The NSC workshop on “SSbD scenarios for advanced and incremental innovations” will take place on 23 June 2025 (12:00-15:00h CEST, online) as a collaboration effort among several EU-funded projects: AlChemiSSt, DESIDERATA, PLANETS and SUNRISE. Not all innovation scenarios in SMEs and industry are the same. Current JRC SSbD guidance and also PSA / Cefic concepts leave room for tailoring the…
Dear NSC Community, We have entered the age of informatics, data, and digitalisation. With the enormous growth of computing power, data acquisition and processing, we are looking forward to discovery of new patterns and laws, deeper understanding of the laws of nature with the help of computing, and introduction of new ways of computer-aided material…
13th Venice Training School – “Innovating with Purpose: A Hands-on Journey into Functional, Safe and Sustainable Advanced Materials” 09-13 June 2025, Auditorium Santa Margherita of Universitá Ca’Foscari, Venice, Italy #VeniceSchool2025 Following a long tradition, the prestigious Venice Training School celebrates its 13th edition in June 2025! This edition is dedicated to advancing knowledge and…
NSC was included in the latest BNN QUARTERLY 01/2025 entitled “Collaborate to innovate: Success Stories from Scientific Cooperation”, with one article introducing the NSC (pages 8-9). Read now
Dear colleagues, members and supporters of the Network for Safety and sustainability of Chemicals and materials (NSC), I would like to inform you that we have an open position on Advanced Materials – Safety and Sustainability by Design at the JRC in Ispra. The position is for 3+3 years and to be filled as soon as possible.…
Dear NSC colleagues, We would like to share an exciting opportunity with you and the Network for Safety and sustainability of Chemicals and materials (NSC) partners. Discover Nano, a leading journal in nanotechnology, has launched a special issue on Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) Antimicrobial Nanocoatings, with Prof. Zhenyu Jason Zhang as the…
Dear colleagues, Beginning in February 2025, I am honored to co-chair the NSC Working Group on ‘Research Output management, FAIRness & sharing’. My journey started in a molecular lab, gloves at hand, conducting experiments, mixing solutions, performing steps, uncovering patients with leukemia. Then, I leaped into the digital world, where instead of a biological…
Dear NSC members: We are delighted to announce the third ELIXIR Toxicology Community Workshop on “Making toxicology tools more accessible and interoperable”. It will take place on 26-27 March at the SciLifeLab in Uppsala (Sweden). 📢 Are you a toxicologist, bioinformatician or data manager working in computational toxicology and interested in learning more about computational…
Hello everyone, Starting February 2025, I have the privilege to co-chair the Network for Safety and sustainability of Chemicals and materials (NSC) Working Group (WG) ‘Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD), Innovation & Regulation’. I would like to thank the NSC Steering Group for nominating me to this new role. With my OECD, regulatory,…
Have your say on the future of (Eco)Toxicological Research in Europe. A survey is now open for all Toxicology/Ecotoxicology research experts in Europe. It is coordinated by the EU co-funded „Partnership on Assessment of Risks of Chemicals“ PARC in synergy with many other (eco)toxicological research initiatives in Europe. The mapping concerns CAPACITIES AND RESOURCES…