dr. V. Schwach (Verena)

Assistant Professor
TNW-BET-AST
Horst - Zuidhorst 124
v.schwach@utwente.nl
+31534897190
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Expertise

  • Medicine and Dentistry

    • Cardiomyocyte
    • Heart
    • Engineered Heart Tissue
    • Tissues
    • Muscle Contractility

  • Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science

    • Diseases
    • Cardiotoxicity
    • Drug Screening

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Publications

2024

Micro-Engineered Heart Tissues On-Chip with Heterotypic Cell Composition Display Self-Organization and Improved Cardiac Function (2024)Advanced healthcare materials, 13(18). Article 2303664. Cofiño-Fabres, C., Boonen, T., Rivera-Arbeláez, J. M., Rijpkema, M., Blauw, L., Rensen, P. C. N., Schwach, V., Ribeiro, M. C. & Passier, R.https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202303664A safety screening platform for individualized cardiotoxicity assessment (2024)iScience, 27(3). Article 109139. Schwach, V., Slaats, R. H., Cofiño-Fabres, C., ten Den, S. A., Rivera-Arbeláez, J. M., Dannenberg, M., van Boheemen, C., Ribeiro, M., van der Zanden, S. Y., Nollet, E. E., van der Velden, J., Neefjes, J., Cao, L. & Passier, R.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.109139

2023

Cardiac PET Imaging of ATP Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporters: Opportunities and Challenges (2023)Pharmaceuticals, 16(12). Article 1715. Liu, W., Mossel, P., Schwach, V., Slart, R. H. J. A. & Luurtsema, G.https://doi.org/10.3390/ph16121715Towards Improved Human In Vitro Models for Cardiac Arrhythmia: Disease Mechanisms, Treatment, and Models of Atrial Fibrillation (2023)Biomedicines, 11(9). Article 2355. Cofiño-Fabres, C., Passier, R. & Schwach, V.https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11092355Advancements in molecular and bioengineering techniques for driving maturation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac three-dimensional models (2023)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Cofino Fabres, C.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036558228Automated Sarcomere Structure Analysis for Studying Cardiotoxicity in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes (2023)Microscopy and microanalysis, 29(1), 254-264. Cao, L., Schoenmaker, L., Ten Den, S. A., Passier, R., Schwach, V. & Verbeek, F. J.https://doi.org/10.1093/micmic/ozac016Embedded 3D printing of dilute particle suspensions into dense complex tissue fibers using shear thinning xanthan baths (2023)Biofabrication, 15(1). Article 015014. Trikalitis, V. D., Kroese, N. J. J., Kaya, M., Cofino Fabres, C., ten Den, S. A., S.M. Khalil, I., Misra, S., Koopman, B. F. J. M., Passier, R., Schwach, V. & Rouwkema, J.https://doi.org/10.1088/1758-5090/aca124Segmentation of NKX2.5 Signal in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes (2023)In Data Science and Artificial Intelligence - 1st International Conference, DSAI 2023, Proceedings (pp. 170-184) (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1942 CCIS). Springer. Jongsma, S., Schwach, V., Den, S. A. T., Passier, R., Verbeek, F. J. & Cao, L.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7969-1_13

2022

Contractility analysis of human engineered 3D heart tissues by an automatic tracking technique using a standalone application (2022)PLoS ONE, 17. Article e0266834. Rivera-Arbeláez, J. M., Cofiño-Fabres, C., Schwach, V., Boonen, T., ten Den, S. A., Vermeul, K., van den Berg, A., Segerink, L. I., Ribeiro, M. C. & Passier, R.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266834Conditional immortalization of human atrial myocytes for the generation of in vitro models of atrial fibrillation (2022)Nature Biomedical Engineering, 6, 389-402. Harlaar, N., Dekker, S. O., Zhang, J., Snabel, R. R., Veldkamp, M. W., Verkerk, A. O., Fabres, C. C., Schwach, V., Lerink, L. J. S., Rivaud, M. R., Mulder, A. A., Corver, W. E., Goumans, M. J. T. H., Dobrev, D., Klautz, R. J. M., Schalij, M. J., Veenstra, G. J. C., Passier, R., van Brakel, T. J., … de Vries, A. A. F.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-021-00827-5

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Courses academic year 2024/2025

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Courses academic year 2023/2024

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University of Twente

Horst - Zuidhorst (building no. 28), room 124
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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