Program and book of abstracts

Thursday, June 11, 2026

09:00

10:30 – 11:00

Registration and Fika

11:00 – 11:15

Welcome and Opening Remarks

11:15 – 12:30

Probing the cellular environment Chair: Patrick Sandoz

Keynote Lecture

2.3D intermediate physiological systems: high-resolution functional cell monitoring

Lourdes Basabe Desmonts, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)

Imaging LSEC fenestrations in gradient-driven microenvironment

Chinmay Khanolkar, University of Gothenburg

3D microrheology for microstructural analysis of hydrolytic degradation of Collagen-based hydrogels

Janne T. Koivisto, Tampere University

12:30 – 13:30

LUNCH

13: 30 – 15:00

Lab-on-a-chip Chair: Sagar Agnihotri

Vessel-on-a-chip platform for intravenous nanomedicine

Axel Norberg, Chalmer University of Technology

Modulating red blood cell viscosity and deformability for blood on chip applications

Tatiana Turcitu, University of Ottawa

Droplet-based workflow reveals metal exposure reshapes bacterial growth under antibiotic stress

Simona Bartkova, Tallinn University of Technology

Diagnostics of the neglected tropical disease schistosomiasis in resource limited settings with microfluidic platforms

Nicolina Priem, Stockholm University

Enhanced nanochannel tracking for multiplexed analysis of extracellular vesicles

Viktoria de Carvalho, Chalmers University of Technology

Exploring microfluidic neuro-models to study nanoparticle-based therapeutics

Ana P. Spencer, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

15:00 – 16:30

COFFEE BREAK & POSTER SESSION

16:30 – 18:00

MPS/Organs-on-chip Chair: Neeraj Katiyar

Keynote Lecture

Advancing translational cancer research with bioengineering and organoids technologies

Gaspard Pardon, AGORA Cancer Research Centre, EPFL Lausanne

Vascularized placenta–endometrium integration-on-a-chip

Ludivine Delon, University of Oslo

FN-silk basement membrane mimic on Hyaluronic acid

hydrogels support cell alignment under sheer stress

Linnea Gustafsson, Spiber Technologies AB

Innovative strategies for engineering vascularized in vitro models with pluripotent stem cell-derived vascular cells

Maximiliano Arce, Uppsala University

19:30 –

Reception and Dinner at Norrlands Nation, Västra Ågatan 14 (registration required)

Friday, June 12, 2026

8:30

Registration open

08:50 – 09:00

Announcements

09:00 – 10:30

Physics of microfluidics Chair: Simona Bartkova

Keynote Lecture

Blood flow in microcirculation: how red blood cells shape the stream

Marianne Fenech, University of Ottawa

Acoustofluidic thin-film device for high throughput

Andreas Lenshof, Lund University

Surfactant dynamics at liquid-liquid interfaces under shear: experimental study of the kinematic condition

Théo Lenavetier, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Thermoacoustic streaming

Junjie Cheng, Lund University

10:30 – 11:00

COFFEE & POSTERS

11:00 – 12:30

Micro- and Nanosystems Chair: Maria Tenje

Keynote Lecture

A microfluidically controlled, artificial protein motor

Heiner Linke, Lund University

12:30 – 12:45

Prize ceremony and Closing Remarks

Announcement of SMILS 2027

End of SMILS 2026

13:45 – 15:00

Lab Visits (registration required)

Note: Slots are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.