News
Nanomaterials are changing the world – but we still don’t have adequate safety tests for them
16.01.2019
Article by Shareen Doak, Martina G.Vijver and Martin Clift published on THE CONVERSATION.
Project Review 2018 - Interview with Professor Shareen Doak
17.12.2018
Listen to this short interview with Professor Shareen Doak of the University of Swansea.
PATROLS - Review 2018
14.12.2018
The PATROLS project started in January 2018 and, through its consortium of 24 partners, has already achieved significant advances. This article reviews progress and outcomes in its first year and looks forward to 2019.
1st Annual Meeting of PATROLS
14.12.2018
The 1st Annual Meeting of PATROLS was organised by ISTEC in Faenza, Italy.
Patrols Stakeholder Webinar July 2018
05.07.2018
The PATROLS project presents a 30 minutes webinar introducing the drivers behind the project, its scientific aims and potential impact.
Joint PATROLS-GRACIOUS-NanoSafety Cluster event on harmonization of Standard Operating Procedures
29.06.2018
On the 12th and 13th of June 2018, a joint workshop on harmonization of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) was held at RIVM, the 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 the EU ProSafe ‘White Paper’ recommendation to come up with harmonised and validated test methods for nanomaterials to support regulatory risk assessment. Such SOPs are required to facilitate the generation of data that are reliable and comparable, and thus can be used and re-used for risk assessment and modelling the effects of nanomaterials.
PATROLS showcased at Chemspec Europe
26.06.2018
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 and challenges in the safe development of nanomaterials.
Swansea University Leads International Project
05.02.2018
A new €12.7m global project led by Swansea University Medical School will address the need for safer and more effective testing of nanomaterials, an area that is of crucial and growing importance to billion-pound markets including cosmetics, electronics, medicine and food.
InSphero Joins Global Consortium Dedicated to Enhancing Safety Testing of Engineered Nanomaterials
01.02.2018
Nanosafety experts from more than 30 institutions convene in Swansea, Wales, for PATROLS project kick off meeting.
Swansea University leads international project to cut the risk of engineered nanomaterials
29.01.2018
A new €12.7m global project led by Swansea University Medical School will address the need for safer and more effective testing of nanomaterials, an area that is of crucial and growing importance to billion-pound markets including cosmetics, electronics, medicine and food.