Living Networks, our mission.
Commitment
Living Networks, founded in 2024 by Jan Guzowski and Katarzyna Rojek, is transforming vascular tissue engineering and preclinical drug development with ultra-miniaturized human tissue models.
Using proprietary magnetic microcarrier technology, we enable scalable, automated, and reproducible assembly of vascular microtissues.
We re committed to push the boundaries of vascular research by combining automation, innovation, and data-driven insights to create the next-generation of human tissue models.
Solution
Preclinical tissue models in pharma are inefficient.
The available in vitro human tissue models are either oversimplified, lacking vasculature, or exceedingly complex and poorly controlled, causing:
Small levels of reproducibility
Long turnover times
Limited customization
Lack of standards
Our platform co-assembles multiple microvasculatures in ordered arrays, boosting throughput, standardization, and efficiency of angiogenesis assays while preserving physiological relevance.
VTuA accelerates drug discovery, regenerative medicine, and disease modeling through precisely controlled vascular microenvironments.
Challenge
Team
Jan Guzowski, PhD
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Jan holds PhD in Physics and has over 14 years of experience in experimental microfluidics.
His expertise lies in developing innovative microfluidic solutions for biomedical applications, with a strong focus on vascular tissue modeling and development of new droplet- or microcarrier-manipulation techniques.
Driven by persistence, synthetic thinking, and deep passion for scientific discovery, he is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of miniaturization and automation of lab-on-chip technology to revolutionize tissue engineering and drug development.
Katarzyna Rojek, PhD
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Katarzyna holds PhD in molecular neurobiology and has over 5 years of experience in vascular tissue engineering.
She brings to the company extensive experience in cell- and tissue- biology and biological imaging. Her research interest lies in the application of hi-tech solutions like microfluidics and advanced microscopy to generation of biological systems of high physiological relevance.
Passionate about perfection in scientific discovery, she is dedicated to developing high precision biological models for tissue engineering applications and drug discovery.
Paweł Żuk, PhD
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Paweł holds PhD in Physics with strong background in theoretical modeling and development of numerical methods and algorithms for tackling complex problems at intersection of science and technology.
Ingenious in finding simple, yet efficient solutions in a maze of complexity.
Leon Jurkiewicz
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Chemical technologist, microfluidic specialist and designer. Hands-on in our microfluidic foundry.
Partners
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw
Living Networks is a spin-off from IPC PAS, a leading research institution in Poland with interdisciplinary research portfolio at intersection of physics, chemistry and biology, and with a track record in successful commercialization (previous shareholder in a spin-off worth > $100 M). The Institute supports the company with access to research infrastructure including microfabrication and imaging facilities.
