Advanced materials bring new challenges for safety and sustainability assessment. To address these, the EU Horizon Europe projects iCare, MACRAMÉ, and nanoPASS are hosting a Joint Summit to address the needs of industry and regulators in assessing the safety and sustainability of advanced materials. …
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. …
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 Read more
Colleagues from the MACRAMÉ Partner University Birmingham contributed to a new review paper. The study conducts an exhaustive analysis of the state-of-the-art developments in the creation and enhancement of MXene-based membranes. Membranes have become a basis in tackling the global challenge of freshwater scarcity, notably in the fields of desalination and water purification.
The European Green Deal sets a roadmap for a sustainable future by 2050, aiming for a toxic-free environment and a circular economy. Key strategies include the Zero Pollution Ambition, the Circular Economy Action Plan, and the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability. Central to these efforts is the Safe and Sustainable by Read more
MACRAMÉ Coordinator, Dr Steffi Friedrichs, presented the project’s interim results at the NanoTox 2024 conference, held 23. to 25. September in Venice (Italy). In a presentation entitled ‘Interim Results of the MACRAMÉ R&I Approach – Ensuring regulatory Alignment in the Research & Innovation of five market-relevant Advanced Materials’, Dr Friedrichs Read more
Tascon GmbH, founded in 1997, is a specialized service provider in the field of surface, micro, and nano analysis. With locations in Germany and the USA, Tascon utilises advanced techniques such as LEIS (Low Energy Ion Scattering), SIMS (Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry), and …
RIVM works towards a healthy population in a sustainable, safe and healthy living environment. To that end, we are a trusted advisor to the government, professionals and private citizens. Within the MACRAMÉ project, RIVM contributes to benchmarking and demonstration of cell-line-based in vitro assays for initial screening of inhalable materials. Read more
In its Report on Stakeholder Involvement & Knowledge Transfer in the first 18 Months, the MACRAMÉ Project provides an overview of the stakeholder engagement and knowledge transfer on harmonisation and standardisation (H&S) activities for advanced materials undertaken in the first 18 months. The Project organised and conducted a number of Read more
During the week of the 16. to 20. June 2025, the sister projects MACRAMÉ, iCARE and nanoPASS will hold a Joint Summit on new Methods for safe & sustainable Advanced Materials back-to-back with the meeting of the OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (OECD WPMN). The experts invited to attend Read more
