Workshop
Workshop on Interrogating Cells within Labs- and Organs-on-Chips for Advanced Diagnostic and Therapeutic Solutions -
i-CELLS
2027
19 - 21 February, 2027 - Valletta, Malta
In conjunction with the 20th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - BIOSTEC 2027
CO-CHAIRS
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Andres Diaz Lantada
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Spain
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Short Bio
Andrés Díaz Lantada is an Associate Professor at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at UPM in 2009. He has worked for 15 years as a researcher at the Mechanical Engineering Department of this University and collaborated actively with its UPM Product Development Laboratory, which he leads since 2015, both in research and teaching tasks. His current research interest focuses on the design of innovative medical devices, by combining additive manufacturing technologies, CAD & engineering tools, and smart materials for improving diagnostic and therapeutic applications of biodevices. These include advanced tissue engineering scaffolds within the INKplant and smart implants within the BIOMET4D EU projects, in which he leads the participation of UPM, as well as 4D printed medical devices within the iMPLANTS-CM synergy project from Madrid’s Government, which he coordinates.
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Mónica Echeverry Rendón
IMDEA Materials Institute
Spain
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Short Bio
Dr. Mónica Echeverry-Rendón is a bioengineer with 15+ years of experience in the biomaterials field. Her academic and professional background combines multidisciplinary thinking and expertise in materials engineering, biology, and medicine. Dr. Echeverry-Rendón obtained a Ph.D degree in Material Science from the University of Antioquia, Colombia and a Ph.D degree in Medical Science from The University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Her professional journey has been enriched by extensive international experience gained at top universities and research centers across Colombia, Argentina, the USA, Spain, the Netherlands, and China. During her research career, she has focused on developing translational projects to link science and products/devices that can be used in current applications with significant societal impact.
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SCOPE
Microphysiological systems including labs- and organs-on-chips miniaturize the human physiology for discovering novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in a rapid, sustainable and ethical way. The "i-CELLS" workshop will focus on the engineering and application of these in vitro technologies for interrogating cells and studying cell-cell and cell-materials interactions. Technological advances linked to multi-scale design and simulation, micromanufacturing, biofabrication, sensor integration and functional testing will be covered. Medical applications linked to a wide variety of pathologies, including: neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, articular, metabolic or oncological, among others, will be addressed. The main ethical, legal and social issues, aimed at fostering an impactful technological transfer for these solutions, will be discussed.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Labs-on-Chips
- Organs-on-Chips
- Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies
- Organ-on-a-Chip Technologies
- Micro-Physiological Systems
- In Vitro Diagnostic Devices
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission:
December 22, 2026
Authors Notification:
January 7, 2027
Camera Ready and Registration:
January 15, 2027
WORKSHOP PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Available soon.
PAPER SUBMISSION
Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the topics listed above.
Instructions for preparing the manuscript (in Word and Latex formats) are available at: Paper Templates
Please also check the Guidelines.
Papers must be submitted electronically via the web-based submission system using the appropriated button on this page.
PUBLICATIONS
The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI/ISI), DBLP, EI (Elsevier Engineering Village Index), Scopus, Semantic Scholar and Google Scholar.
After thorough reviewing by the workshop program committee, all accepted papers will be published in a special section of the conference proceedings book - under an ISBN reference and on digital support.
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library (http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/).
SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).