Overview
The Biosensors group is a multidisciplinary research team at KU Leuven that innovates bio-molecular detection and miniaturized analysis systems. The group consists of one P.I., multiple managers, postdocs, doctoral students, and lab technicians, and collaborates with various partners on projects supported by different funding bodies.
In the news
- Two weeks ago, members of our lab joined the annual CapCell Consortium Meeting in Porto, Portugal. Over three productive and inspiring days, we shared our latest research progress, exchanged ideas with consortium partners, and strengthened collaborations that will help drive future discoveries. Thank you to i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde for organizing such a wonderful event and bringing the CapCell community together. We are excited for another year of collaboration and scientific advances! ✨ #CAPCELL
- ExcitingNews: Eleonore De Keyser, our former Master's student, recently joined the #Lammertynlab and started her #PhD journey! 🎉 Eléonore will be working on novel sample preparation and detection principles for next-generation #PointOfCare #diagnostics, helping bring faster and more accessible testing closer to patients. When she is not in the lab, expect her on the hockey pitch, a running trail, a hiking path or somewhere new on the map. Eléonore, we wish you the best of luck and much success! KU Leuven Department of Biosystems
- That’s a wrap on #microTAS2026! 🎉📸 One last group photo to celebrate a week of sharing research, exchanging ideas and connecting with the international #microfluidics community! From posters and featured poster presentations to oral presentations and an award, our #Lammertynlab colleagues had plenty to share. Their work spanned point-of-care diagnostics, single-cell analysis, forensic applications, vaccine delivery and spatial multi-omics. A special congratulations to Francesca Pollet for her Best Oral Award recognition! 🏆 Thank
- ExcellentNews: Francesca Pollet received a Best Oral Award at #microTAS2026! 🏆🎉 Francesca presented her work, “A novel spatial multi-omics pipeline to unravel the extrinsic and intrinsic mechanisms underlying heterotypic cell–cell communication in melanoma”. Her research brings together #microfluidics and #SpatialMultiOmics to investigate how different cell types communicate in #melanoma, exploring both intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms behind these interactions. An excellent achievement and a wonderful highlight of our
- ConferenceNews: Our colleague Wannes Verbist took the stage at #microTAS2026 for an oral presentation! 🎤 Wannes presented his work, “An autonomous microfluidic patch for intradermal administration of a multicomponent hepatitis B vaccine”, bringing together #microfluidics and #VaccineDelivery in a patch designed for administration into the skin. A great opportunity to share this research and exchange ideas with the international microfluidics community! Congratulations, Wannes! KU Leuven Department of Biosystems #Lammertynlab
- ConferenceNews: Vedika Choudhari shared her research at #microTAS2026 with both a poster and a featured poster presentation! 🎉 Vedika presented her work, “A self-powered microfluidic point-of-care test for simultaneous HIV and syphilis screening”, highlighting the integration of self-powered #microfluidics and #PointOfCare testing for the screening of both infections. A great opportunity to share her research with the microfluidics community, both at her poster and on stage! 🔬 Well done, Vedika, on showcasing your research and
- ConferenceNews: More poster highlights from our #Lammertynlab colleagues at #microTAS2026! 🔬 On Wednesday, the work of Alice Rettore and Nicholas Alberg was presented, showcasing two applications of microfluidics: Alice's work, “Combining semi-permeable capsules and droplet microfluidics for male-cell enrichment in forensic epithelial traces”, was presented by Wannes Verbist, highlighting microfluidic approaches for #ForensicAnalysis. Nicholas presented his work, “Single-cell RNA/DNA separation using magnetic hydrogel beads and
- ConferenceNews: Some highlights from our team at #microTAS2026! 🔬 On Tuesday, Zhe Liu and Celine Wegsteen presented their work, showcasing two applications of microfluidics and biosensing: Zhe shared his research on integrated #ExtracellularVesicle capture and DNA analysis on a FO-SPR biosensor. Celine presented her work on bringing molecular #Dengue diagnostics to the #PointOfCare through self-powered microfluidics. From extracellular vesicle sensing to infectious disease diagnostics, it was a great opportunity to share
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