Bridging the gap of neuronal communication by means of intelligent hybrid systems
Regina Luttge
Associate Professor
@ Microsystems Group – Tu/e, The Netherlands
External collaborator and host at seconding Institution
I studied Applied Sciences and I hold a Ph.D. in Microsystems Technologies.
I have been working on microfluidics applications and nanostructured surfaces for almost two decades.
Currently, I am working on novel platform technologies to study neuronal functions in health and disease
I am specifically interested in the design and development of systems at the micro and nano scale for applications in biology and medicine.
I studied Applied Sciences in Germany (1989-1993). I have been working at Institut für Mikrotechnik in Mainz, Germany, for nearly 5 years prior to starting my PhD studies in Microsystems Technologies at Imperial College in 1999, London, UK. In 2003, I was awarded a Ph.D. from University of London on the development of fabrication technology for micro-optical scanners.
I have been working for nearly 13 years at University of Twente’s MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, The Netherlands, as a researcher and assistant professor focusing on microfluidics applications and nanostructured surfaces.
I have transferred to my current position as associate professor in the Microsystems Group at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands in June 2013.
I am specifically interested in the design and development of systems at the micro and nano scale for applications in biology and medicine.
Currently, I am working on novel platform technologies to study neuronal functions in health and disease funded by the ERC (MESOTAS, starting grant no. 280281).
Frimat JMS, Xie S, Bastiaens AJ, Schurink B, Wolbers F, den Toonder JMJ & Luttge R. (2015). Advances in 3D neuronal cell culture. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures--Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena, 33:06F902. doi
Xie S & Luttge R. (2014). Imprint lithography provides topographical nanocues to guide cell growth in primary cortical cell culture. Microelectronic Engineering, 124, 30-36. doi
Xie S, Schurink B, Wolbers F, Luttge R. and Hassink, G. (2014). Nanoscaffold's stiffness affects primary cortical cell network formation. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 32, 06FD03. doi
Schurink B and Luttge R. (2013). Hydrogel/poly-dimethylsiloxane hybrid bioreactor facilitating 3D cell culturing. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 31, 06F903. doi
