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Biomechanical simulator receives grant for further development

12/16/2022

Biomechanical researcher Dr. Ajay Seth receives a grant of USD 350,000 for the development of the open-source biomechanical modeling software 'OpenSim Creator'. This should help scientists getting better and faster answers to biomedical questions about mobility.

Guest blog: Future-proof elderly care: it can be done, but it must be done differently

12/16/2022

With staff shortages, an increasingly aging population and the task of doing more with the same resources, we face enormous challenges in elderly care. Innovation can make an important contribution to future-proof elderly care. This is a challenge for all parties, including us as insurers.

Portrait and video Marion Smits: "It's important that research and innovations also land in practice"

12/15/2022

To treat a brain tumor, obtaining a piece of tissue through brain surgery is required for analysis. Prof. dr. Marion Smits is working to find ways to eventually make that invasive surgery unnecessary. "Our MRI analysis using algorithms is already more accurate than human estimation."

Portrait and video Ariane Briegel: “I love working with people from different backgrounds”

12/8/2022

Infectious diseases are becoming more prevalent. A deeper knowledge of the interaction between bacteria and human cells is required to develop new treatments. Medical Delta professor Ariane Briegel studies pathogens using high resolution 3-dimensional imaging.

"Patients can get so motivated that at some point we have to ask them to stop"

12/5/2022

From the scientific program Medical Delta: Improving Mobility with Technology, Dr. ir. Bram Onneweer is linking pin between Rijndam, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus MC. In this role, he advises on technology and links research projects to therapists and patients at Rijndam.

Portrait and video Gijsje Koenderink: "Collaboration is the common thread in my work"

11/29/2022

Mechanical forces in cells play an important role in the body, but there is still much unknown about how exactly this works. Experimental biophysicist Prof. Dr. Gijsje Koenderink is researching this at TU Delft. With that knowledge, new technologies for detection of diseases such as cancer, for example, can be developed.

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