NSC Newsletter Autumn 2018
NSC NewsletterAutumn 2018NSC Newsletter The Autumn 2018 NSC Newsletter is now available to view and download. Loading… Taking too long? Reload document | Open in new tab Download [4.76 MB]
OpenRiskNet e-infrastructure available to end-users
The e-infrastructure project OpenRiskNet developing a platform providing data and modelling tools for predictive toxicology and risk assessment, is entering its second stage, in which the platform is made accessible to everyone. In the first phase, we developed advanced concepts and implemented these into the first version of the platform including building and deploying of…
Release of ACEnano Knowledge Warehouse
Data collection, methods optimisation and knowledge sharing The ACEnano knowledge warehouse (KW) supports the activities related to data collection and method optimisation in ACEnano (Horizon 2020 Project no. 720952) and aims to further disseminate this knowledge to the nanosafety community in a re-usable format. Overall, ACEnano aims to introduce confidence, adaptability and clarity into nanomaterial…
NSC Newsletter Summer 2018
NSC NewsletterSummer 2018NSC Newsletter The Summer 2018 NSC Newsletter is now available to view and download. Loading… Taking too long? Reload document | Open in new tab Download [4.36 MB]
The EU NanoSafety Cluster as Linked Data visualised with Scholia
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
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…
Nanotechnologies: AFNOR and CEN to attend the 3rd European conference in Brussels
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)
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…
Pursuing analytical and characterisation excellence in nanomaterial risk assessment
Nanomaterials are man-made materials of a size thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair. They have fascinated scientists and industry with their unique and unpredictable properties, which have given rise to an endless variety of new applications in every sector of technology and medicine. As a result, an ever-increasing number of…
Mid-term review of Nanosafety progress under H2020
NSC Horizon 2020 Mid-Term Review A draft report of the progress of the NSC and nanosafety research under Horizon 2020 framework has been prepared by two external and independent reviewers. Background European Commission, DG Research, Belgium staff invited the reviewers to examine the recent activities of the NanoSafety Cluster (NSC) and to provide comments on…