Will you join us at the next Campus Café on the Healthy Ageing Campus? We warmly invite you to an inspiring afternoon full of networking, new insights, and the latest highlights from companies at Campus Groningen. This edition is all about Innovators in Healthy Ageing: new companies whose ideas and solutions contribute to the future of healthy ageing. In addition, Paulina Snijders, member of the Executive Board of UMCG, will take us along for a brief look at the future of the Healthy Ageing Campus through the recently released Masterplan Healthy Ageing Campus, which is now open for public consultation (download below the next paragraph).
Pitchers: Innovators in Healthy Ageing
- The first speaker is Ronald Koning from Biokinetica, located at the MediTech Center on the Healthy Ageing Campus. Biokinetica is an internationally recognized clinical research company specializing in early-phase drug trials with healthy volunteers and patients. Read more on Biokinetica on the newly published article on Biokinetica on our site.
- Our second speaker is Sebo Withoff, Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics at UMCG and Director of Organ-on-Chip at iPsomics, UMCG. He conducts research on genetics and susceptibility to autoimmune diseases. During the Campus Café, he will talk about the gut-on-chip system.
Program
- 16:00 hrs - Arrival
- 16:15 hrs - Welcome by Campus Groningen
- 16:30 hrs - Pitches by Ronald Koning of Biokenetica and Sebo Withoff of the UMCG / iPsomics
- 16:45 hrs - Paulina Snijders (UMCG) on Masterplan Healthy Ageing Campus
- 16:55 hrs - Drinks
- 17:30 hrs - End of program
Whether you’re coming to catch up, expand your network, or simply explore what’s happening on campus – this is an event you won’t want to miss!