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Post-event summary of the NanoDefine Scientific Workshop, Nov 2015, Berlin
The NanoDefine (internal) Scientific Workshop took place in November 2015, entitled “Evaluation and Selection of the most suitable Measurement Techniques for Characterization and Classification of a nanomaterial according to the EC definition”.
New NanoDefine Scientific Workshop on “Evaluation and Selection of the most suitable Measurement Techniques for Characterization and Classification of a nanomaterial according to the EC definition”, 17-18 November 2015, Berlin
NanoDefine experts will meet on the 17-18 November 2015 at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Berlin to discuss the scientific progress of the ongoing work and results achieved after the first two project years.
NIA’s Public and Regulatory Affairs Officer, Guillaume Flament, recently presented regulatory requirements for nanotechnology at the Royal Society of Chemistry in the UK
On 9th September 2015, the United Kingdom's Royal Society of Chemistry in London's NanoSafety Group hosted a day-long event entitled “Working Safely with Nanomaterials in R&D Laboratories” for an audience of private sector, academia, and government representatives.
New Nano Definition Workshop planned – February 2016
The EU FP7 NanoDefine project together with pigments and fillers industry stakeholders Eurocolours and VdMI, is preparing an innovative workshop to discuss project developments that will benefit industrial end-users implementing EC recommendations on the definition of nanomaterial.
First public workshop of NanoDefine
The First NanoDefine Public Workshop on Classification of Materials according to the EU Nano-Definition, was held on 17 June 2015 at the Newhotel "Charlemagne" in Brussels .
Highlights from participation of NanoDefine in EuroNanoForum 2015
The first large scale NanoDefine dissemination event was held on 10-12 June 2015 during the ENF 2015 in Riga, Latvia.
Poster presented by Ramem at Aerosol Technology Conference
Ramem attended the Aerosol Technology Conference in Tampere, Finland, 15 – 17 June 2015 (http://www.tut.fi/at2015).
Malvern recently published a technical note that supports a product release which has been partly funded by the NanoDefine project: ‘NanoSight Concentration upgrade’
Patrick Hole, Malvern, has lately given two talks that discussed this technical note:
1) Using Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) for Accurate and Complete Nanosuspension Characterisation, Clinam, Basel, Switzerland, 28 June – 1 July 2015 (https://www.clinam.org/)
2) Improving repeatability and reproducibility of size and concentration measurements using nanoparticle tracking analysis, QualityNano Conference and Training Workshop, Heraklion, Greece, 15 – 17 July 2015 (http://www.qualitynano.eu/conference/welcome.html)
NanoDefine participates in the EuroNanoForum 2015 Joint Seminar on Nanosafety, 12 June 2015, Riga, Latvia
Post-Doctoral Expression of Interest (EoI)
Call for applications to a Post-Doctoral proposal to submit to the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) call (deadline 11th May 2015) within the EU project: "SUN-Sustainable Nanotechnologies”, a large scale FP7 (FP7-NMP-2013-LARGE-7 (Nr.604305)) http://www.sun-fp7.eu/.