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Released on Thursday 17 May 2012
The Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) has recently sent a letter to the European Commission with a number of questions related to the status of existing active biocidal substances in nanoform. The questions raised will be discussed in an upcoming meeting with Member States Competent Authorities (MSCA).
The origin of the questions is related to the fact that over the last years a number of research activities have generated a substantial amount of data relevant to the nanoforms of a number of active substances. Due to the fact that the review process of active...
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EU, European Commission, EC, biocides, Nanotechnology Industries Association, NIA
Released on Wednesday 16 May 2012
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innovations, innovators and technology business developers and funders. The
TechConnect World houses four world-class technical events focused on
advancements in Nanotech, Microtech, Biotech, Cleantech and the technology
overlap between these converging domains. As technologies commercially mature
from the purely research stage, they are advanced into the TechConnect Summit
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Released on Wednesday 9 May 2012
A research group from the Birmingham Advanced Light Microscopy (BALM) facility has issued a
call for potential industrial collaborations in the areas of nanotoxicology and
nanomedicine. The group is looking to further its 'understanding [of] the mechanisms governing the potential for cellular
entry of manufactured nanoparticles ... being employed or developed for use in
products and therapies that might impact upon human health' and is looking
for partners who could provide materials for analysis as well as research grant
collaborators.
The request states that such research would...
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UK, UK, Birmingham Advanced Light Microscopy Facility, BALM, nanotoxicology, nanomedicine, environmental health and safety, EHS
Released on Monday 9 April 2012
Registered NIA
Members can now download the following exclusive documents (i.e. Meeting
Reports, Topical Briefings, Restricted Documents & Publications, etc.),
recently uploaded onto the secure 'Members only'-area of the NIA
website.
23 - 24 February
2012
ICSU-CODATA workshop on the description of nanomaterials held in
Paris on 23-24 February 2012
Background:
The International
Council for Science (ICSU) and the Committee on Data for Science and Technology
(CODATA) organised the workshop to
bring experts from governance, standardisation, industry, academia...
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International Council for Science, ICSU, Committee on Data for Science and Technology, CODATA, Nanotechnology Industries Association, NIA
Released on Monday 9 April 2012
Registered NIA Members can now download the following exclusive documents (i.e. Meeting Reports, Topical Briefings, Restricted Documents & Publications, etc.), recently uploaded onto the secure 'Members only'-area of the NIA website.20 - 22 February 2012OECD Working Party on Nanotechnology (WPN) held in Paris on 20-22 February 2012Background:This was the 9th Meeting of the OECD Working Party on Nanotechnology (WPN). This is part of a regular OECD stakeholder meetings. The OECD WPNmeeting aimed to introduce new management and new...
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OECD Working Party on Nanotechnology, OECD WPN, Nanotechnology Industries Association, NIA
Released on Wednesday 4 April 2012
On
the 4th April 2012, Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), alerted all its stakeholders that the Nanotechnology Research Strategy Group (NRSG) structure and governance will change.
The two key groups making up the new structure
are a BIS-led Strategic Policy Officials Group on Nanotechnology; and a
Ministerially-chaired Nanotechnology Strategy Forum (NSF), which will bring
together industry, regulators and key stakeholders.
NRSG is a governmental strategy
group that incorporates all key stakeholders working in nanotechnology research
and safety. It was...
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UK, UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, UK DEFRA, UK Nanotechnology Research Strategy Group, UK NRSG, Nanotechnology Industries Association, NIA
Released on Wednesday 4 April 2012
Thomas
Swan has announced a four year collaboration
with the Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices
(CRANN) that will focus on finding a process that can successfully
produce industrial-sized quantities of high purity graphene.The managing director of Thomas
Swan expressed his delight at the agreement, and stated that 'graphene is a fascinating material and our
aim, as it was with carbon nanotubes, is to provide a stable and consistent
source of true graphene to academia and industry as downstream research
develops future commercial applications'.Results are...
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Thomas Swan, Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices, CRANN, graphene, industrial production
Released on Tuesday 27 March 2012
The Nanotechnology
Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN) has stated that it
will be releasing the 2012 version of its annual UK Nanotechnology Directory later in the year, and has called
for interested parties to contact them for advertising opportunities.
NanoKTN's directory
features over 450 organisations active in nanotechnology in the UK, and as such
'promote[s] the expertise of UK
businesses to a national and international audience to ensure competitors and
potential partners are aware of the UK's expertise and strengths'.
The 2011 UK
Nanotechnology Directory had a very...
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UK, Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network, NanoKTN, UK Nanotechnology Directory
Released on Monday 12 March 2012
Registered NIA Members can now download the following exclusive documents (i.e. Meeting Reports, Topical Briefings, Restricted Documents & Publications, etc.), recently uploaded onto the secure ‘Members only’-area of the NIA website.7 - 8th of March 2012NANOTEST FP7 Final Workshop/Symposium held 7-8 March 2012Background:This event was the final meeting of the FP7 project NANOTEST “Alternative testing strategies for the assessment of the toxicological profile of nanoparticles used in medical diagnostics”. The aim of NANOTEST is to develop testing strategies...
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Nanotechnology Industries Association, NIA, NANOTEST, FP7, pharmaceuticals, medicines, in vitro, in silco, in vivo, t