The 8th INISS-nano webmeeting will take place on 18 December 2024 from 10:00-12:00 CET. Agenda: Welcome and general update [Alexander Pogany/BMK, Andreas Falk/BNN] “Commercialization of nanofertilizers in India, exporting to other countries, and challenges” [Pushplata Singh/TERI] “The OECD concept and experiences of the Mutual acceptance of data (MAD)-system” [Eeva Leinala/OECD] Update on progress of actions…
For the past four years, the EU-funded Horizon 2020 NMBP-16 projects DIAGONAL, HARMLESS and SUNSHINE addressing the call topic “Safe by design, from science to regulation: multi-component nanomaterials”, worked closely together on the challenges related to safe and sustainable multicomponent nanomaterials. As they are coming to an end, the three sister projects organised their Public Final Event on Wednesday, 25 September 2024,…
The 11th International Conference on NanoToxicology – NanoTox 2024 – took place from September 23 to 25, 2024, in the historic centre of Venice at Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli. The conference attracted more than 230 participants from research and academic institutions, as well as from industry, governmental agencies, and experts from 30 countries around…
Great opportunity to present your work in different sessions at SETAC Europe 2025 (11-15 May 2025, Vienna, Austria) Session 6.04 – “Methods and Tools Enabling Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) Strategies” Session Chairs: Barry Hardy (Edelweiss Connect), Bernd Nowack (Empa), Maja Halling (IVL), Zhanyun Wang (Empa) Information about the session: https://setac.secure-platform.com/vienna2025/solicitations/102006/sessiongallery/94215 Contributions that…
NovaMechanics Ltd is conducting a survey on the state of the art of the detection and quantification of carbon-based nanomaterials in environmental and biological matrices on behalf of the EU Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). The aim of the study is to collect and analyze information on the state of…
Hi everyone, I am happy to be the new chair of the EU NanoSafety Cluster (NSC) Working Group ‘Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD), Innovation & Regulation’! I am actually quite honored that the NSC Steering Group entrusted such a central and important WG to me. The responsibility is high: to facilitate channeling the…
CHARISMA Publications: An intuitive approach for spike removal in Raman spectra based on peaks’ prominence and width; https://www.h2020charisma.eu/publications/an-intuitive-approach-for-spike-removal-in-raman-spectra-based-on-peaks-prominence-and-width Raman Characterization of Plastics: A DFT Study of Polystyrene; https://www.h2020charisma.eu/publications/raman-characterization-of-plastics-a-dft-study-of-polystyrene Call for Participation: Project Initiation “Protocols for Raman instrument calibration and harmonisation of Raman data” under the VAMAS Technical Work Area (TWA) 42; https://www.h2020charisma.eu/news/charisma-vamas-twa42-study Visit https://www.h2020charisma.eu/…
Here are some updates of ACCORDS project: After 20 months of execution, the project has achieved a wide range of results and is progressing in all their activities, from synthesis to characterisation techniques involving physicochemical and biological behaviour of Graphene Family Materials. The project is working in the development of a Knowledge Infrastructure where access…
When: 25.09.2024 Where: Venice, Italy For the past four years, the EU-funded Horizon 2020 NMBP-16 projects – DIAGONAL, HARMLESS and SUNSHINE – have been addressing the call topic “Safe by design, from science to regulation: multi-component nanomaterials” and have been working closely together on the challenges related to safe and sustainable multicomponent nanomaterials. As…
Hi everyone, I’m happy to be joining the EU NanoSafety Cluster as co-chair of the Working Group “Education, Training and Communication”! I’m grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the cluster’s mission once again. Having previously served in this role, I’m excited to leverage past experiences and collaborate with all of you to advance knowledge…