Nanomaterials and Graphene join Forces to advance the Standardisation & Harmonisation of Advanced Materials

Dr Steffi Friedrichs of AcumenIST SRL participated in the ‘Standardisation Workshop & Panel Discussion’ at Graphene Week 2023, held from the 4th – 8th September 2023 in Gothenburg. She contributed an introduction to the HorizonEurope-funded MACRAMÉ Project (Advanced Characterisation Methodologies to assess and predict the Health and Environmental Risks of Read more…

Launch of the MACRAMÉ Control Material Library

To support development, harmonisation, and benchmarking of testing methods applied within the HorizonEurope-funded Project, a MACRAMÉ Control Material Library (CML) has been established. The Library contains representative materials with largely known properties impacting the in vitro test development and of materials to be investigated in the MACRAMÉ Use Cases (UCs). Read more…

MACRAMÉ Data Shepherding – an Approach to the centralised Management of Research Information & Knowledge

As a part of its open science philosophy, MACRAMÉ is implementing high quality knowledge and data management using state-of-the-art data sharing concepts, approaches and tools and constantly improving research output/data documentation towards full implementation of the FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and re-usable) and FAIR for Research Software (FAIR4RS) principles. This Read more…

Announcement: Harmonisation & Standardisation of Test Methods for Nanomaterials and Advanced Materials

Continuing the NanoHarmony NANOMET journey: Harmonisation & Standardisation of Test Methodsfor Nanomaterials and Advanced MaterialsTwo Days focused on the Standardisation Roadmaps for in vitro Models and Graphene *** ONLINE *** 22. – 23. November 2023, 10:00 – 15:00 CET Internationally harmonised and standardised test methods are a prerequisite for safety and sustainability Read more…

Towards harmonisation of testing of nanomaterials for EU regulatory requirements on chemical safety

MACRAMÉ Partners have contributed to the identification of 11 different needs for action to address 22 information requirement needs across different EU regulatory areas concerning the market access of products containing nanomaterials. Experts from RIVM (Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) and AcumenIST SRL have co-authored a Read more…

We are kicking off: new Characterisation Methodologies for Advanced Materials

Today, the MACRAMÉ Project for the development of Advanced Characterisation Methodologies to assess and predict the Health and Environmental Risks of Advanced Materials, kicked off its three years’ research and innovation (R&I) activities at the first meeting of the MACRAMÉ Consortium in Brussels. The Project is funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Read more…