Interview given to de Volkskrant!
One of the most renowned and respected journals in The Netherlands has published in print and online, on the special Saturday’s edition, an interview about my BuBble Gun (needle-free injection) project, as well as the future I see under our skin. It is in Dutch, but has some videos and nice graphics.
An interview with tips to those interested in ERC grants
The Euraxess website has posted a video/interview with some tips (with English subtitles) about my experiences in applying for ERC grants.
Physics and Industry
This week I have been supervising a group of students to address a challenge brought up by the company Feltest. The 10th edition of the Lorentz Center event Physics with Industry is a great initiative to learn about real-life problems. In our case, we had to visit a paper mill!
First publication of injecting in real skin
The first results of injections into ex-vivo skin with the jet injector I am developing has appeared online, and can be downloaded here. It is the result of a collaboration between the Harvard and the University of Twente.
A “Starting Grant” to perform research!
The European Research Council has granted 1.5 M Euro to my BuBble Gun project. For a nice interview, follow this link. A more official news item from the University of Twente, here. More can be found on this link. https://erc.europa.eu/funding/starting-grants
Local Newspaper interview
One full page on the Saturday April 15th, 2019 edition of The Twentsche Courant Tubantia newspaper published an interview about my research activities and The Future Under our Skin event. This is part of a long-term initiative I am leading.
Interview to BNR Nieuws Radio
The Dutch radio station BNR Nieuws interviewed me on the Needle-free technology that I am developing at the University of Twente. It aired yesterday May 8th, 2019 in prime time. The recorded interview can be accessed by clicking.
Popular science De Ingenieur magazine article
The magazine De Ingenieur has published in its print and online version a very good article about the needle-free injection technology we are developing (in Dutch).
First paper comparing jet injection with tattooing techniques is online!
With the title High-speed imaging of solid needle and liquid micro-jet injections, it has been selected by the Editor of the Journal of Applied Physics as a Featured article. we found that microjet injections are superior to solid injections in terms of energy and volumetric delivery efficiencies per injection for three different liquids. In fact, we could […]
Interview with U-Today about our Skin and its future role
We talked about an upcoming event, The Future under Our Skin, and how our skin, together with advanced technologies, could one day give us more information or functionality. The interview can be read here.