MACRAMÉ Webinar Recording – AOPs: A Tool to include NAMs into regulatory Testing?

The 2nd webinar in the series of MACRAMÉ Webinars on Harmonisation, Standardisation & Validation of Test- and Characterisation Methods focussed on the question ‘AOPs: A tool to include NAMs into regulatory testing?’. The webinar was jointly organised by the MACRAMÉ and nanoPASS projects, and attracted over 70 international experts. The Read more…

MACRAMÉ Webinars on Harmonisation, Standardisation & Validation of Test- and Characterisation Methods

The MACRAMÉ Project will offer five webinars on ‘Harmonisation, Standardisation & Validation of Test- and Characterisation Methods’ over 2024 and 2025. The first two webinars of the series will focus on the following topics: Find out more about the webinars and register to attend them on the dedicated MACRAMÉ Webinar Read more…

Understanding biological Interactions, Cytocompatibility and cellular Responses of 2D Materials

MACRAMÉ Partners EMPA have conducted a detailed study on the cellular interaction and effects of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) nanosheets in alveolar epithelial cells cultured on porous inserts and exposed under air−liquid interface conditions for 24 h. In their resulting publication entitled ‘Boron Nitride Nanosheets Induce Lipid Accumulation and Autophagy in Read more…

MACRAMÉ Data Shepherding Part 2– Harmonisation towards a common Data Schema

In the first part “MACRAMÉ Data Shepherding – an Approach to the centralised Management of Research Information & Knowledge”, the principle data management concept of MACRAMÉ were outlined, including an elaboration of MACRAMÉ’s implementation of the FAIR principles for internal data sharing, and two new data management tools (i.e. (a) Read more…

Crucial Recommendations on the Regulatory Risk Assessment of Advanced Materials

On the 27. and 28. November 2023, the 1st MACRAMÉ Regulatory Risk Assessors Summit took place in Berlin, kindly hosted by the Project Partner BAuA (Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health). Ahead of many research and innovation (R&I) projects, and fully aligned with the Read more…