Three talks and two posters were presented about the progress of developing high throughput dielectrophoretic separators. Laura and Jasper also were part of the joint event “MULTIDIMENSIONAL PARTICLE PROPERTIES: CHARACTERIZATION, SEPARATION, APPLICATION” of the SPP 2045. Mariia Keppers talk was awarded as the best oral presentation on particle separation. Further, Gerog Pesch (now Assistant Professor at University College Dublin), one of our former post-docs, participated at the conference what lead to a joyful reunion.