KIDNEW highlighted at 2026 European Home Dialysis conference
April 25-26, 2026
KIDNEW will be highlighted in a keynote lecture during the 2026 European Home Dialysis conference in Cologne (DE).
‘Artificial organs: Are they a future dream, or becoming a reality?’ – Fokko Wieringa
KIDNEW highlighted during the 3rd Hemodialysis Update
11 October 2025
Invited keynote lecture ‘What will the future bring us?’ – Fokko Wieringa, Antwerp (BE).
KIDNEW became member of ISO/TC 150/SC 2/WG 5 Renal replacement, detoxification and apheresis
KIDNEW became member of ISO/TC 150/SC 2/WG 5 “Renal replacement, detoxification and apheresis”, which writes the world-wide standards on hemodialysis membranes (ISO 8637-series). Participation is focused on the principle of implantable hemodialysis filter + extracorporeal miniaturized dialysate regenerating device.
https://standards.iteh.ai/catalog/tc/iso/e9384d1f-bbd5-4cfd-ad76-d729c633edb8/iso-tc-150-sc-2-wg-5
EIC Booster granted to KIDNEW
The European Innovation Council (EIC) has granted a 50k Euro booster to facilitate KIDNEW in making a business plan to combine the KIDNEW stage A chip-based filter with an extracorporeal dialysate-regenerating technology from the firm Nextkidney.
ESAO 2025
June 25-28, 2025
3 KIDNEW contributions during ESAO 2025 | https://www.esao2025.com/downloads/esao-2025-abstract-book.pdf
1. Polyelectrolyte-Coated Silicon-Rich Silicon Nitride Substrates For High-Clearance Selective Membranes For An Implantable Artificial Kidney Alcerreca, T et al.
2. Modeling & Design Of An Implantable Dialyser For Hemodialysis Without Needles Alcerreca, T et al.
3. A Novel Flow Through In-Vitro Pipeline For Hemocompatibility Testing Of Artificial Kidney Membranes Irmak, T et al.
Transatlantic Symposium of 2025 in Kampen
June 24, 2025
Researchers in the field of kidney dialysis from all over the world gathered together in Kampen.
Miscellaneous News from MESEP
April 14, 2025
Promotion of the KIDNEW project – Szymon Dutczak
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7317421120381460480
Sensor Technologies in Biomedical Engineering
November 7, 2024
During the “30th Anniversary Conference of the Department of Health Technologies and the Estonian Society for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics” in Tallinn, Estonia, Ivo Fridolin presented his work on sensor technologies in biomedical engineering.
‘’The future of technology-based kidney replacement therapies’’ at EDTNA/ERCA in Greece
September 21-24, 2024
Professor Fokko Wieringa presented to a large audience at the European Dialysis and Transplant Nurses Association/European Renal Care Association. The implantable artificial kidney was covered, and many new contacts were made.
Presentation at Euromembranes in Prague
September 8-12, 2024
The development of the silicon nanopore membranes was presented by Dr. Swathi Suran at the bio-artificial organ session from Euromembranes. The presentation was well received and led to new interactions in the field of membranes.
KIDNEW members attend ESAO conference
September 8-11, 2024
Multiple members of the KIDNEW consortium attended the ESAO conference in Aachen. Poster presentations and plenary lectures were given. Also, this was an excellent opportunity to connect with other parties.
Novel bio-inspired therapeutic strategies for kidney disease
May 26, 2024
Roos Masereeuw delivered a keynote lecture on novel bio-inspired therapeutic strategies for kidney disease at the 61st ERA-EDTA Congress in Stockholm.
KIDNEW organizes stakeholder workshop
April 3, 2024
The KIDNEW consortium organized a stakeholder workshop to extract (user) requirements for the future implantable artificial kidney. The workshop was attended by relevant stakeholders from many disciplines and different sides of the ecosystem. In total, 33 participants with varying backgrounds from academic, industry, RTO/NGO and clinical. Very engaged and lively discussions in this multidisciplinary settings yielded new insights in the current status of development. In addition, new challenges were identified and the way forward was determined.
EU funds consortium for technology towards the development of an artificial kidney
& new website launched July 2023
July 7, 2023