Emile Hollman

May 3, 2023 | innovationorigins.com | Emile Hollman

The world’s first microsurgery robot was “born” at the Brightlands Maastricht Health Campus. “I think we are entitled to be very proud of this”, says Tom van Mulken. Born in Geleen, Tom van Mulken went to South Africa for his internships. His focus there was research on “penetrating injuries of the abdomen,” as this is so beautifully put.

May 3, 2023 | innovationorigins.com | Emile Hollman

De eerste robot voor microchirurgie ter wereld is eboren op de Brightlands Maastricht Health Campus. “Ik denk wel dat we hier heel trots op kunnen zijn”, zegt plastisch chirurg Tom van Mulken. Voor zijn coschappen ging Tom van Mulken (Geleen, 1977) naar Zuid-Afrika. Om onderzoek te doen naar ‘penetrerende letsels van de buik’, zoals dat zo mooi heet.

Mar 27, 2023 | innovationorigins.com | Emile Hollman

This day will be no different; it won’t be long before an end comes to the peace and quiet in the kitchen at the Brightlands campus in Venlo. Soon dozens of children donning chef hats and cheerful aprons will be cooking healthy food with great enthusiasm. Kokkerelli is a positive spin-off of the Floriade held in Venlo in 2012. About BRIGHT PEOPLEBRIGHT PEOPLE are indispensable for making tomorrow’s world a bit more beautiful, cleaner and better.

Mar 17, 2023 | innovationorigins.com | Emile Hollman

Maria Soliman currently coordinates the technology efforts for the global circular economy activity for global chemical manufacturing company, SABIC, from the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Geleen. Born in Kronach, Germany, Maria Soliman has always felt like a woman in a man’s world. From her time studying physics at the University of Darmstadt, where she was one of only five women out of two hundred students, Maria has had to forge her own path.

Feb 16, 2023 | innovationorigins.com | Emile Hollman

He just visited India for the third time in a year. Andre Dekker, clinical physicist and professor of Clinical Data Science at Maastricht University, Maastro Clinic, and the Brightlands Institute for Smart Society (BISS), spends a lot of time on the road with his team to build the infrastructure for the health train, which has been included as a best practice in the government’s Strategic Action Plan on Artificial Intelligence. Using data as cure to fight an overburdened healthcare system.