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The project ALCYONE was presented at the XXII International Symposium of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence & XX International Symposium on Luminescence Spectroscopy (22ISBC&20ISLS), which was held on June 3-7, 2024 at Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil)

University of Twente, Netherlands - May 24, 2024: The Mesoscale Chemical Systems Chair at the University of Twente proudly announces the acquisition and implementation of the state-of-the-art OB1 MK3+ Pressure Controller from Elveflow. This advancement marks a significant leap forward in enhancing precision and control within microfluidic systems, particularly in the context of the esteemed ALCYONE project.

The one-year Team meeting of the ALCYONE project was held in Bologna on February 23, 2024

2023 European Researchers' Night

Hands-on experiments for everyone with ALCYONE at the European Researchers' Night in Bologna on September 29th, 2023

The project ALCYONE was presented by Lorenzo Nardi, of the School of Aerospace Engineering (La Sapienza University of Rome) at the Symposium "Strengths and opportunities for the development of "Lab-on-Chip" systems in space" which took place on June 16, 2023, at the headquarters of the Italian Space Agency in Rome.

The project ALCYONE was presented at the 7th Congress of the Italian Astrobiology Societywhich was held in Rome from 12 to 15 June, 2023.

On March 27 - 31, 2023, the Emilia Romagna region delegation, comprising regional institutions, as well as research centers and companies operating in the Space sector, have visited Houston, TX, finding new collaboration opportunities. The project ALCYONE was promoted in this occasion.

The project ALCYONE was presented at the Symposium "Space Biomedicine for Future Human Space Exploration Missions: a Call to Action" which took place on March 15 - 17, 2023, at the headquarters of the Italian Space Agency in Rome.