NSC Updates 2023

Dear NSC community, It is our main objective to keep you continuously up-to-date with any NSC-related activities. Here you find a list of all the previous NSC Updates. Feel free to share the information with your colleagues and invite them to directly join the community by signing up to the NSC mailing list. Sincerely, NSC…

Survey on state of the art of carbon-based nanomaterial detection and quantification in environmental and biological matrices

ECHA and EUON (European Observatory for Nanomaterials) have a financed study that will be launched as of next year, for tender application as of January 2024 . For the link and instructions on how to register as a listed contractor in the database please follow the link and instruction collated here:  https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/how-to-participate/how-to-participate/0:   Contact: Laurence…

Malta Initiative survey on priorities for making OECD TGs/GDs applicable for nano & advanced materials

The Malta Initiative just launched a survey to collect input on priorities where OECD Test Guidelines (TGs) and Guidance Documents (GDs) need actions to make them applicable for nanomaterials and (other) advanced materials, i.e. materials that come with specific properties and behaviour due to their size, shape and structure. You are invited to give your…

NanoHarmony OECD TG/GD Process Mentor releasesd

NanoHarmony OECD TG/GD Process Mentor; Help to bring your science forward as harmonised test methods NanoHarmony, a European Horizon 2020 funded project, is today releasing the NanoHarmony OECD TG/GD Process Mentor. The Process Mentor is an interactive web-based tool to guide stakeholders through the development process of OECD Test Guidelines (TGs) and Guidance Documents (GDs).…

FAIR4Chem Award

The FAIRest dataset in chemistry – Application period open until 17 Nov. 2023   The FAIR4Chem Award honours researchers in chemistry who publish their research data. The award is given for published chemistry research datasets that best meet the FAIR principles (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) and thus make a significant contribution to increasing transparency in research…

1st F2F ELIXIR Toxicology Community meeting took place

The ELIXIR Toxicology Community held their first face-to-face meeting in Brussels (Belgium) on 20 September 2023 at the Maastricht University’s “Campus Brussels”. The meeting was aligned with a PARC WP7 meeting and multiple PARC participants were among the 10 in person and 13 online people. The Toxicology Community Implementation Study plan was discussed, aligning solutions…