The Fraunhofer Project Centre for Embedded Bioanalytical Systems at Dublin City University (FPC@DCU) develops microfluidics-based solutions for decentralised bioanalytical testing in areas like in-vitro (“Point-of-Care”) diagnostics, life-science tools, biopharma, agrifood, environmental and industrial monitoring. The research and technology development of the FPC@DCU therefore operates at the very promising but also challenging crossroads of microsystems engineering and the life sciences.