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Announcement: 3rd joint online Workshop on ‘Harmonisation & Standardisation of Test Methods for Nanomaterials and Advanced Materials’

September 25, 2025

Continuing the NanoHarmony NANOMET journey: Harmonisation & Standardisation of Test Methodsfor Nanomaterials and Advanced Materials– Where did our research projects get us, and where do we go from here?  *** ONLINE *** 3rd & 4th November 2025 The Horizon Europe projects MACRAMÉ, iCARE, nanoPASS and DESIDERATA invite you to an exclusive

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MACRAMÉ Innovation Report

March 24, 2025

The MACRAMÉ Project team has published an Innovation Report about its Project’s R&I approach. In the paper entitled ‘MACRAMÉ – Advanced characterisation methodologies to assess and predict the health and environmental risks of advanced materials‘, the authors describe the planned information-flow between the different R&I activities conducted in the Project (see

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MACRAMÉ Partner Spotlight: MEDICA

February 4, 2025

MEDICA S.p.A. is a prominent firm specializing in electromedical devices and single-use medical products, boasting more than 50 patents and a dedicated emphasis on innovation and research. Utilizing capillary membrane spinning technology for blood and water purification sets this company apart as the sole Italian entity, showcasing its continuous commitment to technological progress. …

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Materials Life-Cycles and Value-Chains in Maps and Data

December 10, 2024

The MACRAMÉ Project was invited to give evidence to the 5th Stakeholder Workshop on ‘Safe & Sustainable by Design’, hosted by the European Commission on the 5. and 6. December 2024 in Brussels. Based on the feedback that the MACRAMÉ Project had provided during the second testing period, the Project

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MACRAMÉ Partner Spotlight: BASF

November 28, 2024

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future by combining economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. With around 112,000 employees contributing to the group’s success globally, we are one of the world’s largest chemical companies, present in …

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Public MACRAMÉ Events

1st Joint Workshop: Harmonisation & Standardisation of Test Methods for Nanomaterials and Advanced Materials (ONLINE)

Continuing the NanoHarmony NANOMET journey:  
Two Days focused on the Standardisation Roadmaps for in vitro Models and Graphene
 
*** ONLINE ***
22. – 23. November 2023, 10:00 – 15:00 CET

Announcement & Registration

Agenda & Documentation

1st MACRAMÉ Regulatory Risk Assessors Summit

Challenges in addressing Sustainability in the Life Cycle Assessment of Products including Advanced Materials

 *** BAuA, Berlin ***
27. – 28. November 2023

Announcement & Registration

Agenda & Documentation

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

The MACRAMÉ to inform and train practitioners of advanced materials’ (AdMas’) safety and sustainability on and in topics pertaining to the harmonisation, standardisation and validation of characterisation- and test-methods of AdMAs.

Please follow this links below to find out more about each one of the webinars offered. 

Webinar I:
Standardisation and Validation made simple
Understanding the role of metrology and standardisation to answer the regulatory requirements for advanced materials and nanomedicines

Date & Time: 09. April 2024, 14:00 – 16:00 CEST

Metrology, method validation, standardisation … 

These concepts may sound complicated, but they are essential in analytical sciences. They strongly support the development of innovative products such as advanced materials or nanomedicine.

This webinar aims to help increase the impact of the protocols you are developing beyond the academic community and to get you updated on the new standards and reference materials on the horizon. … more …

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Webinar II:
AOPs: A tool to include NAMs into regulatory testing?

Date & Time: 11. April 2024, 14:00 – 16:00 CEST

Regulatory safety testing of chemicals and materials is still mainly focused on animal testing. A huge number of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) to replace or reduce animal testing have been scientifically developed within the last years. Their regulatory use, however, is still limited. A possible way to include NAMs into regulatory testing may be found in Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs). We will present what AOPs are, how they can be developed and established at OECD. The AOP for pulmonary fibrosis and the AOP on acute lung toxicity will serve as examples for the development of nanomaterial-relevant AOPs. We will discuss the implementation of AOPs into regulatory testing and hurdles. … more …

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Webinar III:
Overcoming issues in regulatory testing of advanced materials

Date & Time: 04. March 2025, 14:00 – 16:00 CET

Advanced materials bring new challenges for regulatory risk assessment. The special properties of advanced materials may affect the applicability and predictivity of standard test methods for human health and environmental risk assessment. As a result, test methods may need to be adapted or newly developed.

The webinar will inform you about different standardisation organisations (e.g. ISO, CEN, OECD) and the process towards an accepted standard. This includes the important steps of method validation and regulatory acceptance. An overview of the state-of-the-art of human health and environmental in vitro testing of the advanced materials will be given. Challenges and ways to overcome these will be discussed. Topics include stable dispersions, characterisation of materials in test media, alternative testing approaches and dosimetry.

Join us for an interactive webinar with participants from academia, industry and regulation. … more …

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Webinar IV:
MACRAMÉ Informed Recommendations on Needs for Test Guideline & Standards Developments

Date & Time: 25. Sept. 2025, 14:00 – 16:00 CEST

Advanced materials go beyond conventional nanomaterials in complexity and functionality, which may bring additional challenges in their risk assessment. The MACRAMÉ Informed Recommendations address critical gaps in the standardisation of testing and risk assessment for advanced materials and highlight the regulatory needs for further developments of test and assessment strategies. The recommendations reflect the scientific and technical knowledge gained during the development of testing methodologies for advanced materials, as well as expert input from regulatory and policy consultations.

Within this interactive webinar we aim to gain your feedback on the recommendations. This will help us refine and further develop the recommendations. Your input will thus support the efforts to align testing strategies with regulatory needs and contribute to more targeted and applicable test method development. . … more …

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2nd Joint Workshop: Harmonisation & Standardisation of Test Methods for Nanomaterials and Advanced Materials (ONLINE)

Continuing the NanoHarmony NANOMET journey:  
Two Days focused on the Standardisation Roadmaps for in vitro Models and Graphene
 
*** ONLINE ***
18th & 19th November 2024

Announcement & Registration

Agenda & Documentation

Joint Regulatory Risk Assessors Summit

Advancing Safety & Sustainability Assessments of Advanced Materials  

19th & 20th June 2025

OECD Conference Centre, Paris

Announcement & Registration

Agenda & Documentation

3rd Joint Workshop: Harmonisation & Standardisation of Test Methods for Nanomaterials and Advanced Materials (ONLINE)

Continuing the NanoHarmony NANOMET journey:  
– Where did our research projects get us, and where do we go from here?
 
*** ONLINE ***
3rd &  4th November 2025

Announcement & Registration

COMING SOON: Agenda & Documentation