Programme – 7th European Summer School on Microfluidics

The programme for the UCL Summer School edition will be made available soon. Our team is currently finalising the schedule, sessions, and practical components to ensure a high‑quality and engaging learning experience.

In the meantime, the programme shown below reflects the most recent edition of the Summer School, which was held at DTU, Copenhagen, in 2025. While the upcoming UCL edition will follow a similar structure, please note that some elements may be updated or adapted.

Full details for the UCL version will be published as soon as they are confirmed.

Monday 13.10.2025
- 9.00-9.30 Registration
- 9.30-9.45 Welcome by the head of the department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering and Prof. Ulrich Krühne DTU
- 9.45-10.30 Introduction to Micro/Nanofludics (Prof. A. Dietzel TU Braunschweig, Germany)
- 10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
- 11.00-11.45 Nano and Micromaterials for microbioreactors (Prof. J. Fernández-Sánchez, University of Granada, Spain)
- 11.45-12.30 An appetizer for CFD in chemical and biochemical engineering (Prof. U. Krühne, Technical University of Denmark)
- 12.30-13.30 Lunch Break
- 13.30-14.15 Modelling Based Design of Bioprocesses at Micro Scale (Prof. I. Plazl, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
- 14.15-15.00 Introduction to innovative microbioreactor application in bioprocesses (Prof. P. Žnidaršič Plazl, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
- 15.00-15.30 Coffee Break
- 15.30-18.00 Laboratory
  - Lab I Microfluidic Single Cell Cultivation
  - Lab II Flow Biocatalysis
  - Lab III Diffusion in a Y-shaped Microchannel
  - Lab IV Cell Cultivation in a Miniaturized Reactor
  - Lab V Particle Analysis
  - Lab VI Microfabrication
  - Hands on CFD: Lecture 1
- 18.30 PPP (Pizza, Poster, Presentations)

Tuesday 14.10.2025
- 9.00-9.45 Optical Chemical Sensors – Basics and Applications (Prof. T. Mayr Graz University of Technology, Austria)
- 9.45-10.30 Biosensors from principles to practical application (Dr. C. Heuer, University of Augsburg, Germany)
- 10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
- 11.00-11.45 Cell Microenvironments and microfluidics (Prof. G. Perozziello, University of Cantanzaro, Italy)
- 11.45-12.30 Whole Cell Cultivation in microbioreactors (Prof. R. Krull, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany)
- 12.30-13.30 Lunch Break
- 13.30-14.15 Microfluidic Single Cell cultivation in microbioreactors (Dr. J. Schmitz, University of Bielefeld, Germany)
- 14.15-15.00 Beyond microfluidics: Phenotypical heterogeneity – curse or blessing? (Prof. A. Grünberger, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
- 15.00-15.30 Coffee Break
- 15.30-18.30 Laboratory
  - Lab I Microfluidic Single Cell Cultivation
  - Lab II Flow Biocatalysis
  - Lab III Diffusion in a Y-shaped Microchannel
  - Lab IV Cell Cultivation in a Miniaturized Reactor
  - Lab V Particle Analysis
  - Lab VI Microfabrication
  - Hands on CFD: Lecture 2
- 18.30-19.30 Poster Session

Wednesday 15.10.2025
- 09.00-12.00 Laboratory
  - Lab I Microfluidic Single Cell Cultivation
  - Lab II Flow Biocatalysis
  - Lab III Diffusion in a Y-shaped Microchannel
  - Lab IV Cell Cultivation in a Miniaturized Reactor
  - Lab V Particle Analysis
  - Lab VI Microfabrication
  - Hands on CFD: Lecture 3
- 12.00-13.00 Lunch Break
- 13.00-13.45 Organs on Chip (Prof. I. Constantinou, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany)
- 13.45-14.30 Microfluidic systems for pharmaceutical production: from cell transfection to product purification (Prof. J. Bahnemann, University of Augsburg, Germany)
- 14.30-15.15 Biocatalysis in flow: Challenges and opportunities (Prof. M. Marques, University College London, United Kingdom)
- 15.15-16.00 Immobilized enzymes as heterogenous biocatalysts: Application in Bioreactors (Prof. J. Bolivar, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)
- 16.00-16.30 Coffee Break
- 16.30-19.30 Laboratory
  - Lab I Microfluidic Single Cell Cultivation
  - Lab II Flow Biocatalysis
  - Lab III Diffusion in a Y-shaped Microchannel
  - Lab IV Cell Cultivation in a Miniaturized Reactor
  - Lab V Particle Analysis
  - Lab VI Microfabrication
  - Hands on CFD: Lecture 4

Thursday 16.10.2025
- 09.00-12.00 Laboratory
  - Lab I Microfluidic Single Cell Cultivation
  - Lab II Flow Biocatalysis
  - Lab III Diffusion in a Y-shaped Microchannel
  - Lab IV Cell Cultivation in a Miniaturized Reactor
  - Lab V Particle Analysis
  - Lab VI Microfabrication
  - Hands on CFD: Lecture 5
- 12.00-13.00 Lunch Break
- 13.00-open end
  - Excursion to Copenhagen

Friday 17.10.2025
- 09.00-12.00 Laboratory
  - Lab I Microfluidic Single Cell Cultivation
  - Lab II Flow Biocatalysis
  - Lab III Diffusion in a Y-shaped Microchannel
  - Lab IV Cell Cultivation in a Miniaturized Reactor
  - Lab V Particle Analysis
  - Lab VI Microfabrication
  - Hands on CFD: Lecture 6
- 12.00-12.30 Closing Remarks (Prof. U. Krühne, Technical University of Denmark)