Value Chain
Objetives
Search for common strategies to make Aragón a reference region in the national and international scope of the Organ on Chip, developing a 4-year strategic plan.
Promote the national and international visibility of the Organ on Chip in our community through a common brand (Organ on Chip Aragón; OoCA) that includes the different institutions.
Promote and make visible the individual and joint competences / capacities of all participating institutions
Identify the needs in the field and favour the access of the members, optimizing the use of the resources of each institution.
Identify and request large projects at national and international level to increase our collaboration.
Promote the recruitment of international talent that complement or reinforce our current capacities.
Generate joint dissemination and communication activities to generate a greater social-scientific-business impact.
Establish strategic alliances at national and international level to generate new applications of the technology within the Aragón’s industrial fabric in its different sectors (health, energy, etc.)
Increase academic training (Master, specific courses, etc.) in the different competencies and capacities of the partnership to ensure an excellent training of new generations.
Promote or facilitate the implementation of new companies related to this technology in our community.
Its R&D department has three strong research lines: advanced composites, manufacturing processes and product development.
AITIIP Technology Centre is a non-profit private entity whose main goal is to increase the competitiveness of the companies of the whole manufacturing industry, with a special intensity in plastic value chain, in relation to plastic applications its manufacturing processes as well as its moulds and tooling. Also, the entity has a goal to spread knowledge and to transfer the know-how to face new technological challenges.
The scientific and technical team is formed by more of 45 professionals, with long experience in industrial processes, including the latest technologies in the manufacturing actions, developing automated applications (communication digital platforms, robots, advanced machines, mould, tools, etc.) for advanced manufacturing tasks based on CAD/CAM/CAE techniques. The current facilities of the technological centre has more 20.000 m2. This technological capacitation is directed to different sectors such as biomedicine, aeronautics, automotive, packaging, transport, energy, ICTs, etc.
Its R&D department has three strong research lines: advanced composites, manufacturing processes and product development. The experience of AITIIP in tooling design and the manufacturing of versatile moulds for injection processes and other transformation processes will be extremely useful to achieve new challenges.
At Beonchip we use cutting edge materials and microfabrication techniques to create the next generation of in vitro testing platforms...
Beonchip S. L. was founded in 2016 at the University of Zaragoza by Rosa Monge (PhD in mechanical Engineering), Ignacio Ochoa (specialist and PhD in biology) and Luis Fernández (PhD in microtechnology). Therefore, we have multidisciplinarity in our roots, and our team is proof of that. The collaboration of engineers and biologists has been key to design the most user friendly and accessible organ on chip devices that are true to the physiological environment of the body.
At Beonchip we use cutting edge materials and microfabrication techniques to create the next generation of in vitro testing platforms, allowing the performance of experiments in vitro that were impossible or only possible in vivo before. Therefore, reducing the cost and time span needed for the development of new drugs, cosmetics and chemicals. We firmly believe that more and better in vitro research is needed in order to reduce the ethical and economic burden of an oversized animal research market.
More than 1300 affiliated professionals are involved in 93 research groups which activity is organised in 6 scientific programmes
The Institute for Health Research Aragon – IIS Aragon (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón) is a joint biomedical centre integrated by the hospital complex (including “Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa”, “Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet” and Primary Health Care), the University of Zaragoza and Health Sciences Institute of Aragon (IACS).
IIS Aragon was created in 2014 by the Government of Aragon and the University of Zaragoza, obtaining the Health Research Centre of excellence accreditation by the National Health Institute Carlos III (ISCIII) in order to facilitate research and innovation in Health Services, generating knowledge and transferring it to the healthcare services of Aragon.
IIS Aragon specific aims are:
- To encourage basic and applied research to become closer to the healthcare services.
- To build a research and training quality environment useful for health professionals, training specialist and students.
- To create a suitable space to attract talent into the scientific and technological facilities in the region.
More than 1300 affiliated professionals are involved in 93 research groups which activity is organised in 6 scientific programmes including:
1) neuroscience, mental health and organs of senses; 2) immunology, cancer and infectious or molecular based diseases; 3) cardiovascular, metabolism and nutrition; 4) technologies and innovation applied to health; 5) research and innovation in nursing and health care; 6) public health, chronicity, health services and primary healthcare.
"The University of Zaragoza, founded on the year 1542, is considered the main center of Technological Innovation in the Ebro Valley and enjoys a great prestige among the Spanish and European universities.
«The University of Zaragoza, founded on the year 1542, is considered the main center of Technological Innovation in the Ebro Valley and enjoys a great prestige among the Spanish and European universities.
The University of Zaragoza have a broad experience in the practical arrangement of undergraduate and postgraduate students and academic researchers from many countries and in the financial management of EU-funded projects. They also have substantial experience in welcoming international researchers.
UNIZAR has been participating in European Projects since the FP4. The institution has participated in several projects, as coordinator and partner. Unizar has an specialized office, the European Projects Office which supports the researcher during all the process of the project. Within the Training Programmes, the MSC actions have been really important. UNIZAR has developed individual and collective Marie Curie Actions.
The University of Zaragoza is a public higher education and research institution combining a tradition of over 500 years of history with a constantly updated teaching approach. The University’s research work has increased significantly in recent years, giving it national and international recognition. It is the 8th Spanish university in terms of scientific and academic production, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities.
The institution counts with: 33.000 students, 2.500 postgraduate students, 3.000 researchers and educational staff, 1.700 administrative staff and 19 faculties which offer 78 degrees covering all areas of knowledge from Humanities and Social Sciences to Engineering and Sciences studies.»
Aragon Institute of Technology Research and technological innovation at the service of companies to improve their competitiveness.
» ITAINNOVA is the Aragon Institute of Technology, a non-profit center linked to the Department of Science, University and the Knowledge Society of the regional government of Aragon.
The mission of ITAINNOVA is to support companies through technological research and innovation, helping them increase their competitiveness by developing new products and improving their processes, and by fostering the smart use of technology in regional, national and international contexts.
We offer a multidisciplinary approach that can help tackle the many technological challenges our society faces, with a very effective cross-sector approach, working on a wide variety of industrial sectors, such as mobility, machinery, automotive, construction, aeronautics, railways, logistics, ICT, health, robotics, agro-industry and materials transformation.
ITAINNOVA has wide experience in carrying out the development of multidisciplinary projects aimed at creating technological solutions for products, processes and services, by providing excellent scientific and technological knowledge with high added value.
With an extensive network of strategic partners, ITAINNOVA is an active member of the European R&D&I community, and cooperates with several of the existing European and national Technological Platforms, as well as with the national and regional industrial Clusters. In the last Framework Programme H2020, ITAINNOVA has participated in 36 projects, coordinating 5 of them.»