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Registration Begins for NNI Webinar on Characterization and Quantification of Engineered Nanomaterials

By Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton on Posted in Federal, Occupational Health and Safety Issues, Research, United States
Registration is available for the National Nanotechnology Initiative’s (NNI) April 9, 2019, webinar on “Characterization and Quantification of Engineered Nanomaterials:  Drivers of NanoEHS Research.”  The speaker will be Dr. Robert MacCuspie, Natural Immunogenics Corp., and Dr. Debra Kaiser, National Institute of Standards and Technology, will moderate.  The webinar will examine the significant progress in characterization… Continue Reading

“Stories from the NNI” Discusses Nanotechnology and Workplace Safety with Dr. Chuck Geraci

By Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton on Posted in Federal, Occupational Health and Safety Issues, United States
The March 18, 2019, episode of the National Nanotechnology Initiative’s (NNI) podcast series, “Stories from the NNI,” is a conservation with Dr. Chuck Geraci, Associate Director for Emerging Technologies at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).  Dr. Lisa Friedersdorf, Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO), and Dr. Geraci discuss how… Continue Reading

NNI Will Hold First 2019 NanoEHS Webinar on April 9

By Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton on Posted in Federal, Research, United States
The National Nanotechnology Initiative’s (NNI) 2019 public webinar series on the environmental, health, and safety effects of nanomaterials (nanoEHS) will begin on April 9, 2019, at 12:00 p.m. (EDT) with a presentation by Dr. Robert MacCuspie (Natural Immunogenics Corp.) on “Characterization and Quantification of Engineered Nanomaterials:  Drivers of NanoEHS Research.”  Upcoming webinars will include “Environmental,… Continue Reading

2019 NanoEHS CORs Workshop Will Be Held in October

By Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton on Posted in International, Legal/Regulatory Issues, Occupational Health and Safety Issues, Research, United States
The 2019 U.S.-European Union (EU) NanoEHS Communities of Research (COR) Workshop will take place October 15-16, 2019, at the Europole de l’Arbois in Aix en Provence, France.  The workshop is organized by the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) and the European Commission (EC).  The agenda for the October 2018 Bridging NanoEHS Research Efforts Joint Workshop… Continue Reading

Registration Opens for NNI Webinar on NanoEHS and Nanomedicine

By Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton on Posted in Federal, Occupational Health and Safety Issues, Research, United States
Registration has opened for an August 20, 2018, webinar on “NanoEHS and Nanomedicine:  Similarities and Synergisms.”  The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) notes that there are many synergies between nanomedicine research, which addresses (among other topics) issues of efficacy and safety, and studies on the environmental, health, and safety effects of nanomaterials (nanoEHS), which include the… Continue Reading

Second Workshop on Quantifying Exposure to Engineered Nanomaterials from Manufactured Products Will Be Held in October

By Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton on Posted in Federal, International, Legal/Regulatory Issues, United States
The “2nd Quantifying Exposure to Engineered Nanomaterials from Manufactured Products (QEEN II) Workshop” will be held October 9-10, 2018, in Washington, D.C.  Sponsored by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and co-hosted by the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), the Workshop will highlight new research on the tools and methods available to characterize and quantify effective… Continue Reading

NNI Will Hold Meetings in 2018

By Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton on Posted in Federal, Legal/Regulatory Issues, United States
The Office of Science and Technology Policy published a Federal Register notice on January 23, 2018, announcing that the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO), on behalf of the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee of the Committee on Technology, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), “will facilitate stakeholder discussion of targeted nanotechnology topics through… Continue Reading

NanoEHS Webinar Will Address How NNCI Nodes Support Environmental Research

By Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton on Posted in Federal, Research, United States
The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) will hold a webinar on July 27, 2017, entitled “The National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) Nodes and Environmental Research: Examples from the Field.”  The National Science Foundation (NSF) supports NNCI, which includes 16 user facility sites, their affiliated partners, and a coordinating office.  NNCI sites provide researchers, academics, small and… Continue Reading

Two Workshops Will Be Held Before October 2016 OpenTox Euro Conference

By Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton on Posted in International, Research
Two workshops, a European Union (EU)-U.S. Nano Environmental and Health Safety (NanoEHS) workshop and a nano modeling workshop, will be held in advance of the October 2016 OpenTox Euro Conference.  The EU-U.S. NanoEHS workshop, “Enabling a Sustainable Harmonized Knowledge Infrastructure Supporting NanoEHS Assessment,” will be held October 24, 2016.  The objective of the workshop is… Continue Reading