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Nanotechnology research: detection, toxicology, risk assessment and risk perception
Scientific cooperation
Period Acronyme Topic
01/2014–12/2016 EFSA focal point Germany's national focal point on technical and scientific matters
Period Acronyme Topic
02/2011–07/2015 QNano A pan-European infrastructure for quality in nanomaterials
safety testing
10/2012–10/2016 MODENA Modelling Nanomaterial Toxicity
03/2013–08/2016 NANoREG A common European approach to the regulatory testing of
nanomaterials
11/2013–10/2017 NanoDefine Development of methods and standards supporting the implementation
of the Commission recommendation for a definition of a nanomaterial
10/2014–09/2017 DENANA Design criteria for sustainable nanomaterials
04/2014–03/2017 SolNanoTOX
The toxicity in intestine and liver for nanoparticles used in food
and packaging. Determining factors of the toxicity in intestine
and liver for two similar sized nanoparticles used in food and
packaging: In vitro and in vivo investigation on uptake and
mechanisms involved
03/2014–03/2016 CEFIC Science-based grouping of nanomaterials for industrial application
of safe-by-design
12/2014–11/2016 SeeingNano
Developing and Enabling Nanotechnology Awareness-Building
through the Creation and Exchange of enhanced Communication
and Visualisation Tools and Guidance for “Seeing at the Nanoscale”
12/2015–11/2018 NanoToxClass
Establishing nanomaterial grouping/ classification strategies
according to toxicity and biological effects for supporting
risk assessment
05/2015–04/2018 nanoGRAVUR Nanostructured materials – Grouping for occupational health
and consumer and environmental protection and risk mitigation
09/2015–08/2018 NANoREG 2 Development and implementation of Grouping and Safe-by-Design
approaches within regulatory frameworks
i Additional information on the projects
Federal Institute for Risk Assessment:
Information System for Agriculture and Food Research:
Research database of the BMEL (in German):