EU-U.S. NanoEHS Communities of Research (CoRs) Workshop, October 2019, Aix en Provence, France

SAVE THE DATE: October 15-16, 2019 EU-U.S. NanoEHS Communities of Research (CoRs) Workshop Aix en Provence, France The 2019 EU-U.S. NanoEHS CORs Workshop will take place October 15-16, 2019, at the Europôle de l’Arbois in Aix en Provence, France. The workshop is organized by the European Commission and the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative and co-hosted by…

H2020 NanoInformaTIX Introduction

The application of nanotechnology offers considerable advantages to consumer products and industrial processes in several sectors from medicine to construction, textile, transportation, information technology, energy, food safety and many more. Yet, predicting the risk posed by a product containing engineered nanomaterials (ENM) is still challenging, despite the considerable amount of data from experimental studies on…

1st Knowledge Exchange Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1st Knowledge Exchange Conference 3 April 2019, Hilton Hotel, Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, The Netherlands The first Knowledge Exchange Conference organized at Hilton Hotel, Schiphol Airport on 3rd April 2019 – Capturing experience and knowledge of sectors and communities, which have been using nano-enabled or nano-formulated products for a long time. More information can be found here.

JRC Science for Policy report: An overview of concepts and terms used in the European Commission’s definition of nanomaterial

The JRC Science for Policy report has been published: An overview of concepts and terms used in the European Commission’s definition of nanomaterial, followed by the related news https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/news/getting-specific-about-nanomaterials This report supports the implementation of the European Commission’s Recommendation on a definition of nanomaterial (2011/696/EU). It addresses its key concepts and terms and discusses them…

NanoToxClass Final Meeting

NanoToxClass Final Meeting 14-15 March 2019, Berlin, Germany The ERANET SIINN project NanoToxClass is establishing nanomaterial grouping strategies according to toxicity and biological effects for supporting risk assessment. The outcome of the NanoToxClass project will be presented during the final public conference on February 14the and 15th at the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment…

3rd EU-Asia Dialogue on Nanosafety

3rd EU-Asia Dialogue on Nanosafety 18 March 2019, Bangkok, Thailand The EU-Asia Dialogue on Nanosafety is an international event which brings together experts from Asia and Europe. The main purpose of this gathering is to share knowledge with regards to the safety of Nanotechnology, get insights on actual and future human and environmental Nanosafety research,…

EHONANO 2019: Environmental and Occupational Health Aspects Related to Nano- and Ultrafine Particulate Matter

EHONANO 2019 Environmental and Occupational Health Aspects Related to Nano- and Ultrafine Particulate Matter June 3-6, 2019, Loen, Norway www.eohnano.com The National Institute of Occupational Health in Norway, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and the North-West Russian Public Health Research Centre, St. Petersburg in collaboration with the Analytical Section of the Norwegian Chemical Society invite…

BioNanoNet Newsletter – December 2018

Dear ladies and gentlemen, We would like to inform you that the BioNanoNet Newsletter 04/2018 is available for download now! [Link] Besides contributions from our BioNanoNet members, reports about projects and activities and an overview of interesting events, we kindly highlight the BioNanoNet member presentations within this newsletter, which present … • ICCRAM – Universidad…