MULTIFUNCTIONAL MICROFLUIDIC PATCH FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES DIAGNOSIS

Project Information

FORTIFIEDx

Grant agreement ID: 101092049

DOI

10.3030/101092049

EC signature date 5 September 2023

Start date 1 August 2023

End date 31 July 2027

Funded under

• Digital, Industry and Space

Total cost

€ 4 986 073,83

EU contribution

€ 4 986 070,00

Coordinated by

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
Belgium

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Deliverables

Data Management Plan (1)

First version of DMP

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (4)

Reports from focus groups discussion
Plan for communication, dissemination and exploitation activities
Creation of FORTIFIEDx project website
Project social media profiles and regular updates

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (9)

Multimaterial Digital Light Processing Three-Dimensional Printing of Materials with Different Relaxation Kinetics

Author(s): Roman Korotkov, Milena Gleirscher, Sandra Schlögl, Elisabeth Rossegger
Published in: ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Issue 7, 2025, ISSN 2637-6105
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
DOI: 10.1021/ACSAPM.5C02906

Epidemiology and phylogenomic characterisation of two distinct mpox outbreaks in Kinshasa, DR Congo, involving a new subclade Ia lineage: a retrospective, observational study

Author(s): Tony Wawina-Bokalanga, Sydney Merritt, Eddy Kinganda-Lusamaki, Daan Jansen, Megan Halbrook, Áine O'Toole, Elisabeth Pukuta-Simbu, Emmanuel Hasivirwe Vakaniaki, Rilia Ola-Mpumbe, Papy Kwete-Mbokama, Prince Akil-Bandali, Cris Kacita, Ange Ponga-Museme, Nelson Mapenzi-Kashali, Adrienne Amuri-Aziza, Olivier Tshiani-Mbaya, Princesse Paku-Tshambu, Pedro H L F Dantas, Tessa De Block, Emmanuel Lokilo-Lofiko, Chloé Muswamba-Kayembe, Jean-Claude Makangara-Cigolo, Gradi Luakanda-Ndelemo, David J Kelvin, Catherine Pratt, Ahidjo Ayouba, Sofonias Tessema, Antonio Mauro Rezende, Lisa E Hensley, Eric Delaporte, Dieudonné Mwamba, Lorenzo Subissi, Laurens Liesenborghs, Nicole A Hoff, Martine Peeters, Nicola Low, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Anne W Rimoin, Jason Kindrachuk, Koen Vercauteren, Andrew Rambaut, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni
Published in: The Lancet, Issue 406, 2026, ISSN 0140-6736
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00294-6

Advancing intradermal vaccine delivery: Focus on hollow microneedles and skin models

Author(s): Wannes Verbist, Elias Broeckhoven, Pol Vanwersch, Vedika Shrirang Choudhari, Lorenz Van Hileghem, Dragana Spasic, Lotte Coelmont, Tim Evens, Sylvie Castagne, Albert Van Bael, Kai Dallmeier, Jeroen Lammertyn
Published in: Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Issue 22, 2026, ISSN 2164-5515
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2026.2619235

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Author(s): Monteiro Belo dos Santos, Simão; Van Tricht, Charlotte; Lammertyn, Jeroen; Spasic, Dragana
Published in: Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2025, ISSN 0956-5663
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.5398993

HematoCARD: A Volumetric Duplicate Dried Blood Spot Collection Cartridge Validated for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Author(s): Lorenz Van Hileghem, Dries Vloemans, Francesco Dal Dosso, Francesca Pollet, Wannes Verbist, Debby Thomas, Séverine Vermeire, Jeroen Lammertyn
Published in: Analytical Chemistry, Issue 97, 2026, ISSN 0003-2700
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
DOI: 10.1021/ACS.ANALCHEM.5C05535

Revolutionizing sample preparation: a novel autonomous microfluidic platform for serial dilution

Author(s): Dries Vloemans; Alexander Pieters; Francesco Dal Dosso; Jeroen Lammertyn
Published in: Lab on a Chip, 2024, ISSN 1473-0189
Publisher: Royal society of chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d4lc00195h

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Author(s): Makangara-Cigolo, Jean-Claude; Kenye, Kelly-Michel; Lunyanga, Lygie; Jansen, Daan; Kinganda-Lusamaki, Eddy; Kavira, Sifa; Amuri-Aziza, Adrienne; Malembi, Emile; Anta, Yvon; Akil-Bandali, Prince; Lokilo-Lofiko, Emmanuel; Vakaniaki, Emmanuel Hasivirwe; Nundu, Sabin Sabiti; Pukuta-Simbu, Elisabeth; Paku-Tshambu, Princesse; Ola-Mpumbe, Rilia; Lumembe-Numbi, Raphael; Kabamba-Lungenyi, Gabriel; Luakanda, Gradi; Kacita, Cris; Shongo-Lushima, Robert; Mwamba, Dieudonne; O'Toole, Aine; Merritt, Sydney; Halbrook, Megan; Mukadi-Bamuleka, Daniel; Hoff, Nicole A.; Low, Nicola; Bogoch, Isaac; Cevik, Muge; Gonsalves, Gregg; Shaw, Souradet; Subissi, Lorenzo; Liesenborghs, Laurens; Ayouba, Ahidjo; Peeters, Martine; Delaporte, Eric; Tessema, Sofonias; Rimoin, Anne W.; Muyembe-Tamfum, Jean-Jacques; Rambaut, Andrew; Vercauteren, Koen; Ahuka-Mundeke, Steve; Kindrachuk, Jason; Wawina-Bokalanga, Tony; Mbala-Kingebeni, Placide
Published in: Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2025, ISSN 1080-6040
Publisher: CDC
DOI: 10.3201/EID3105.241690

Fully automated sample-to-result SIMPLE-RPA microfluidic chip: towards in ovo sexing application

Author(s): Simão Monteiro Belo dos Santos; Celine Wegsteen; Dries Vloemans; Matthias Corion; Bart De Ketelaere; Dragana Spasic; Jeroen Lammertyn
Published in: npj Biosensing, 2024, ISSN 3004-8656
Publisher: Nature
DOI: 10.1038/S44328-024-00019-6

Mpox Clade IIb Virus Introduction into Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July 2025

Author(s): Tony Wawina-Bokalanga, Eddy Kinganda-Lusamaki, Christian Ngandu, Prince Akil-Bandali, Jérémie Kundey-Mafu, Nadege Ngombe, Laurens Liesenborghs, Princesse Paku-Tshambu, Lorenzo Subissi, Pauline-Chloé Muswamba-Kayembe, Samy Tessi-Mvutukulu, Jacques Santini-Mafuta, Gradi Luakanda-Ndelemo, Olga Ntumba-Tshitenge, Mory Keita, Israel Cinkobu-Bualukengu, Emmanuel Lokilo-Lofiko, Fiston Cikaya-Kankolongo, Sikoti Josaphat, Cris Kacita, Adelar Lofungola, Judith Tete-Sitra, Raphael Lumembe-Numbi, Elzedek Mabika-Bope, Adrienne Amuri-Aziza, Daan Jansen, Jean-Claude Makangara-Cigolo, Jeanine Nkakulu, Yap Boum, Ngashi Ngongo, Sofonias Tessema, Nick Loman, Áine O’Toole, Anne W. Rimoin, Pierre Akilimali, Nicole A. Hoff, Jason Kindrachuk, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Martine Peeters, Dieudonné Mwamba, Koen Vercauteren, Andrew Rambaut, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni
Published in: Viruses, Issue 18, 2026, ISSN 1999-4915
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/V18010087

Conference proceedings (1)

Chick embryo sexing ‘simple-fied’ with a sample-in-result-out rpa lab-on-a-chip platform

Author(s): Monteiro Belo dos Santos, Simão; Vloemans, Dries; Wegsteen, Celine; Spasic, Dragana; Lammertyn, Jeroen
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society CMBS