, P.-C., Tessi-Mvutukulu, S., Santini-Mafuta, J., Luakanda-Ndelemo, G., Ntumba-Tshitenge, O., Keita, M., Cinkobu-Bualukengu, I., Lokilo-Lofiko, E., Cikaya-Kankolongo, F., Josaphat, S., … Mbala-Kingebeni, P. (2026). Mpox Clade IIb Virus Introduction into Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July 2025. Viruses, 18(1), 87. https://doi.org/10.3390/v18010087
Verbist, W., Broeckhoven, E., Vanwersch, P., Choudhari, V. S., Van Hileghem, L., Spasic, D., … Lammertyn, J. (2026). Advancing intradermal vaccine delivery: Focus on hollow microneedles and skin models. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2026.2619235
Conferences
Angermann-Krammer, L., et al. (2024). Exploiting UV-NIL to imprint geometric burst valves in microfluidic circuits enabling coordinated liquid handling. Oral presentation, 8th International Conference on Bio-Sensing Technology, Sevilla, Spain.
Santos, S.M.B.D., et al. (2024). Chick embryo sexing ‘simple-fied’ with a sample-in-result-out rpa lab-on-a-chip platform. 2024 MicroTAS Technical Digest. Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society CMBS.
O’Mahony, C., et al. (2024). Precision Healthcare using Micro Transdermal Interface Platforms (MicroTIPs). Plenary talk, Eurosensors XXXVI, Debrecen, Hungary.
Santos, S.M.B.D., et al. (2024). Chick embryo sexing ‘simple-fied’ with a sample-in-result-out rpa lab-on-a-chip platform. Poster presentation, The 28th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences – Micro-Total Analysis Systems (µTAS 2024), Montreal, Canada.
Kourouma, K., et al. (2024). Beyond EBOV and LASV in Guinea: mNGS unmasks a spectrum of viral pathogens in samples of patients with hemorrhagic fevers collected during epidemics and surveillance activities. Poster presentation, 2024 ASTMH Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
O’Mahony, C., et al. (2024). Micro Transdermal Interface Platforms (MicroTIPs) for Wearable Diagnostics. Invited talk, CEA-Leti Workshop on Microneedles for Biosensing, Grenoble, France.
O’Mahony, C., et al. (2025). Precision Healthcare using Micro Transdermal Interface Platforms (MicroTIPs). Invited keynote talk, 2025 Workshop on Standardization of Microfluidic Devices, Dublin, Ireland.
Santos, S.M.B.D., et al. (2025). Saving male chicks from culling with a sample-to-result SIMPLE-RPA biosensor chip. Oral presentation, 35th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors, Lisbon, Portugal.
Vloemans, D., et al. (2025). (i)SIMPLE – a self-powered microfluidic platform with advanced sample processing capability for next-generation microsampling and point-of-care diagnostic applications. Oral presentation, 35th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors, Lisbon, Portugal.
Rossegger, E., et al. (2025). Varying the color of light to spatially induce bond exchange reactions in photopolymers. Oral presentation, EPF European Polymer Congress, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Vercauteren, K., et al. (2025). From pathogen emergence to decoding its sequence: mpox outbreak research in Belgium, 2022 and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2024. Invited talk, PREPARE-EU spring school – Connecting European Expertise for Pandemic Preparedness, Leuven, Belgium.
Lammertyn, J., et al. (2025). FORTIFIEDx & DECIPHER – Towards Accessible Diagnostics Everywhere: Rapid and Reliable Testing for Infectious Diseases in Underserved Regions. Invited talk, PREPARE-EU spring school – Connecting European Expertise for Pandemic Preparedness, Leuven, Belgium.
Choudhari, V.S., et al. (2025). Self-powered microfluidic point-of-care test for HIV and Syphilis Tp screening. Poster presentation, PREPARE-EU spring school – Connecting European Expertise for Pandemic Preparedness, Leuven, Belgium.
Kourouma, K., Laumen, J., et al. (2025). Beyond Ebola virus and Lassa virus in Guinea: mNGS unmasks a spectrum of viral pathogens in samples of patients with hemorrhagic fever collected during epidemics and surveillance activities. Poster presentation, PREPARE-EU spring school – Connecting European Expertise for Pandemic Preparedness, Leuven, Belgium.
Siebenmann, E., et al. (2025). Optimized exonuclease-based recombinase polymerase amplification for rapid detection of Ebola virus. Poster presentation, PREPARE-EU spring school – Connecting European Expertise for Pandemic Preparedness, Leuven, Belgium.
Wegsteen, C., et al. (2025). Autonomous dried plasma spot microsampling device for collecting volumetric plasma samples from whole blood. Poster presentation, PREPARE-EU spring school – Connecting European Expertise for Pandemic Preparedness, Leuven, Belgium.
Peramune, U., et al. (2025). FORTIFIEDx – Multifunctional microfluidic patch for infectious disease diagnosis. Poster presentation, PREPARE-EU spring school – Connecting European Expertise for Pandemic Preparedness, Leuven, Belgium.
Rossegger, E., et al. (2025). Wavelength-Dependent Dynamic Behavior in Photopolymer Networks. Oral presentation, Dynamic Polymer Network Conference 2025, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Korotkov, R., et al. (2025). Controlling of thiol-thioester dynamic exchange in vitrimers: macro- and microscale approach. Poster presentation, Dynamic Polymer Network Conference 2025, Reykjavik, Iceland.
O’Mahony, C., et al. (2025). Precision Healthcare using Micro Transdermal Interface Platforms (MicroTIPs). Keynote talk, 8th InterPore UK Chapter Conference, Loughborough, UK.
Chinnamani, M.V., et al. (2025). Hydrogel Microneedle Array with Integrated Electrochemical Biosensor Patch for Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Interstitial Fluid. The College of Medicine and Health Research Conference, Cork, Ireland.
Laumen, J., et al. (2025). Embedding Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing for Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Surveillance in the Republic of Guinea. Talk, ESCV 2025 – 27th Annual Conference of the European Society for Clinical Virology, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Kourouma, K., Laumen, J., et al. (2025). Beyond Ebola virus and Lassa virus in Guinea: mNGS unmasks a spectrum of viral pathogens in samples of patients with hemorrhagic fever collected during epidemics and surveillance activities. Poster presentation, ESCV 2025 – 27th Annual Conference of the European Society for Clinical Virology, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Siebenmann, E., et al. (2025). Optimized exonuclease-based recombinase polymerase amplification for rapid detection of Ebola virus. Poster presentation, ESCV 2025 – 27th Annual Conference of the European Society for Clinical Virology, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Choudhari, V.S., et al. (2025). Autonomous microfluidic point-of-care device for the simultaneous screening of HIV and Syphilis Tp. Poster presentation, 5th European Biosensor Symposium, Tarragona, Spain.
Korotkov, R., et al. (2025). Controlling thiol-thioester dynamic exchange in vitrimers: pre- and post-polymerization approach. Poster presentation, Leobner Kunststoffkolloquium 2025, Leoben, Austria.
Angermann-Krammer, L., et al. (2025). Exploiting UV-NIL to imprint geometric burst and stop valves in microfluidic circuits enabling coordinated liquid handling. Talk, International MicroNanoConference, Delft, The Netherlands.
Rossegger, E., et al. (2026). Nanoimprint Lithography: Small Structures, Big Possibilities. Invited talk, 26.nanoNET-Austria Meeting, Leoben, Austria.
Spasic, D., et al. (2026). Towards accessible diagnostics everywhere: Rapid and reliable testing for infectious diseases in underserved regions. Invited talk, PREPARE-EU workshop – Translating European Expertise to Pandemic Preparedness, Braunschweig, Germany.