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Eindhoven/Gent, July 4, 2024 – Smart BioMaterials Consortium Foundation (SBMC) and BIO INX are thrilled to announce the receipt of a €240,000 grant from the Interreg CrossRoads Program to support their InCart-3D project. This two-year initiative is set to...

Eindhoven, Ede, June 26, 2024 Smart Biomaterials Consortium and Benelux Scientific BV are excited to announce a new collaboration aimed at enhancing research and development in the biomedical field. This partnership combines the strengths of both organizations to...

SMEs and researchers will receive €30 million in support to collaborate on innovations through the Subsidy Scheme for Regenerative Medicine Research Projects (SRGO). The total SRGO budget is available in three phases, with the first open for applications from July 1...

He is considered one of the pioneers of electrospinning, with sixteen years of experience in spinning polymers into nano fibers. He is also a prominent member of Smart BioMaterials Consortium and is closely involved in the development of a method for producing stents...

We are pleased to announce that Ton Rijnders has joined our board. Ton brings a wealth of experience with him, having previously served as the Senior Vice President of Research and Head of Discovery at Organon (later Merck). Ton has directed public private...

Smart BioMaterials Consortium (SBMC), High Tech NL, and the Brabant Development Agency (BOM) are collaborating to accelerate innovations in regenerative medicine. Juliette van den Dolder has been appointed as an Innovation Designer with the goal of accelerating the...

SBMC Member BIO INX and Rousselot have formalized a strategic partnership, aiming to accelerate the adoption of 3D bioprinting in clinical settings. Under this agreement, BIO INX will distribute Rousselot's X-Pure® gelatin biomaterials, enhancing the material...

A multidisciplinary consortium of researchers and high-tech SMEs with expertise in cardiac surgery, tissue engineering, soft robotics, and engineering is spearheading a healthcare revolution with the development of the Hybrid Heart. Their mission is to provide a...

Eindhoven January 18 - In a significant step towards fostering European collaboration in biomaterials and regenerative medicine, Smart Biomaterials Consortium (SBMC) hosted the kickoff of the European Hub for Advanced Development in Regenerative Medicine and...

The Flemish government has awarded an investment of 15 million euros to RegMed XB, the Flemish-Dutch collaborative initiative for regenerative medicine, of which SBMC is a part. This funding marks a significant impulse for the development of new therapies, with...

Anyone with the ambition to improve the lives of others should be given the chance to become an entrepreneur, and even those who are not initially interested should be encouraged to consider entrepreneurship. This notable statement comes from someone who has earned...

Part-time, 2-3 days a week for 2 years · Tilburg North Brabant is fostering ecosystems in biomaterials for regenerative medicine and production technology for biomedical applications, supported by the National Growth Fund projects: the National Pilot Factory for...

The Eindhoven startup VivArt-X will work with Smart BioMaterials Consortium (SBMC) and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) over the next three years on the accelerated development of a synthetic biomaterial for forming healthy breast tissue after breast surgery....

Spheres4Life, a biomedical startup based in Enschede, is collaborating with SBMC on a feasibility study to validate the safety of S4, a special cell culture medium used in biomedical research. If the medium passes this safety test, the company will be able to start...

Jan de Boer is full professor at the department of Biomedical Engineering of Eindhoven University of Technology, where he leads the research group BioInterface Science. He is an experienced University Professor and Chief Scientific Officer with a demonstrated history...

STENTiT, one of the initial members of SBMC, develops a treatment of patients suffering from critical limb ischemia that had the potential to precent thousands of amputations worldwide. With CEO, and co-founder Bart Sanders, we delved into the latest news regarding...

Quickly scaling up the latest therapies for a large number of chronically ill patients was the main reason for the universities of Maastricht, Eindhoven, Utrecht, and Leiden, along with four involved provinces and several health funds, to establish RegMed XB in 2017....

Smart BioMaterials Consortium (SBMC) and High Tech Campus Eindhoven have reached an agreement on the establishment of a pilot production facility for smart biomaterials. These materials are used in the development of novel regenerative medicine applications, therapies...

https://vimeo.com/861255388 Please meet consortium member Vosfox Medical, on their way to become the number one contract manufacturer for low-volume medical devices, components IVD consumables, and drug delivery implant production. Sandra de Vos and her team have a...

Rousselot, a Darling Ingredients brand and the global leader in collagen-based solutions, and SBMC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to define and establish a strategic development collaboration. The aim is to leverage complementary expertise and strengthen...

A soft implantable robot heart for people with severe heart failure. To further develop this, the consortium Holland Hybrid Heart has received 10 million euros from the National Science Agenda. The soft robot heart can be implanted in the chest of patients with severe...

This is it, the epifluorescence Microscope Thunder Imager Live Cell and confocal Laser Scanning Microscope Stellaris 5 of Leica, the newest additions to our development laboratory and the pride of our lab team. Moniek Schmitz: "We had to wait for a while, but it's...

Are you working together with other small or medium-sized enterprises on an innovative product? Then the MIT R&D Collaboration Project subsidy might be just right for you! The MIT R&D program encourages the execution of innovative projects in which SMEs...

https://vimeo.com/841805060?share=copy Consortium member BIO INX® is a spin-off company of Universiteit Gent and Vrije Universiteit Brussel focusing on the commercialisation of materials and bio-inks for 3D bioprinting or biofabrication; materials that ensure cells...

If you live in Brainport Eindhoven, you have probably already been introduced to EiNDLESS Magazine, a new magazine with a fresh perspective on this region full of innovation, technology, and cultural diversity. In the second issue, you will find a great article...

Smart biomaterials are an emerging class of materials that have the ability to sense, respond, and adapt to changes in their environment. They have gained significant attention worldwide due to their potential to revolutionize a range of industries, including...

The field of medical research and drug development holds the promise of transforming lives and improving patient outcomes. However, the journey from the laboratory bench to the patient's bedside is often fraught with challenges that can hinder the timely delivery of...

https://vimeo.com/825627855 Creativity and technology are key to TSG Group, one of our appreciated consortium members. Within the health sector the engineers of TSG mainly do niche projects. A cell washer that monitors cell interaction, for example. Or a micro...

Xeltis, one of our valued consortium members, developed the world’s most advanced polymer-based platform of restorative cardiovascular implants that allow patients to restore their own tissue. Xeltis’ devices naturally evolve into living blood vessels or heart valves,...

Most urgent global challenges can only be overcome if organizations and institutions work together. But open innovation requires a different way of thinking and working together. So let's talk about the blessings and pitffals of open innovation with professor Nadine...

Smart BioMaterials Consortium member Preimure announces the development of an Ultra-tunable and Bio-stable Antibacterial Coating (UBAC) to prevent or treat implant-related infections. In order to bring the UBAC to the market, it has to be tested on an implant under a...

https://vimeo.com/796314643 Patient safety, that’s what it is all about at Sure Laboratories, a microbiological contract laboratory led by Frank van der Zanden. ‘Biomaterials used in regenerative medicine need to be tested for cleanliness’, says Frank in this video....

Great to meet Sarah Jakob, Officer for Innovation, Technology and Science at Consulaat-Generaal van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in München. Miss Jakob was updated today by the SBMC-team about the major developments in the field of biomaterials and regenerative...

Business Developer Juliette van den Dolder will be leaving SBMC. From april 1 she will be leading Nytor, a Nijmegen-based company that focuses on developing of innovative molecular diagnostic assays. ‘It was a difficult decision,’ says Juliette. ‘But when the...

Olga Liska-Luzi joins SBMC as Business Development Director. Prior to joining SBMC, Olga was Chief Business Officer at Pivot Park where she led business development activities and created the blueprint for Pivot Park´s new life-science start-up incubator. Before that...

Knowledge Session Subsidy (in cooperation with Vindsubsidies)
March 21
Learn how to use subsidies as a financing instrument for your startup in biomaterials.

Great Small Talk Show
March 21
Brief interviews with prominent guests, news from consortium members and an excellent opportunity for networking

Warm welcome to Carolien de Korte, our new technician in biomaterials. Carolien recently graduated from the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven in Biomedical Engineering, specialized in tissue engineering. Carolien will be working with our brand new electrospinner and...

https://vimeo.com/785933930 Please meet Julien Bérard, Global Director Business Development Biomaterials at Corbion, one of our consortium members. “Corbion is a company focusing on food but also on health. We have a core technology that is fermentation based to...

https://vimeo.com/755066178 Please meet Christian van Munster, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Founder of HCM Medical, one of our consortium partners. “We are a medical implant manufacturing company, biomaterials from animal tissue and human tissue. We make implants...

Pipetting is a bit difficult for now, because of a broken thumb, but here he is: Bruno Eijkens, our new Technician in Cell Material Interaction. Bruno graduated last summer from TU/e in Biomedical Engineering, specialized in cell biology. At SBMC he will use his...

We are very honoured to receive a Singaporean delegation from A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research and SGInnovate. The visit was organized by Brainport Development, introducing MedTech Hub Brainport as a hotspot for innovation collaboration. A*Star and...

What a blast! We are very honored by the massive turnout of all our stakeholders to celebrate the opening of our development lab together. Our first customer has registered, the first collaborations are taking shape, our team is at full strength. We're ready to go!...

Technical ceramics are crucial components in all kinds of high-tech products. Ceramic is also biocompatible and can easily be made patient-specific thanks to new design techniques which opens great opportunities for the medical sector. Ceratec Technical Ceramics is a...

Marcel Levi, influencer, President Executive Board Dutch Research Counsel and professor of Medicine at Amsterdam UMC & University College London, will be our special guest at the first edition of the Great Small Talk Show, a new concept that combines brief...

UPyTher, a spin-off company of the Eindhoven University of Technology develops slow-release hydrogel-drug formulations for the treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC), a common, yet underrated, type of cancer that forms a major component of treatment failure and...

In close cooperation with Holland Innovative, SBMC organizes a series of three workshops about standards and regulation applicable for the development of biomaterials for regenerative medicine. In this series we will first lay the ‘Fundament in Regulatory’. We will...

STENTiT, Vivolta and Corbion announced their first collaboration to develop a regenerative stent for clinical use, with an initial focus on the treatment of patients suffering from critical limb ischemia. The announcement by members of SBMC was made at the RegMed XB...

Peter Struik is not only Executive Vice President of Fujifim BV/GmbH, he is also chairman of our board. We asked him why you should become a member of SBMC. “Because you come across a lot of great companies working in the same field. You can strengthen your network...

'We have a unique technology that has a lot of possibilities’, says Bastiaan Terhaard of VIVOLTA. ‘The low-threshold way of working together within Smart BioMaterials Consortium (SBMC) can bring about very unique ideas that we don't know about yet.’...

Warm welcome to Vera Nijveld, Officer for Innovation, Technology and Science at Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Munich. Miss Nijveld was updated by the team of Smart BioMaterials Consortium about the major developments in the field of...

"In medical technology it’s quite difficult to maintain a strong market position", says Harmen de Jongh, External Collaboration Coordinator, Biomedical Engineering of Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. "You can bring great products and innovations to the market, but...

Just in time! Before the supplies for our lab arrived, there was still time for members of Smart BioMaterials Consortium (SBMC) to meet and enjoy breakfast together. Thanks for joining us (and getting up so early): Paul H. Simons, Johan van Lieshout, Erik...

Moniek Schmitz has joined Smart BioMaterials Consortium as lab manager. She has a PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering, in the field of biomaterials, from Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. In her thesis, she developed supramolecular coatings to improve...

What a colourfull start to a beautiful day! With a delicious breakfast from Franke Elshout, we received our first guests in the empty space where our new lab is being built. And of course we didn't let them go without a suitable present. Thank you for joining us Jos...

Vivolta develops breakthrough bioresorbable medical devices, tissue engineering products and drug delivery solutions. We've asked RamonSolberg why his company became one of our first members. https://vimeo.com/693945572

The Brabant Development Agency (BOM (Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij) is one of the initiators of SBMC. Program Manager Life Sciences & Medtech Ria Hein explains in this video why it is so important for startups and researchers developing new biomaterials, to...

“The idea of our regenerative stent was born in the laboratories of Technische Universiteit Eindhoven,” says Bart Sanders, CEO of STENTiT and one of our consortium partners. “Thanks to the growing regenerative medicine ecosystem that is developing in the region, there...

Following decades of heritage as a frontrunner in cell therapy research, a new national pilot factory will be built in the Netherlands to advance the development and manufacturing of promising regenerative therapies, backed by EUR 56 million of investment from the...

Xeltis, one of our consortium partners, focuses on the development of implantable, growing heart valves. It starts with an implant, but step by step the body absorbs the artificial valve and builds a new, natural valve around it. In this way, the patient forms his own...

Brabant is at the heart of various developments in the field of biomaterials and regenerative medicine. Artificial heart valves that are naturally absorbed by the body, arteries that repair themselves without invasive surgery, jawbone that can grow with a gel and all...