Dear NanoSafety Cluster members, The H2020 project GRACIOUS is developing a Framework to support the grouping and read-across of nanomaterials for regulators and industry. The full version of the Framework description can be accessed here, as well as a shorter executive summary here. We would be grateful if members of the NanoSafetyCluster would participate in the following survey in…
The caLIBRAte (www.nanocalibrate.eu) project has been working during the first half of 2018 on testing a number of risk governance models with stakeholders and getting feedback on them. As one of its main goals, caLIBRAte is looking to establish a risk governance framework to allow people to assess and manage human and environmental risks of…
The EU NanoSafety Cluster as Linked Data visualised with Scholia At a recent hackathon organized by the European Research Council, GeneWiki, and others, a group of 25 researchers came together in Berlin to work on ontologically modelling research grants in Wikidata. During this meeting the EU NanoSafety Cluster was used as use case study, resulting…
PATROLS action at Chemspec Europe The PATROLS project was in action at the Chemspec Europe, the international exhibition for speciality chemicals, hosted in Cologne on June 20-21. The Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) represented the project as the first stakeholder activity of the project, with the intention to engage industry stakeholders and understand their needs…
OECD joint meeting with NanoReg2 and Gracious to Host Scientific workshop on Grouping of Nanomaterials. The Nanosafety Cluster projects NanoReg2 and Gracious, focused on grouping, have come together with the OECD Working Party for Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN) to host a prestigious conference in Paris in September. The workshop immediately follows the a WPMN meeting on…
Webinar on advanced 3d materials for Nanosafety Testing July 5 2018, 15:00 CEST PATROLS WEBINAR – 5th July 2018 – 15:00 CEST Join the PATROLS consortium to find out more about advanced 3d materials for Nanosafety Testing. This webinar introduces the PATROLS objectives, team and impact of the project on future materials development. All interested parties…
EC4SafeNano Workshop Blueprint for NanoSafety Platform Development & Sustainability Monday 5th November 2018 at NANOSAFE 2018 conference, Grenoble, France H2020 EC4SafaNano Project organises a Workshop on Blueprint for Nanosafety Platform Development & Sustainability Workshop during the 6th NanoSafe Conference to taka plece at Grenoble, France. The workshop will take place on Monday 5th of November 2018.…
Workshop on SAFETY ASPECTS IN PILOT LINES an EPPN-NSC i2L joint session 7th November 2018, NanoSafe Conference, Grenoble, France The Workshop on SAFETY ASPECTS IN PILOT LINES, an EPPN-NSC i2L joint session, will be held during the 6th International Conference NanoSAFE 2018 on Wednesday 7th of November in Grenoble France. The workshop will allow bringing together…
A 3rd open meeting on standardization for nanotechnologies and nanomaterials for safer products, production and uses is organized on 2 October 2018 in Brussels, by CEN/TC 352, for which AFNOR holds the secretariat. Nanotechnologies and nanomaterials contribute to the development of innovative new products and services in various fields (example: information storage, electronics, cosmetics to…
Joint PATROLS-GRACIOUS-NanoSafety Cluster event on harmonization of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) On 12-13th June 2018, a joint workshop on SOPs harmonization was held at RIVM, Netherlands. This activity was part of the Nanosafety Cluster (Working Group C) and was sponsored by the EU projects PATROLS and GRACIOUS. It was organized to follow-up on…